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7054 film reviews available in total starting from 04/09/2002. Last updated on 13/06/2024. 757 film reviews inserted in the last 12 months.

Notes For a Heist Film by León Siminiani

27/09/2018

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2018: León Siminiani’s second feature starts off with a focus on the director himself, before passing the torch to the bank robber whose career he is researching  

Apuntes para una película de atracos

Apuntes para una película de atracos

Yuli – The Carlos Acosta Story by Icíar Bollaín

27/09/2018

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2018: Icíar Bollaín directs a biopic on Carlos Acosta, achieving little more than a conventional portrait of an unconventional life, short on risk and narrative arabesques  

Yuli

Yuli

Some Time After by José Luis Cuerda

27/09/2018

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2018: José Luis Cuerda reinvents the dystopian genre, adding his own unmistakable twist thanks to his trademark humour, as surreal and absurd as it is biting and entertaining  

Tiempo después

Tiempo después

The Black Book by Valeria Sarmiento

26/09/2018

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2018: As unabashedly anachronistic as it is passionate, at the beating heart of Valeria Sarmiento’s period piece lies the motherly bond between a child and his maid  

O caderno negro

O caderno negro

Journey to a Mother's Room by Celia Rico Clavellino

26/09/2018

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2018: Celia Rico Clavellino lives up to the expectations generated around her meticulously attentive portrait of a mother-daughter relationship brought to life by her excellent actresses  

Viaje al cuarto de una madre

Viaje al cuarto de una madre

I Feel Good by Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern

26/09/2018

Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern direct a bitter yet tender comedy of resistance on the topic of capitalism, poverty and utopia  

I Feel Good

I Feel Good

In Fabric by Peter Strickland

26/09/2018

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2018: Peter Strickland shows a great sense of humour in this tale of consumerism, fetishism – and a killer dress!  

In Fabric

In Fabric

Rojo by Benjamin Naishtat

25/09/2018

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2018: Benjamín Naishtat shows a tight command of the crime genre, building up a portrait of a corrupt society in his brilliant third film  

Rojo

Rojo

Theatre of War by Lola Arias

25/09/2018

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2018: Argentinian artist Lola Arias’s debut film is a discipline-crossing and satirical study of the Falklands War, disguised as absurdist comedy  

Teatro de guerra

Teatro de guerra

Red Joan by Trevor Nunn

25/09/2018

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2018: Not even Dame Judi Dench can salvage Trevor Nunn’s lacklustre adaptation of Jennie Rooney’s spy novel  

Red Joan

Red Joan

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