Monica

I am a Spaniard that enjoys world cinema although I do not watch just anything, I follow my own selection criterion, which might not be the same as the majority’s. In fact, I don’t watch that many films, I don’t go to the cinema very often and most of the films I get to see are on DVD or during festivals.

 

Monica's Blog

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    La Zona
    La Zona is Rodrigo Plá’s feature debut based on a novel written by his wife, Laura Santullo. It was shown during the Seminci film festival although unfortunately, it was out of competition. Had it been competing in the Official section, I am sure it would have been really successful, as Rodrigo’s done an amazing job. Nevertheless, it won this year’s International...
    by Monica at November 8th, 2007 at 06:11 pm
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    My two winners from the Official section at Seminci
    Bikur Ha-Tizmoret (The Band’s Visit) by Eran Kolirin Winner of the Best Script Award and Best New Director Award in 2007. The Band’s Visit is a very simple but sweet story about an Egyptian Police band that travels to Israel in order to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab culture centre, but for some reason they are left stranded at the airport. The director...
    by Monica at November 6th, 2007 at 03:11 pm
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    Seminci – International Film Festival
    Seminci is an International Film Festival held in the Spanish city of Valladolid. It was its 52nd edition this year, and once again I tried to watch as many films as possible. There is so much going on during these ten days, that it is impossible to attend everything, even though there are several screenings for the films. The fact that the six cinemas showing the films...
    by Monica at November 5th, 2007 at 07:11 pm
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    Kannathil Muthamittal – My first Tamil movie
    I am always sceptical about films with children. They have to be really convincing to please me. Otherwise I just can’t stand them. I have this idea that children are usually made to act as if they were really silly (just because they are children?) or as if they had to be more mature than they are supposed to be, when all they have to do is exactly that: being children. The...
    by Monica at June 9th, 2007 at 12:06 pm
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    On probation – Tiempo de valientes
    Silverstein: I can’t believe it! I’ve just figured out the thing about the egg and the chicken. How didn’t I see it before?! Díaz: So which one was first? Silverstein: The egg! Díaz: And where does the egg come from? Silverstein: I don’t know, but it’s an egg! From anywhere, from under a rock… from the sea… from another egg…...
    by Monica at April 2nd, 2007 at 04:04 am
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    Nine Queens
    When I was watching Bluffmaster the other day (yes, I am always behind regarding Indian cinema, but what to do?) the lift scene suddenly reminded me of one of my favourite Argentinian films Nine Queens (Nueve Reinas). They are both con movies and probably that is the only thing they have in common (apart from the mentioned scene and an unexpected end). I liked the idea...
    by Monica at February 14th, 2007 at 01:02 pm
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    Additional features?!
    I don’t get it. I just don’t get it. Would someone kindly explain it to me, please? Why is it that whenever I get an Indian DVD with a bonus disc including additional features, there are NEVER (and I mean NEVER) subtitles of any kind? Come on, one would expect that if the film has – at least English – subtitles, then all the additional material...
    by Monica at January 9th, 2007 at 02:01 pm
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    Derecho de Familia (Family Law)
    Along with Indian movies, Argentinian ones are my favourite at the moment. Completely different from each other, I know, but maybe that is what makes it more attractive and balanced, watching such different kind of cinema. What I like about Argentinian films is their simplicity, the natural way in which the actors perform and the mixture of moving and emotive scenes with...
    by Monica at December 29th, 2006 at 11:12 am
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