MARIO BAVA Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. Italy/West Germany/Spain/USA, 1973. Leone International. Screenplay by Mario Bava, Alfredo Leone. Cinematography by Cecilio Paniagua. Produced by Alfredo Leone. Music by Carlo Savina. Production Design by Nedo Azzini. Film Editing by Carlo Reali. Elke Sommer is terrific as a tourist visiting Spain who is distracted from her walking tour after seeing a fresco depicting the…
Tag: Spain
The Queen of Spain (La reina de España) (2016)
FERNANDO TRUEBA Bil’s rating (out of 5): B.5. Spain, 2016. Atresmedia Cine, Atresmedia, Crea SGR, Fernando Trueba Producciones Cinematográficas, Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales, Movistar+, The Queen Picture. Screenplay by Fernando Trueba. Cinematography by José Luis Alcaine. Produced by Anne Deluz, Mercedes Gamero, Cristina Huete, Mikel Lejarza. Music by Zbigniew Preisner. Production Design by Juan Pedro de Gaspar. …
Hercules Unchained (Ercole e la regina di Lidia) (1959)
PIETRO FRANCISCI Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB.5. Italy/France/Spain, 1959. Galatea Film, Lux Film, Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France, Urania Film. Story by Pietro Francisci, Screenplay by Ennio De Concini, Pietro Francisci, based on the play Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles and The Seven Against Thebes by Aeschylus. Cinematography by Mario Bava. Produced by Bruno Vailati. Music by Enzo Masetti. Production Design by…
Bread And Roses (2000)
KEN LOACH Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. United Kingdom/France/Germany/Spain/Italy/Switzerland, 2000. Parallax Pictures, Alta Films, Alta Produccion, ARTE, BIM Distribuzione, Bac Films, British Screen Productions, British Sky Broadcasting, Cinart, Degeto Film, FilmFour, Filmcoopi Zürich, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, La Sept-Arte, , Road Movies Filmproduktion, Tornasol Films, Westdeutscher Rundfunk. Screenplay by Paul Laverty. Cinematography by Barry Ackroyd. Produced by Rebecca O’Brien. Music by George Fenton. Production Design by Martin Johnson. Costume Design…
The World of Jacques Demy (L’univers de Jacques Demy) (1995)
AGNES VARDA Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. France/Belgium/Spain, 1995. Canal+ Espana, Canal+, Centre National De La Cinematographie, Ciné Tamaris, DocStar, Institut National de L’Audiovisuel, La Sept-Arte, Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres et du Developpement International, Sofica Valor 2. Screenplay by Agnes Varda. Cinematography by Stephane Krausz, Peter Pilafian Georges Strouve. Music by Michel Colombier, Michel Legrand. Film Editing by Marie-Josee Audiard. Agnes…
Grimsey (2018)
RICHARD GARCIA, RAUL PORTERO Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB. Spain, 2018. Doce Entertainment, La Panda, Pony Films, Zentropa. Screenplay by Richard García, Raúl Portero. Cinematography by Richard García, Raúl Portero. Produced by Pau Brunet, Richard García, Ángeles Hernández, David Krohnert, David Matamoros, Raúl Portero, Nacho San José. Music by Victor Algora. Film Editing by Richard García, Sergio Jiménez. Richard García…
Secret In Their Eyes (2015)
BILLY RAY Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB.5. USA/United Kingdom/Spain/South Korea, 2015. IM Global, STX Entertainment, Route One Entertainment, Union Investment Partners, Gran Via Productions, SITE Productions, Willies Movies, Ingenious Media. Screenplay by Billy Ray, based on the film El Secreto De Sus Ojos by Juan Jose Campanella, Eduardo Sacheri. Cinematography by Daniel Moder. Produced by Matt Jackson, Mark Johnson. Music by…
A Fantastic Woman (Una Mujer Fantastica) (2017)
SEBASTIAN LELIO Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. Chile/Germany/Spain/USA, 2017. Participant Media, Fabula, Komplizen Film, Muchas Gracias, Setembro Cine, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, ARTE. Screenplay by Sebastián Lelio, Gonzalo Maza. Cinematography by Benjamin Echazarreta. Produced by Juan de Dios Larrain, Pablo Larrain, Sebastián Lelio, Gonzalo Maza. Music by Nani García, Matthew Herbert. Production Design by Estefania Larrain. Costume Design by Muriel Parra. Film Editing by Soledad Salfate. Academy…
Zama (2017)
LUCRECIA MARTEL Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. Argentina/Spain/France/Netherlands/USA/Brazil/Mexico/Portugal/Lebanon/Switzerland, 2017. Bananeira Filmes, CNC, Canana, El Deseo, Institut Francais, Instituto de la Cinematografia y de las Artes Audiovisuales, Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales, KNM, L’Aide aux Cinemas du Monde, Lemming Film, Louverture Films, MPM Film, Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres et du Developpement International, Netherland Filmfund, O Som…
People You May Know
J.C. FALCON Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB.5. USA/Spain, 2016. La Panda, Pony Films. Screenplay by J.C. Falcon. Cinematography by Jon Aguirresarobe. Produced by Guillermo Escalona, David Krohnert. Music by Pancho Burgos-Goizueta. Production Design by Sandra Victori. Costume Design by Guillaume Cardoso de Sousa. Film Editing by Jorge Garcia Soto. Podcast: Bad Gay Movies. Four friends are tossed around by life’s uncertainties in this comedy-drama that never…
Triple Agent
BBB (out of 5) Eric Rohmer investigates the true story of a man trying to remain apolitical in highly political times. Russian-born Fyodor lives in Paris with his Greek-born wife, retired from the Tsar’s army and now working for the Russian Military Union while, beyond their borders, Nazi power is brewing and the Spanish Civil…
Julieta
BBBB (out of 5) On the eve of her move to Portugal, Julieta finds out a piece of information about her daughter that inspires her to cancel her plans and stay in Madrid. She sits down at her diary and writes out her story, of meeting her husband, having a child and the eventual demise…
