Posts Tagged ‘Spanish’

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    Timecrimes (Los Cronocrímenes) [2007] – Suspensefully Humorous
    When his wife heads out for a grocery run, Hector (Karra Elejalde), a happily married, middle-aged man explores the woods surrounding his new abode, his curiosity peaked by the image of a young girl stripping behind the trees through his binoculars. Upon reaching the spot, he finds the girl lying against a rock, naked and breathing. As he attempts to wake her, he is attacked...
    by Vijay at July 19th, 2009 at 06:07 pm
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    Lion’s Den : Trailer
    Sent to prison for allegedly killing her lover, Julia discovers she is pregnant and is sent to a high-security maternity ward to serve her time.
    by PFCdesktop at June 16th, 2009 at 07:06 pm
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    Fermat’s Room Trailer
    What happens when four mathematician’s are trapped in a shrinking room? Check the trailer below and another one on YouTube. Fermat’s Room has been winning quite a few awards around the festival circuit…
    by PFCdesktop at May 26th, 2009 at 11:05 am
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    Sin Nombre : Capsule Review
    Directed by a Japanese, a story about South Americans, the journey to “North”… the land of dreams, harsh gang realities in the guts of Mexico, love lost, struggles to reach a dream… this is a universal story about love, courage, life and its non-sweetners dished out on cold plates. Highly recommended by Anurag Kashyap, we went in and came out dripped...
    by PFCdesktop at May 9th, 2009 at 08:05 am
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    World Cinema coming home to us
    Seems times are changing at last – for the better, and fast. After all these years of scouring the film festivals and pirated DVD shops (unless we have deep pockets to splurge on the highly-priced original DVDs of foreign films), it seems 2008 is bringing some happy tidings for us, the lovers of world cinema (that is, anything that comes from outside the country...
    by Runumi G at January 25th, 2008 at 01:01 am
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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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    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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    Dealing with the “subConscious” – Parthiban opens his eyes
    So much of discussion on no-Smoking on the PFC . I haven’t seen the movie and would love to see it in a theatre, for it reminds me of an erstwhile experience of having watched a movie that merged the real and the surreal together. This was the Thamizh movie, “Kudaikkul Mazhai” directed by R.Parthiban. It released in the year 2004 and I was in Bangalore...
    by V.P. Jaiganesh at October 29th, 2007 at 12:10 pm
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    Rome 2007 Line-Up Announced
    The second Rome Film Fest, which runs Oct 18-27, has announced its full programme. World premieres in the Cinema 2007 programme include: * La Recta Provincia (Raul Ruiz) * Youth Without Youth (Francis Ford Coppola) * August Rush (Kirsten Sheridan) * Hafez (Abolfazl Jalili) * L’Abbuffata (Mimmo Calopresti) * And The Spring Comes (Chang Wei...
    by Vijay at September 27th, 2007 at 09:09 am
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    Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles 2008 Call for Entries
    IFFLA 2008 Announces Call for Entries The Sixth Annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) seeks narrative, documentary, music videos, experimental, children’s and animated films of any length and format. IFFLA will run April 22-27, 2008 at ArcLight Hollywood, a state-of-the-art facility located in the heart of Los Angeles. Jury and Audience Choice Prizes...
    by Vijay at September 17th, 2007 at 11:09 pm
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    life, death and coma
    Recently saw two movies. somehow similar. dont move and talk to her. one spanish, the other italian. am not big fan of those hi-fi, sci-fi, mind-blowing, mind-fucking movies. just give me a good story. human drama where characters involve me in such a way that i just want to listen to them, be part of their stories for next 2hours. these two films turn about to be the...
    by Phoenixnu at June 28th, 2007 at 05:06 am
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    Voices from the Waters : Day Three & Four
    The festival has concluded and has, like all the festivals, has left a warehouse of memories, experiences and conversations. Before I go into the films of Day Three and Four, I would like to confess that it gets telling on your reactive senses if you try to catch up with all the films, because a festival is lot more about than just films. In this particular one, they...
    by Tushar at June 11th, 2007 at 02:06 pm
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    For cinephiles in Mumbai: National Film Circle
    Received from Worldwide Film Distribution yahoogroup… Please spread the word! Let me take this opportunity to introduce you about me and social activities of our organization. … I am working with a government organization, one of the most important & entertainment department called “NATIONAL FILM CIRCLE” is given to me and I am looking for...
    by striker at April 26th, 2007 at 04:04 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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    Pan’s Labyrinth : Salute
    As the lights came on, I put on my beanie and slowly walked my way through the crowd towards the car. I turned the ignition on and waited… for the first of many tears to roll down. For the last two hours, I was transported into a world where telling a story meant two words. And Pan’s Labyrinth achieves that over and over again. Forget the beautiful cinematography,...
    by oz at January 20th, 2007 at 10:01 pm
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    Netflix Catch – Sobrevivire
    Sobrevivire (I Will Survive) is a simple movie, with a simple story, about a simple woman, that approaches greatness. And, maybe that is the genius of Spanish filmmakers. While filmmakers from so many other countries are creating bigger and showier movies, and even small independent films aspire to be large with multiple plot lines and convoluted camera shots and tricks,...
    by t! at January 20th, 2007 at 05:01 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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    Volver – Pedro Almodovar
    I have been waiting for this release for months. I know the actors. I know the plot. I know the decisions that Almodóvar made about the music. I have read everything I can about this film. It is a movie about three generations of women from a small Spanish village in La Mancha and the relationships between these women – relationships shaped by murder, superstition,...
    by t! at November 8th, 2006 at 01:11 pm
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    Pedro Almodovar, Spanish Auteur
    He has trivialized rape. Made insane people and the abhorrent things that they do appear normal. Turned violence into farce. Exorcised the demons of his Catholic school days. Glorified sadomasochism and sexual perversion. Blurred the lines of sexuality. Made drug usage comedic. Celebrated the strong women who raised him by creating strong female characters in his films....
    by t! at October 22nd, 2006 at 05:10 pm
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