Spanish Film Day Opens to the World with Women Filmmakers at the Forefront

The fifth edition, celebrated on October 6, reaches for the first time more than 40 cities across five continents, with “Tasio” as its cultural ambassador, and highlights the contribution of women to the audiovisual sector.   By Jorge Alonso Curiel HoyLunes – Within the framework of the 73rd San Sebastián Festival, held from September 19 to 27, and with the…

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Elisa Fernández Guzmán, Winner of the 2025 Miguel Hernández National Young Poetry Award

The jury selected her work “Después del pop” for “conveying truth with the power of an apparent simplicity that seduces, captivates, and shakes”. Elisa Fernández Guzmán, Winner of the 2025 Miguel Hernández National Young Poetry Award.   Madrid – Elisa Fernández Guzmán has been awarded the 2025 Miguel Hernández National Young Poetry Award for her work “Después del pop” (Rialp),…

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“Sirat”, by Oliver Laxe, “in Trance” Towards the Oscars

It appears as a frontrunner in the predictions to be chosen among the five selected in the Best International Feature Film category.   By Jorge Alonso Curiel HoyLunes – Last Wednesday, September 17, at the headquarters of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, director Pablo Berger revealed the title of the film selected to represent Spain in the…

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The Captive by Amenábar: When Cervantes Becomes a Mirror of His Director

A risky recreation of the years of imprisonment in Algiers that plays more with Alejandro Amenábar’s personal vision than with the historical and literary force of Cervantes.   By Jorge Alonso Curiel HoyLunes – It is always great news when the work of Miguel de Cervantes, the most important and universal Spanish writer, is brought to the screen or the…

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Robert Redford Dies: The Actor Who Turned Cinema into Conscience and Legacy

The legendary star of “The Sting” and founder of the Sundance Film Festival dies at 89 in his Utah residence, leaving behind a legacy that fused art, social commitment, and love for independent cinema.   By Jorge Alonso Curiel HoyLunes – One of the last legends of classic cinema bids farewell. Robert Redford passed away today, September 16, 2025, at…

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The Soup Tureen II: Bitter Shore

Between ash and salt, Margarita learns that pain is not always buried: sometimes it remains standing, watching from a soup tureen. By Nuria Ruiz Fdez HoyLunes – Margarita Lafuente and her family left León as one abandons a wounded animal, with sores on their hands and scars in their hearts that still festered. When they arrived in Algeciras, it felt…

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Wardrobe Treasure. A Rescue of Wonderful Films: “What?”, by Roman Polanski

An absurd, erotic, and delirious comedy by Polanski that revives the freshness of the 1970s and the spirit of the freest and most playful cinema.   By Jorge Alonso Curiel HoyLunes – Dear reader: If you want to enjoy a different kind of film, as surprising as it is original, as funny as it is puzzling, as absurd and surreal…

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Kim Novak Reappears Six Decades Later at the Venice Film Festival

At 92, the unforgettable star of “Vertigo” reappears six decades later at the Venice Film Festival to receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, reclaiming her legacy, her rebellious spirit, and her authenticity.   By Jorge Alonso Curiel HoyLunes – It has been the great surprise, the major news of this 82nd Edition of the Venice International Film Festival, held…

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