Malaga — Opening last Friday with “Dragonkeeper,” also in competition, Spain’s Malaga Festival, its biggest dedicated event for movies from Spain and Latin America, is studded by latest films by Isaki Lacuesta – “Saturn Return,” reportedly fun, broad audience and radical – David Trueba – “The Good Man,” small scale but almost certainly ingratiating – and Antonio Chavarrías’ “Holy Mother,” about an extraordinary real life female figure in Spain’s 9th century Reconquista.
Also in the running is “Rest in Peace,” from notable Argentine writer-director Sebastián Borensztein (“Chinese Takeaway”).
All are front-runners for some kind of award next Saturday. Prominent also is a bevy of first or second features, featuring from Spain three titles from women directors – gender abuse drama “The Snows,” “Nina,” reportedly a Western set in a northern Spanish town, and tragi-comedy “We Treat Women Too Well” – plus a clutch of debuts from Latin America.
This year’s Competition may, in the final analysis,...
Also in the running is “Rest in Peace,” from notable Argentine writer-director Sebastián Borensztein (“Chinese Takeaway”).
All are front-runners for some kind of award next Saturday. Prominent also is a bevy of first or second features, featuring from Spain three titles from women directors – gender abuse drama “The Snows,” “Nina,” reportedly a Western set in a northern Spanish town, and tragi-comedy “We Treat Women Too Well” – plus a clutch of debuts from Latin America.
This year’s Competition may, in the final analysis,...
- 3/4/2024
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Red Queen is an Amazon Prime TV series based on a popular Spanish-language book by Juan Gómez-Jurado. The story centers around Antonia Scott, a remarkably intelligent girl with an Iq of 242. She’s recruited to be part of a secret police project in an organization called Red Queen. Police officer Jon Gutiérrez asked to be her squire, and they’re tasked with solving two interconnected crimes. The first case involves the gruesome murder of the son of a powerful banker named Laura Trueba in her mansion. Simultaneously, the daughter of the wealthiest man in Madrid named Ramon Ortiz is kidnapped. Antonia and Jon suspect these crimes are linked, orchestrated by the same perpetrator to send a chilling message. As they dive into the investigation, they encounter numerous challenges. Will they be able to decipher the clues and catch the culprit before it’s too late? Or will they fall victim...
- 2/29/2024
- by Sutanuka Banerjee
- Film Fugitives
Before Netflix started decimating its production teams, and canceling every show, it was once the land of second opportunities. The streaming platform not only produced great shows, but also offered a place where underappreciated and underseen titles could finally find an audience. In the case of TV shows, some even got a chance to finish their stories. "Breaking Bad" became a global hit thanks to people being able to binge on Netflix, and "Arrested Development" was brought back to life almost a decade after being canceled, as were "Lucifer" and "Manifest."
Sadly, the streamer doesn't seem to be in the business of reviving titles anymore, and Netflix originals often get scant promotion and slip under the radar. And yet, the platform does still provide a platform for underappreciated titles to find a larger audience even years after their initial release. Case in point: the sudden resurgence in popularity of "The Book of Life,...
Sadly, the streamer doesn't seem to be in the business of reviving titles anymore, and Netflix originals often get scant promotion and slip under the radar. And yet, the platform does still provide a platform for underappreciated titles to find a larger audience even years after their initial release. Case in point: the sudden resurgence in popularity of "The Book of Life,...
- 12/31/2023
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
Spanish filmmaker F. Javier Gutiérrez (Before the Fall, Rings) is back with new movie The Wait (La Espera), described as a sinister folk horror tragedy that takes place in the dark, magic and forgotten Andalusian countryside, a place marked by ancestral traditions.
Exclusive to Bloody Disgusting, check out two first-look images above and below.
Based on an original script written by Gutierrez, The Wait has been described to Bloody Disgusting as being a “love letter to the horror/fantasy genre,” as well as Gutiérrez’s “most intimate and brutal film” to date. The upcoming horror movie “portrays the macabre descent into hell of a man who suffered the tragic loss of his family.”
Produced by Spal Films (Before the Fall), Nostromo Pictures and Gutierrez’s production company Unfiled Films, the upcoming horror movie stars Victor Clavijo (Before the Fall), Ruth Diaz, Manuel Moron and Luis Callejo (Below Zero).
In the film,...
Exclusive to Bloody Disgusting, check out two first-look images above and below.
Based on an original script written by Gutierrez, The Wait has been described to Bloody Disgusting as being a “love letter to the horror/fantasy genre,” as well as Gutiérrez’s “most intimate and brutal film” to date. The upcoming horror movie “portrays the macabre descent into hell of a man who suffered the tragic loss of his family.”
Produced by Spal Films (Before the Fall), Nostromo Pictures and Gutierrez’s production company Unfiled Films, the upcoming horror movie stars Victor Clavijo (Before the Fall), Ruth Diaz, Manuel Moron and Luis Callejo (Below Zero).
In the film,...
- 3/23/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
During Guillermo del Toro’s time as an animation producer at DreamWorks, he earned a certain reputation around the studio. “Jeffrey Katzenberg called me ‘The Harbinger of Death’ because a lot of my solutions to a character conflict was to kill them.” del Toro recalled, with a laugh, during a recent interview with IndieWire. It was the early 2010s, when DreamWorks movies were starting to become darker and more daring, and del Toro wanted to push directors to try riskier, wilder things. “When I consulted on ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ they were debating what to do with the father character,” del Toro explained. “I said, ‘Kill him. That will give the entire movie a lot more gravitas.’” Likewise, “Puss in Boots” offed its villain, one of the heroes died halfway through “Rise of the Guardians”, and “Kung Fu Panda” included a panda massacre as a plot line.
“The first...
“The first...
- 12/10/2022
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Indiewire
Jorge R. Gutiérrez's "The Book of Life" is an extremely vibrant and colorful film. After all, the 2014 computer animated film takes place largely in the Land of the Remembered, an afterlife that echoes the often bright and celebratory aesthetics of the Mexican holiday of Día de los Muertos. It comes as a bit of a surprise, then, that during the making of the movie, studio execs reportedly wanted to keep one color out of the hero's wardrobe. According to Gutiérrez, who recently spoke with /Film's Rafael Motamayor about the making of the film, the powers-that-be were initially not happy about bullfight Manolo (Diego Luna) wearing pink socks.
That's right: in a move that feels emblematic of the upside-down world of film marketing, a film that was lauded as a major step forward for on-screen representations of Latino culture almost didn't get to include a piece of matador tradition for a very silly reason.
That's right: in a move that feels emblematic of the upside-down world of film marketing, a film that was lauded as a major step forward for on-screen representations of Latino culture almost didn't get to include a piece of matador tradition for a very silly reason.
- 12/9/2022
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
(Welcome to My Most Ridiculous Note, a series of interviews in which animators talk about the weirdest and funniest notes they received from studio executives.)
"El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera" was a superhero show unlike any other in the mid-2000s: an action-packed animated series with a distinct visual style and a nuanced character with a moral dilemma at its center. It was also the first Flash-animated cartoon on Nickelodeon, and found brilliant and dynamic ways to use that tool.
Jorge R. Gutiérrez has quickly become one of the most interesting voices in animation working today. He brings his experience and a sense of cultural specificity to his work and explores many different genres and tones, whether it's superheroes in "El Tigre," musical romance in "The Book of Life," or epic fantasy in "Maya and the Three."
/Film spoke with Gutiérrez about the misconceptions, fears, and concerns that...
"El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera" was a superhero show unlike any other in the mid-2000s: an action-packed animated series with a distinct visual style and a nuanced character with a moral dilemma at its center. It was also the first Flash-animated cartoon on Nickelodeon, and found brilliant and dynamic ways to use that tool.
Jorge R. Gutiérrez has quickly become one of the most interesting voices in animation working today. He brings his experience and a sense of cultural specificity to his work and explores many different genres and tones, whether it's superheroes in "El Tigre," musical romance in "The Book of Life," or epic fantasy in "Maya and the Three."
/Film spoke with Gutiérrez about the misconceptions, fears, and concerns that...
- 12/9/2022
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
The year was 2007. Lin-Manuel Miranda had yet to conquer Broadway with "Hamilton," much less position himself as the heir apparent to Alan Menken at Disney. Meanwhile, DreamWorks Animation was still making "Shrek" sequels and had somehow convinced itself "The Bee Movie" was a good idea (more on that later). Enter Jorge Gutiérrez, who had only just made his name with the flash-animated Nickelodeon series "El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera," which he co-created with his fellow animator and wife, Sandra Equihua.
As fate would have it, Miranda and Gutiérrez came very close to teaming up on the latter's 2014 animated feature directing debut, "The Book of Life." For those not familiar, the film is a Mexican folktale that takes place against the backdrop of the Day of the Dead and centers on a love triangle formed by three childhood friends: musician and would-be bullfighter Manolo (Diego Luna), local military hero...
As fate would have it, Miranda and Gutiérrez came very close to teaming up on the latter's 2014 animated feature directing debut, "The Book of Life." For those not familiar, the film is a Mexican folktale that takes place against the backdrop of the Day of the Dead and centers on a love triangle formed by three childhood friends: musician and would-be bullfighter Manolo (Diego Luna), local military hero...
- 12/9/2022
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
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