An international gang pretends to have the means to destroy a small country in 30 seconds. The authorities have reason to believe this may be true, and the spying battle is on. Read More »
Tag Archives: Spain
House of the Damned (1974) Gonzalo Suárez, Carmen Sevilla, Donald Pleasence, Michael Dunn, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Four villains seek to wrest from a mute girl the secret location of a prehistoric gold statuette discovered by her father. Read More »
La partida / The Last Match (2013) Antonio Hens, Milton García, Reinier Díaz, Jenifer Rodríguez, Drama, Romance
Cuba is not a country for young gays. Teen rent boy Reinier falls in love with a mate in the slum soccer field at their neighbourhood in Havana. Read More »
Little Bird (1997) Carlos Saura, Francisco Rabal, Alejandro Martínez, Dafne Fernández, Drama
Manu, who just turned ten, makes his first trip to Murcia to spend some time with his father’s family. Read More »
The Dark Night of the Soul (1989) Carlos Saura, Juan Diego, Fernando Guillén, Manuel de Blas, Drama
A fascinating study of the poet Saint John of the Cross, and his spell in solitary confinement. Read More »
Marathon (1993) Carlos Saura, Charles Barkley, Larry Bird, Linford Christie, Documentary, Sport
A view of the Olympic Games at Barcelona, using the marathon race as the weaving thread. Read More »
Goldsnake – Anonima Killers (1966) Ferdinando Baldi, Stelio Candelli, Annabella Incontrera, Juan Cortés, Action, Crime
When the US government finds out that a Chinese scientist, Chang, has discovered a means of creating astonishingly small atomic weapons, they are concerned. Read More »
A Carta (1999) Manoel de Oliveira, Chiara Mastroianni, Pedro Abrunhosa, Antoine Chappey, Drama
A well-bred, lovely, spiritual, sad young woman marries an attentive physician who loves her. She feels affection but no love. Read More »
Master Stroke (1967) Michele Lupo, Richard Harrison, Adolfo Celi, Margaret Lee, Crime, Drama
In Madrid, actor Lang is hired by Monsieur Bernard to impersonate a certain Owen for a time. Read More »
Carla’s song (1996) Ken Loach, Robert Carlyle, Oyanka Cabezas, Scott Glenn, Drama, Romance, War
1987, love in time of war. A bus driver George Lennox meets Carla, a Nicaraguan exile living a precarious, profoundly sad life in Glasgow. Read More »