A writer, researcher and inveterate drinker of Diet Coke, Rebecca lives vicariously through books and films in the wilds of Newcastle upon Tyne. Her earliest memory of going to the cinema is Santa Claus: The Movie at age six and her most embarrassing lapse of cinematic knowledge occurred at age 20, blurting out "The Railway Children" when asked which film with a famous train sequence was a visual influence on Schindler's List - Rebecca would like it noted that she had not seen Lawrence Of Arabia at that point.
These days she is particularly fond of thrillers, documentaries, ambiguous endings and anything starring Ricardo Darín, but enjoys watching a wide range of films from around the world. Rebecca blogs about Spanish cinema at Nobody Knows Anybody and can be found complaining about a variety of topics on twitter @bookworm1979
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A through-line in the work of writer-director Icíar Bollaín is her interest in representing a variety of female experience, in both private and professional spaces.
Three female detectives find a series of cases combine with personal upheavals to give them new perspectives on their own lives as well as those of their clients.
The film achieves a state of grace through the performances and chemistry of the actors.
Sliding into a heroin-induced oblivion, a director and his actress girlfriend become entangled with an aspiring filmmaker, whose addiction to cinema proves equally dangerous.
A thoughtful and personal meditation on language, identity and landscape.
Documentary following a young Galician filmmaker when he emigrates to Sweden. As he learns about Swedish culture, society and lifestyle, he develops a new identity.
Structurally illustrates how the indigenous people don't see time as being a chronological straight line but as multiple realities existing simultaneously.
The story of the relationship between an Amazonian shaman and two scientists who, decades apart, search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant.
Refuge England is a film made by someone with empathy for the man onscreen and genuine insight into the experience of leaving your home through necessity rather than choice.
The film records the experiences of a Hungarian refugee arriving in London with no English, little money and with his only prospect of help an incomplete address written on a postcard.
