Viva · 2007
13 films · 13 reviews
Tense and twisty, this is what thrillers should be about.
(Country: Argentina; Year: 2005; Director: Fabian Bielinsky; Writer: Fabian Bielinsky; Stars: Ricardo Darin, Dolores Fonzi, Pablo Cedron, Alejandro Awada, Jorge D'Elia, Rafael Castejon, Manuel Rodal)
It is as though all the moral ambiguity and mean-spiritedness of 1970s cinema had never died.
(Country: UK, France, Spain; Year: 2006; Director: Koldo Serra; Writer: Jon Sagalá, Koldo Serra; Stars: Gary Oldman, Paddy Considine, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Virginie Ledoyen, Lluís Homar, Yaiza Esteve, Andrés Gertrúdix, Jon Ariño, Kandido Urango, Álex Angulo, Savitri Ceballos, Patxi Bisquert, José Andrés Zalguegui)
Buenos Aires, 1977 is harrowing at times, terrifying at others.
(Country: Argentina; Year: 2006; Director: Adrián Caetano; Writer: Adrián Caetano, Esteban Student; Stars: Rodrigo De la Serna, Pablo Echarri, Nazareno Casero, Lautaro Delgado, Matías Marmorato, Martín Urruty)
The plotline’s complexity is matched by the depth of the issues explored, with the cast uniformly coming up trumps.
(Country: Spain; Year: 2006; Director: Daniel Sánchez Arévalo; Writer: Daniel Sánchez Arévalo; Stars: Quim Gutiérrez, Marta Etura, Antonio de la Torre, Raúl Arévalo, Eva Pallarés, Héctor Colomé, Manuel Morón, Ana Wagener, Roberto Enríquez) , Official site
The film takes standard ingredients of a good horror movie - the sinister setting, the horrible crime, the ghostly presence, the newcomer - and uses a surprisingly gore-free, old-fashioned way of scaring the audience.
(Country: Mexico / Spain; Year: 2001; Director: Guillermo del Toro; Writer: Guillermo del Toro; Stars: Marisa Paredes, Frederico Luppi, Eduardo Noreiga, Fernando Tielve, Inigo Garces, Irene Visedo.)
This odd story is reminiscent of a Beckett play in its compelling sinisterness.
(Country: Mexico; Year: 1962; Director: Luis Buñuel; Writer: José Bergamín, Luis Alcoriza, Luis Buñuel; Stars: Silvia Pinal, Enrique Rambal, Claudio Brook, Jose Baviera, Augusto Benedico, Antonio Bravo, Jacqueline Andere, Cesar del Campo, Rosa Elena Durgel)
Scores heavily as a mood-driven character exploration of the nature of familial love, duty, conflict and its impact on the innocent.
(Country: Mexico; Year: 2006; Director: Francisco Vargas Quevedo; Writer: Francisco Vargas Quevedo; Stars: Don Angel Tavira, Gerardo Taracena, Dagoberto Gama, Octavio Castro, Mario Garibaldi)
Lewin and Valenzuela, while undoubtedly very attractive, are ridiculously untouched by their continual romping.
(Country: Germany, Chile; Year: 2005; Director: Matías Bize; Writer: Julio Rojas; Stars: Blanca Lewin, Gonzalo Valenzuela)
(Country: Spain/Italy/France; Year: 2004; Director: Alex de la Iglesia; Writer: Alex de la Iglesia, Jorge Guerricaechevarria; Stars: Guillermo Toledo, Monica Cervera, Luis Varela, Fernando Tejero, Kira Miro, Enrique Villen, Javier Gutierrez, Tosario Pardo, Gracia Olaya)
A coming of age drama with a novel twist.
(Country: Peru/Spain; Year: 2005; Director: Claudia Llosa; Writer: Claudia Llosa; Stars: Magaly Solier, Carlos Juan de la Torre, Yiliana Chong, Juan Ubaldo Huaman)
Where we should be caught up in the emotion of a man staring death in the face, we are, instead, marvelling at the sudden clunky switch from Seventies crime thriller posturings to run-of-the-mill prison melodrama.
(Country: Spain, UK; Year: 2006; Director: Manuel Huerga; Writer: Lluís Arcarazo, based on the book by Francesc Escribano; Stars: Daniel Brühl, Tristán Ulloa, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Joel Joan, Olalla Escribano, Carlota Olcina, Bea Segura, Andrea Ros, Celso Bugallo, Mercedes Sampietro)
The kind of debut feature that encourages you to believe that cinema does have a future.
(Country: Spain; Year: 2004; Director: Guillem Morales; Writer: Guillem Morales; Stars: Andoni Gracia, Mónica López, Francesc Garrido, Agustí Villaronga, Minnie Marx)
Although, occasionally resorting to stereotypes and cliche to find a laugh, by and large Iglesias script is intelligent and witty.
(Country: Spain; Year: 2006; Director: Carlos Iglesias; Writer: Carlos Iglesias; Stars: Carlos Iglesias, Javier Gutiérrez, Nieve de Medina, Isabel Blanco, Carmen Rossi, Ivan Martin)
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
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