2020s

A true animated film about invented islands. About an imaginary, linguistic, political territory. About a real or dreamed country, or something in between.Read More »

A film that tells the story of American performer Loie Fuller, a pioneer of dance, stage lighting and design.Read More »

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Yes, a bullfighting movie

It is increasingly rare, within a very fragmented public opinion, where there are few common facts or experiences, for a work of art to provoke what we could call a cultural event. That is to say, that it becomes an event of sufficient importance to channel public debate and to signify, in a certain sphere, a memorable event. Tardes de soledad, the film by Albert Serra, starring the maestro Roca Rey, has achieved something like this. Since its premiere in San Sebastian, this work has aroused a reflection that goes far beyond the criticism itself and that this is so is explained, I think, because we are facing a creation that places us in a stark and unusual way, to such atavistic questions as what is the value of life, what is man, what is art and what is the freedom of the artist. And all this, of course, without hiding the certain fact of death. Tardes de soledad somehow forces you to think in shock.Read More »

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A theatre director tries to put on a play with real underprivileged Roma people about their lives but, feeling taken advantage of, the actors leave the troupe to gain a new consciousness.Read More »

A young Israeli woman from a wealthy family volunteers at a soup kitchen in Tel Aviv.Read More »

PLOT: Drawing on a wealth of unseen archival material and unpublished notebooks, the film weaves a complex and personal portrait of Margaret’s life, from the perspective of a fellow artist sensitive to the potential Margaret envisaged for film as a poetic medium.Read More »

Anticipation of Love has settled in a heart of a young lady. The borders between dream and passion are very elusive. Life is full of physical deprivations and sensual pleasures and the deep meaning of that all is Love of course. The deeper the feeling the more intense emotions. Each girl dreams to meet her love one day.Read More »

Through little-seen archive and his characteristically cinematic analysis, Mark Cousins narrates the ascent of fascism in Italy and its fall-out across 1930s Europe. Both essay film and historical document, Cousins contextualises history through the now, holding a mirror to a political landscape of a creeping far right and manipulated media.Read More »

A former pop star and a fan of his boy band struggle to fit in with society.Read More »