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),…
Read MoreThe Soup Tureen III: The Suspicion
A mother on the edge of the abyss discovers that her daughter’s letter hides a secret, and that emptiness can also be the beginning of an unexpected struggle. By Nuria Ruiz Fdez HoyLunes – The hours, slow, felt like stones in her pockets. Each tick-tock was a sharp blow against Margarita’s chest as she wandered through the house aimlessly,…
Read More“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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreRobert 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreWardrobe 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…
Read MoreArt as a Construction of Memory
Art as refuge and archive: a way to transform pain and joy into shared memory. By Claudia Benitez HoyLunes – Human life seems to be marked by a constant oscillation. At times we find ourselves trapped in suffering, in the frustration born from the sting of abandonment, of pain, of unfulfilled desire; at other times we are confronted with…
Read MoreKim 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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