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Adam Sandleris a comedy legend and there are a lot of his movies that fans love. One such movie is Spanglish. Sandler stars as a chef named John Clasky whose new housekeeper, Flor (Paz Vega), has to move in with the family to accommodate her young daughter. Blending two families together this way obviously isn't easy, and it ends up being one of Sandler's more serious roles. Now, the film is leaving Netflix, and if you want to dive in before it leaves, you'd better hurry, as it heads out on August 1!

Spanglish also stars Téa Leoni as John's wife Deborah, Cloris Leachman as Evelyn, Deborah's mother, and more. Released in 2004, the romantic comedy was one of two rom-coms that Sandler put out that year. 50 First Dates was released in February of that year, and then Spanglish came out in December during the holiday season. Out of the two, though,...

While most streaming services get a bad reputation for canceling fan-favorite shows like Westworld, The Winchesters, and Mindhunter, Netflix gets it even worse for canceling fan-favorite shows in their infancy. Sometimes, fan backlash can save a show from getting canceled outright, either by it getting a smaller final season like Superman & Lois, or getting shopped to another platform. In most cases, however, the series stays dead. But that isn’t the case for The Oa.

Six years ago, the sci-fi series was unceremoniously canceled by Netflix, and fans weren’t happy. The series, co-created by Brit Marlingand Zal Batmanglij, was widely loved by fans for a gripping plot, supernatural elements, and fantastical yet grounded storytelling. Its cancellation also left fans on a major cliffhanger at the end of Season 2. But it seems that the creators are quite adamant about finishing their story as Jason Isaacs, who played antagonist Dr. Hunte,...

The Oa, the sci-fi mystery by Netflix, is one of the streamer's signature genre shows, even if it hasn't been in the spotlight lately. Created by Zal Batmanglij and Brit Marling, the latter of whom also plays the lead, The Oa was a bit polarizing with audiences upon release, but the critical reception was always good. Season 2 was very well-received too, but it surprisingly got canceled months after the premiere. Since 2019, fans have been pleading for its return, and now star Jason Isaacs has offered a promising update that will give fans something to be excited about.

"We will not let it go," Isaacs said about The Oa when talking to Jo Whiley on her podcast. As reported by Comic Book, Isaacs appeared on the podcast and addressed the Netflix fan-favorite released in 2016. Isaacs plays Hap in the show, which also features actors like Emory Cohen, Phyllis Smith, Brandon Perea,...

Laura Alvea y José Ortuño dirigen esta superproducción de más de 14 millones de euros de presupuesto. © Isii Group

Comienza el rodaje en Gran Canaria de Trinidad, una película de acción y aventuras, escrita y dirigida por el tándem formado por Laura Alvea (La chica de nieve) y José Ortuño (Normas para una página de sucesos), que nos trasladará al legendario Oeste norteamericano en una historia en la que las mujeres serán las grandes protagonistas.

La película está ambientada a finales del siglo Xix y sigue a una joven española llamada Trinidad (Gabriela Andrada), que llega al Salvaje Oeste acompañada de su madre (Paz Vega) y de su hermana (Sofía Allepuz), huyendo de la justicia que la persigue en su país natal. Desafiando los roles que la sociedad de la época impone a las mujeres, Trinidad descubre su innata destreza con las armas, un talento que le permite mantener a su familia,...

The 27th Taipei Film Festival has unveiled the 10 official selections for its prestigious International New Talent Competition, as well as the international jury lineup. This year, two Taiwanese films—Family Matters directed by Pan Ke-yin and Eel by Chu Chun-teng—stood out from 443 submissions worldwide to represent Taiwan in the competition.

The jury is chaired by Taipei Film Award-winning screenwriter Mag Hsu, joined by twice Golden Horse-nominated actor Mason Lee, Berlinale programmer Jessica Kiang, internationally acclaimed Filipino producer Bianca Balbuena (Viet and Nam), and Japanese director Matsunaga Daishi, whose debut film premiered at the Jeonju Iff. Together, they will select winners for the “Grand Prize” and “Special Jury Prize.”

Additionally, the “Taiwan Directors Guild Award” (Director’s Guild of Taiwan Recommendation) will be decided by three renowned directors: Gilles Yang, Fen Fen Cheng, and Liao Shih Han (The Rope Curse series). The “Audience Choice Award” will also be presented at...

Exclusive: Magenta Light Studios has acquired North American rights to Salvadoran Civil War drama Fireflies At El Mozote starring Paz Vega (Spanglish) from Premiere Entertainment Group.

The film was written and directed by Ernesto Melara. The story is set in 1980s El Salvador and recounts the story of a 10-year-old boy (Mateo Honles) who survives the massacre of his village and his quest to bring justice to his dead family in the middle of a bloody civil war.

Juan Pablo Shuk (Narcos), Yancey Arias (Queen of the South), Jeff Fahey (Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1), and Mena Suvari (American Beauty) round out the key cast.

Bob Yari (Yellowstone) produced the film on behalf of Yari Film Group alongside Moctesuma Esparza (Selena) and Elias Axume for Premiere Entertainment Group, which handles sales on the film.

Magenta Light recently announced they will release Simon West’s Bride Hard on June 20. The film stars Rebel Wilson,...

Set in 1980s Spain, actor Paz Vega’s subtly affecting directing debut shows a family suffering under an abusive father, but is warmed by optimism and compassion

Spanish actor Paz Vega makes her directing debut with this sensitive portrait of domestic abuse and patriarchy in 1980s Spain. It’s told through the eyes of seven-year-old Rita (Sofía Allepuz), whose mum, Mari (played by Vega) is trapped in a violent marriage. We see the world how Rita sees it: filled with of moments of joy and discovery; her sense of wonder adds tenderness and hope to the story. It’s never voyeuristic (the violence happens almost entirely off screen), but Rita is effective at evoking how each member of the family is brutalised by abuse, living in a constant state of hypervigilance.

Rita works hard. Her little seven-year-old hands scrub, carry heavy plates and wash dishes to make her mother’s life a little easier.

Antonio Banderas keeps his mouth shut, and his gun loaded in this divisive action thriller, which is now making some noise on free streaming. Released back in 2017, Acts of Vengeance evokes the best kind of action B-movie in this tale of a lawyer who doesn't know when to keep his mouth shut, vowing silence and revenge after his family is murdered.

Directed by Isaac Florentine, who is certainly no stranger to the genre, as demonstrated in his frequent collaborations with underrated action icon Scott Adkins in the likes of Ninja: Shadow of a Tear, Undisputed II: Last Man Standing, and Close Range, Acts of Vengeance stars The Boys’ Karl Urban, as well as Paz Vega and Cristina Serafini alongside Banderas. The action outing, which proved deeply divisive at the time, is now getting a second shot at success thanks to the free streaming platform, Tubi, where it currently stands #7 in the top 10.

Upon release,...

The red carpet has kicked off at the 2025 Oscars and we’ll be keeping track of all the red carpet photos right here!

Stars will be stepping out for the annual awards show on Sunday (March 2) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

We’ll be updating this post all night long to give you easy access to see the event’s full guest list and every celebrity on the red carpet.

The Oscars will be hosted by comedian Conan O’Brien for the first time and the show is airing live on ABC and Hulu. The movie Emilia Perez leads the nominations with 13 nods, followed by The Brutalist and Wicked with 10 each. Make sure to check out the full list of nominations and find out who is performing during the show!

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Antonio Banderas and Karl Urban's 2017 action/thriller movie, Acts of Vengeance, is now streaming for free. The film is available on Tubi.

Acts of Vengeance was directed by Isaac Florentine and stars Banderas as Frank Valera, a lawyer who goes on a mission to avenge the death of his wife and daughter. Frank soon takes a vow of silence, which will not be broken until he finds who killed his family and gets his vengeance. The film also features Karl Urban as Officer Hank Strode, a Pittsburgh Police officer who rescues Frank early in the film. Paz Vega and Cristina Serafini also have supporting roles in the film.

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Acts of Vengeance was released in select theaters worldwide...

Italy’s Minerva Pictures has unveiled a slew of sales on its EFM slate including for Taavi Vartia’s Finnish survival thriller Ice Skater and Stefano Sardo’s erotic thriller Close To Me.

Ice Skater was acquired by Spain’s Inopia, Cis’s Magic Films, Latin America’s Clube Filmes, and by Foxx Vision for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Now in post, Ice Skater stars Norwegian actress Thea Sofie Loch Næss as a woman who finds herself stranded on an ice floe in the Arctic Sea.

Close To Me, which is co-distributed with Tvco, was acquired for German-speaking countries by Splendid,...

One of the most divisive action movies in the repertoire of Hollywood icon (and now a so-called "Special Ambassador" tasked with saving the industry) Sylvester Stallone is climbing the charts on Netflix. Released back in 2019, Stallone leads the final outing for one of his most beloved characters, John Rambo, in Rambo: Last Blood, which finds the hero battling a cartel after someone close to him is kidnapped.

Rambo: Last Blood is now #7 on the Netflix chart, just behind the likes of other action outings Miss Congeniality, Rogue Agent, and the Die Hard-esque Aftermath, which holds the top spot. Directed by Adrian Grünberg from a screenplay co-written by Matthew Cirulnick and Sylvester Stallone, Last Blood stars Paz Vega, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Adriana Barraza, Yvette Monreal, Genie Kim aka Yenah Han, Joaquín Cosío, and Óscar Jaenada alongside Stallone. You can check out the official synopsis below.

“Vietnam War veteran John Rambo tries...

‘Segundo Premio’ también triunfó en la gran noche del cine español.

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Anoche se celebró la gala de los Premios Goya 2025, la que es la gran noche del cine español y una de las ediciones más abiertas de los últimos años donde todo podía pasar. Y es que, por un momento, parecía que íbamos a tener nuestro momento Moonlight–La La Land español, pero no, por primera vez en la historia de los Goya el premio a la Mejor Película se repartió ex aequo a El 47 y La infiltrada. Otra de las grandes triunfadoras de la noche fue Segundo premio, que logró tres galardones, incluido el de Mejor Dirección. Aquí os dejamos con la lista completa de nominados y ganadores de los Goya 2025:

Mejor PELÍCULA (Ex Aequo) Casa en flames

El 47

La estrella azul

La infiltrada

Segundo premio © A Contracorriente Films © Beta Films Mejor DIRECCIÓN Pedro Almodóvar...

Long before she became the sharp-tongued and independent Beth Dutton in Yellowstone, Kelly Reilly was already proving herself a master of powerful performances. While her rise to fame may seem tied to the success of Taylor Sheridan’s modern Western, Reilly’s earlier work, particularly in period films, revealed her ability to bring depth and strength to various roles. In 2009, she delivered standout performances in three period films, each setting the stage for her eventual breakout on TV.

Despite her undeniable screen presence, Reilly was frequently cast in supporting roles. While she did have more leading roles in films like Eden Lake, it was in period dramas that her ability to fully embrace a character really stood out. The resilience, wit and strength she brought to these earlier performances prove that Reilly’s path to Yellowstone was paved with roles that showed her strengths in ways that only now receive full recognition.

‘Rita’, de Paz Vega, y ‘¿Es el enemigo? La película de Gila’ , de Alexis Morante, entre las grandes triunfadoras.

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El sábado se celebró la gala de los Premios Carmen. Una gala cuyo protagonismo recayó en la película Segundo premio y Rita. Aquí la lista completa de los premiados:

Mejor Largometraje De FICCIÓN Segundo premio © BTeamPictures Mejor Largometraje De PRODUCCIÓN No Andaluza La estrella azul © Mod producciones Mejor Largometraje Documental Fandango

© Comunicación Audiovisual Singulares Mejor DIRECCIÓN Alexis Morante, ¿Es el enemigo? La película de Gila

© Filmax Mejor DIRECCIÓN Novel Paz Vega, Rita © Filmax Mejor Guion Original Segundo premio © BTeamPictures Mejor Guion Adaptado ¿Es el enemigo? La película de Gila © Filmax Mejor INTERPRETACIÓN Femenina Protagonista Beatriz Arjona, Fin de fiesta © AContracorrienteFilms Mejor INTERPRETACIÓN Femenina De Reparto Adelfa Calvo, ¿Es el enemigo? La película de Gila © Filmax Mejor INTERPRETACIÓN Femenina REVELACIÓN Paz de Alarcón, Rita © Filmax Mejor INTERPRETACIÓN Masculina Protagonista Pablo Gómez-Pando,...

Adam Sandler is a comedic heavy hitter in the industry. His prolific career in the 1990s and 2000s saw him starring in so many movies that some gems inevitably slipped through the cracks of mainstream popularity. But the times are a-changin’ and, thanks to the rise of streaming services, a whole new generation gets to witness Sandler at his best. Spanglish, a rom-com from 2004, is the latest to join the lineup, arriving on Netflix on Feb. 1.

Spanglish tells the story of Flor (Paz Vega), a Mexican immigrant and devoted single mother who does not speak English. She takes a job as a housekeeper for the affluent Clasky family, which consists of John, a Los Angeles chef and the family patriarch, Deborah, his wife and former businesswoman, their children Bernice and Georgie, and Deborah’s mother, Evelyn, a retired singer. The new gig, personal revelations, and cultural clashes cause Flor to...

Premiere Entertainment Group’s body swap comedy The Ballad Of Hortensia has become the most successful local film ever released in El Salvador after its opening weekend.

The film, produced and sold by Premiere, drew an audience of more than 25,000 admissions over its first four days, according to Premiere and local distributor Balun Films.

Directed by Arturo Menendez and starring noted Salvadoran comedian Julio Yúdice,Francisco Gattorno, and Helena Haro, The Ballad Of Hortensia overtook the previous record-holder La Rebusqueda, the 2014 release that garnered 22,300 admissions over three months.

The Ballad Of Hortensia opened in eight theatres on December 12 and ranked...

Set against the backdrop of the 1992 Sevilla Expo, this Netflix thriller begins with a devastating explosion that kills Alvaro, an executive involved in the expo’s plans. Amparo (Marian Álvarez), his widow, struggles with the chaos of grief and suspects his death was not an accident. Enter Richi (Fernando Valdivielso); a former cop turned security guard whose struggle with alcoholism mirrors the societal deterioration that lies under the surface.

The serial killer, known as the “Curro Killer,” leaves behind a Curro doll, which was originally a symbol of hope but has since been warped into a harbinger of retribution. This first murder sparks Amparo and Richi’s complex inquiry, in which flames veil the truth—both real and metaphorical.

The narrative thickens throughout six episodes, with each new victim related to the fair. Amparo’s tireless pursuit reveals a series of horrible killings, exposing societal cracks and bureaucratic inefficiency. The...

‘La Habitación de al Lado’ no logra la nominación a Mejor Película y sorprende la ausencia de Najwa Nimri como Mejor Actriz. © Goya |A Contracorriente Films | Beta Films| BTeamPictures | El Deseo

Hoy ha tenido lugar la lectura de nominados a los Premios Goya 2025, en la que las películas El 47, La Infiltrada y Segundo Premio han conseguido el mayor número de nominaciones. Los ganadores se conocerán el 8 de febrero en Granada. Aquí os dejamos con la lista completa de nominados:

Mejor PELÍCULA

Casa en flames

El 47

La estrella azul

La infiltrada

Segundo premio

Mejor DIRECCIÓN

Pedro almodóvar (La habitación de al lado)

Arantxa Echavarría (La infiltrada)

Paula Ortiz (La virgen roja)

Aitor Arregi y Jon Garaño (Marco)

Isaki Lacuesta y Pol Rodríguez (Segundo premio)

Mejor DIRECCIÓN Novel

Miguel Faus (Calladita)

Pedro Martín-Calero (El llanto)

Javier Macipe (La estrella azul)

Sandra Romero (Por donde pasa el silencio)

Paz Vega (Rita...

The Spanish film academy gave a surprise snub to its best-known director when Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door was not nominated for best film for the Goya Film Awards, Spain’s equivalent to the Oscars.

The Room Next Door picked up 13 Goya nominations, including best director for Almodóvar and best acting nominations for both of the film’s leads, Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore, but the film was left out of the best picture category. Perhaps the language barrier — it’s Almodóvar’s first English-language feature — counted against it among Spanish academy voters.

Instead, the Goya’s best picture race will include five Spanish-language features: Casa en flames from director Dani de la Orden, Marcel Barrena’s El 47, La estrella azul from Javier Macipe, Arantxa Echevarría’s La infiltrada, and Segundo premio from director Isaki Lacuesta and Pol Rodríguez, which was Spain’s official Oscar submission this year.

Local hits The 47 and Undercover lead the nominations for Spain’s 2025 Goya Awards, with 14 and 13 nods respectively.

Rock drama Saturn Return and Pedro Almodóvar’s Golden Lion winnerThe Room Next Door are also high up on the list of nominees.

The Goya winners will be announced at a ceremony in Granada on February 8.

Marcel Barrena’s The 47, produced by The Mediapro Studio, tells the story of a working-class community in the hills of Barcelona and its struggle to get public transport and better living conditions. It has grossed €3m at the Spanish box office to date.

The 47’s 14 nominations include best film,...

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The intricate planning, a bunch of misfits coming together, and an impossible amount of money all come together and result in a thrilling heist. The heist genre is generally one of the most popular sub-genres out because of all the thrills and mystery you can have in the plot while also having a ton of fun. So, if you are a heist genre fan, Netflix is the streaming service for you, as it has some of the best heist shows you can find anywhere.

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Kaleidoscope is a heist thriller drama series created by Eric Garcia. The Netflix series follows a master thief and his crew as they try to $7 billion, but their internal conflict and greed get in the way of their plans. Kaleidoscope is known for its unique way of presenting its story because...

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Netflix is ready with an entertainment-packed December this year. We already covered the new movies that are coming to Netflix in December 2024. In this article, we will see what new shows will be coming on the streaming service in the upcoming month, including the return of top-rated original shows like Squid Game and Virgin River and new original shows like Black Doves. Just like every month, Netflix is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the best 7 new TV shows coming to Netflix in December 2024.

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Black Doves is an upcoming British spy action thriller drama series created by Joe Barton. The Netflix series follows Helen, an undercover agent who begins a passionate affair that threatens her real identity. Still, when her lover is killed...

In 2024, there is no shortage of possible imagined dystopian futures. Not just because there’s an ever-growing canon of films that dream up humanity’s worst-case scenarios but because news about climate disasters, headlines about dwindling natural resources and well-founded fears about the encroaching power of AI dominate our day-to-day lives. That’s perhaps what makes Leticia Tonos’s “Aire, Just Breathe” both incredibly timely and decidedly familiar. The Dominican sci-fi film is an austere vision of a ravaged future that, while visually striking, remains much too hollow, cerebral, even, to fully pack an emotional punch.

The year is 2147 and Tania (Sophie Gaëlle) has learned to live on her own. Every day she wakes and cares for what scant plants she can nurture in the underground bunker she’s come to call home. Despite not having had contact with any other humans in quite some time (she may be the...

Firmly established as one of Europe’s biggest dedicated showcases for movies from Latin America, Spain and Portugal, Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival celebrates its 50th edition with a bang, with a high-caliber main Competition, a new showcase on Spain. Following, some highlights and trends at this year’s festival, which runs Nov. 15-23.

Paz Vega: A Director is Born

Paz Vega will accept at Huelva a Premio Luz at this year’s opening ceremony. It comes at an opportune time. Known to date as a performer – star of Adam Sandler comedy “Spanglish” and Julio Medem’s carnal physiological odyssey “Sex and Lucia” – Vega has just bowed her first feature, the heavily autobiographical “Rita,” to upbeat reviews. Major plaudits to not only the central performance of the eponymous Rita, a loveable seven year-old moppet growing up in 1984 working class Seville, but Vega’s helming. “Rita’ is shot with an exquisite taste for light,...

A Locarno world premiere this August, “Rita,” the directorial debut of Spanish star Paz Vega, has clinched first key market sales, rolling off the American Film Market.

Sales company Filmax has closed the U.K. and Ireland with Signature Entertainment, whose recent and upcoming releases include “The New Boy,” “Unicorns” and Viggo Mortensen’s “The Dead Don’t Hurt.”

In a separate deal, BookMy Show has closed rights to India. Filmax head of international Ivan Díaz expects to close other deals, he said.

The first sales news comes as “Rita”is fast becoming a fest favourite, playing Chicago for its U.S. premiere, Valladolid for its domestic Spanish bow, and now Tallinn, Seville and Huelva festivals.

Also written by Vega, and based on her own childhood in Triana, Sevilla – “Apart from the domestic violence, everything else that happens to Rita I’ve experienced,” Vega has told Variety – “Rita” weighs in as...

The Seville European Film Festival kicks off tonight in the Andalusian capital city. So, we’ve scoured this year’s program to pick ten titles that show off the selection’s breadth and quality.

“The Girl With the Needle” Magnus von Horn (Denmark)

Denmark’s submission to the International Feature race unspools in the years after World War II and follows Karoline, an out-of-work young pregnant woman who meets Dagmar, a woman who runs a clandestine adoption agency. Karoline works as a wet nurse for the agency before learning the shocking truth about the organization. An “extraordinary and upsetting film,” according to its glowing Variety review.

“Flow” Gints Zilbalodis (Latvia)

One of the year’s best-received animated features and Latvia’s Oscars submission, “Flow” heads to Seville as one of the strongest indie contenders for an animated feature nomination. In the wordless film, a small group of animals on a...

Latido Films, the sales company on Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s “The Beasts” and “The Platform,” has unveiled a slew of over 30 sales deals on a wide-ranging slate of titles, led by a U.S. pick-up on “All the Names of God,” a bouquet of transactions on “Aire,” the Dominican Republic’s Oscar entry, and an HBO regional licensing deal on “Saturn Return,” Spain’s Academy Award submission.

The deals are announced as Latido hits the American Film Market with Jim Sheridan and David Merriman’s “Re-Creation,” one of its hottest tickets, and Toronto Platform winner “They Will Be Dust,” which has clinched an early sale with Taiwan’s Sky Digi, with others in the offing.

“We have great hopes for ‘Re-Creation,’ Jim Sheridan’s trial film. He has been incredibly committed to tell this story, who I think is probably one of his more personal since ‘In the Name of the Father,...

Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks has closed new distribution deals for “I Can’t Live Without You” (“No puedo vivir sin ti”), the latest comedy from Argentina’s most bankable star, Adrián Suar.

Warner Bros. Discovery clinched rights for Eastern Europe, while New People Film Company secured rights to Cis, which includes Russia, and the Baltic states, Tanweer for Greece and Av Jet for Taiwan. Distribution rights for France, Germany, Korea, Australia and China are under discussion.

FilmSharks subsidiary The Remake Company has also sealed remake deals for the social satire with Italy’s Federation and Mexico’s BH5 with French, German, Chinese and Korean adaptation talks underway.

“This modern and realistic high concept comedy about cell phone addiction has translated globally very well, raising its distribution and remake potential,” said FilmSharks CEO-founder Guido Rud.

The latest from the producers of Spain’s reigning #1 Comedy “Ocho Apellidos Vascos” (“Spanish Affair”), the Spanish-Argentine co-production...

Jim Sheridan and David Merriman’s real crime re-imagination “Re-Creation,” Alberto Rodríguez’s big-scale “Los Tigres,” Paz Vega’s directorial debut “Rita” feature in Spain’s lineup at this year’s AFM.

They are joined at the Spanish Screenings on Tour by “Nightfall,” a Federico García Lorca focused real life horror film from “Wounded” director Fernando Franco, and “Wolf Night,” the latest from Guillem Morales.

Rich on crime thrillers, this year’s Spanish slate also plays to two of Spain’s strengths, the subject of Spanish Screenings showcases, which luckily enough are also proved to be of general market demand: animation and genre/fantasy. The Screenings also highlight just a few of the Spanish companies which have scored recent market hits. Very few were around before 2010 – a sign of Spain’s relatively recent dramatic growth.

Spanish Screenings on Tour

Animation Showcase

“Ages of Madness,” (Miguel Miranda, 3Doubles Producciones, Spain)

From go-ahead Tenerife-based 3 Doubles,...

Paz Vega-starrer “Death Has No Master,” a Venezuela-set thriller from director Jorge Thielen Armand, is participating in Tiffcom’s Tokyo Gap-Financing Market, as the producers seek to secure the final 30% of the film’s $1.2 million budget.

The film, which previously participated in the Venice Production Bridge’s Gap-Financing Market, stars Vega as a woman who returns to Venezuela after two decades to sell her family’s cacao plantation, has recently shifted its shooting location to Colombia. The story follows her character Carolina’s confrontation with former workers who have occupied the land, leading to a dangerous power struggle that forces her to face both past trauma from a kidnapping and her own violent impulses.

The project marks Armand’s third feature following the acclaimed “La Soledad” and “La Fortaleza.” “My films are vehicles to investigate a broken identity – that of Venezuelans today – pieces of a puzzle I hope become...

Chicago – The American Dream will be on display in the new documentary “Slice of Life: The American Dream. In Former Pizza Huts,” its North American Premiere the 60th Chicago International Film Festival on October 23rd. Director Matthew Saleh and producer Rose Tucker will attend on behalf of their film. Click here for tickets/info. The festival runs through October 27th.

During the remaining days of the Festival, besides screening the best in U.S. and international films, there are various sub categories that spotlight different film presentations, special industry gatherings, the conveniently located/parking friendly AMC New City in Chicago as the hub for the festival, and of course filmmaker appearances, film Q&As and red carpet happenings.

Paz Vega at 60th Ciff

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In a Podtalk, Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com talked to Director Matthew Saleh and producer Rose Tucker of “Slice of Life” …

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Chicago – On Wednesday, October 17th, the 2024 60th Chicago International Film Festival screened “Rita,” a whole-hearted exploration of how parental discord and abuae affects children. The film was the directorial debut of actor Paz Vega (“Sex and Lucia”) and she spent seven years getting it to the screen. The festival runs through October 27th.

During the remaining days of the Festival, besides screening the best in U.S. and international films, there are various sub categories that spotlight different film presentations, special industry gatherings, the conveniently located/parking friendly AMC New City in Chicago as the hub for the festival, and of course filmmaker appearances, film Q&As and red carpet happenings.

Paz Vega at 60th Ciff

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Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com talked to Paz Vega about her commitment to getting the story to the screen …

The 60th Chicago International Film...

Un escaparate del mejor cine europeo del año. © Seff

La 21 edición del Festival de Cine Europeo de Sevilla se celebrará del 8 al 16 de noviembre y ya se conoce la programación completa. En total son veintidós estrenos en España, ocho mundiales y dos internacionales. 

La sección oficial contará con un jurado de altísimo nivel presidido por el productor británico David Puttnam y con el actor británico Jeremy Irons, la directora artística del Rome Film Fest, Paola Malanga, la programadora francesa Eva Rekettyei y la directora francoargelina Mounia Meddour. Ellos serán los encargados de decidir el palmarés de esta vigésimo primera edición que cuenta en su sección oficial con títulos destacados como Flow, la película representante de Letonia en los Oscars, Julie Keeps Quiet, representante de Bélgica, The Girl with the Needle, representante de Dinamaca, y Santosh, representante de Reino unido. Otros títulos de la sección oficial incluyen A Missing Part, que se presentó en Toronto,...

Carlos Marques-Marcet’s Toronto-winning musical drama They Will Be Dust, will open the 69th edition of the Valladolid International Film Week, also known as the Seminci, on October 18.

The end of life drama starring Alfredo Castro and Angela Molina won the Platform section at TIFF last month.

Valladolid, headed by José Luis Cienfuegos for a second year, is a key launchpad into the Spanish market for local and international films.

There are a total of 22 titles in the running for the festival’s top prize, the Golden Spike that comes with a €70,000 award for the Spanish distributor. The Silver Spike...

Singapore: “La Luna”

“La Luna”, directed by M Raihan Halim, has been picked to represent Singapore in the best international feature film category at the Oscars. The Singapore-Malaysia co-production is a Malay-language comedy about a woman who opens a lingerie shop in a conservative Malaysian village.

The film had its world premiere at the Tokyo International Film Festival last November in the Asian Future Section and participated at the Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival. It was also the closing title at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and played in Shanghai earlier this year.

Produced by Singaporean firms Clover Films and Papahan Films, in association with Malaysia’s Act 2 Pictures and One Cool Film, the film stars Shaheizy Sam, Sharifah Amani, Wan Hanafi Su and Hisyam Hamid. It was released in Singaporean, Malaysian and Indonesian cinemas in November last year.

“La Luna” is M Raihan Halim’s second feature directing effort,...

Evan Shapiro entertained, shocked and awed an industry crowd in Madrid this week. The former top executive at the likes of Comcast’s NBCUniversal and Participant Media, as well as producer (Portlandia, Brick City), now calls himself a “media universe cartographer” and shares graphics, charts and unconventional thoughts on such platforms as his Substack newsletter “Media War & Peace: Reports from the War for Our Attention.”

And he reflected on the current — and future — state of media and the key role of Ibero-American markets during a keynote appearance at Iberseries & Platino Industria in Madrid, following a keynote appearance from Spanish actress and director Paz Vega.

Among the themes he touched on was the financial and market power of the six technology “Death Stars,” as he calls them, that are each worth more than $1 trillion in market value — namely Amazon, Alphabet, Apple, Meta, Microsoft and Nvidia — and why streaming has remained a difficult business.

Entries for the 2025 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.

The 97th Academy Awards is set to take place on March 2, 2025 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (over 40 minutes) produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.

Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between November 1, 2023, and September 30, 2024. The deadline for submissions to the Academy is October 2, 2024.

A shortlist of 15 finalists is scheduled to...

Spanish- and Portuguese-language content creators and executives from Europe, Latin America and beyond are gearing up for four days of screenings, panels, keynotes, market meetings and social events at Iberseries & Platino Industria in Madrid.

The fourth edition of the industry gathering in the Spanish capital — organized by the Secuoya Foundation, Spain’s largest rights collection agency Egeda, and the Ibero-American Federation Fipca — runs Tuesday through Friday and kicked off with a keynote appearance by Spanish actress and director Paz Vega.

Among the offerings elsewhere are the Ibero-­American Audiovisual Market (Mai), a co-production and financing forum, supported by Icex Trade and Investment, a part of Spain’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business, pitching sessions and more.

Iberseries & Platino Industria co-directors Samuel Castro, head of Iberseries, and Juan Alía, head of Platino Industria, talked to THR about the event’s growth, Hollywood’s presence, the global appeal of Spanish- and...

Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max streaming service is looking to serve audiences in Spain with a mix of original drama series, documentaries and entertainment shows, a top executive of the entertainment giant told a spotlight session at the Iberseries & Platino Industria conference and market in Madrid on Tuesday.

Alberto Carullo, Max vp local original production Iberia & Italy at Warner Bros. Discovery, appeared at a Tuesday session of the Spanish- and Portuguese-language TV conference and market in the Spanish capital.

When asked to highlight some of the 12 Spanish originals that the company has said are in various stages of production or development, he started off with Enrique Urbizu’s crime thriller When Nobody Sees Us, Max’s first Spanish original, which received a sneak peak at the San Sebastian Film Festival. The show is driven by the two female protagonists — Magaly Castillo, a U.S. military police lieutenant, arriving at the Army Air Force base,...

Entries for the 2025 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.

The 97th Academy Awards is set to take place on March 2, 2025 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (over 40 minutes) produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.

Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between November 1, 2023, and September 30, 2024. The deadline for submissions to the Academy is October 2, 2024.

A shortlist of 15 finalists is scheduled to...

Entries for the 2025 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.

The 97th Academy Awards is set to take place on March 2, 2025 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (over 40 minutes) produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.

Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between November 1, 2023, and September 30, 2024. The deadline for submissions to the Academy is October 2, 2024.

A shortlist of 15 finalists is scheduled to...

Spanish actress and director Paz Vega (Spanglish, Sex and Lucia, Rambo: Last Blood, The Oa, Netflix heist drama Kaleidoscope), who wrote and stepped behind the camera for her directorial debut Rita, which world premiered during the 77th edition of the Locarno Film Festival this summer, enjoys writing and directing, adding another layer to her creative endeavors. And she thinks more actors should feel empowered to direct.

She made the comments during a Tuesday keynote interview at the Iberseries & Platino Industria conference and market in Madrid that was titled “Changing Roles: Paz Vega and Her Transition From the Art of Acting to the Art of Directing.” She recently said in a THR interview that Billy Wilder, Francis Ford Coppola, and Federico Fellini were among her role models.

Vega wrote, directed and executive produced Rita and also plays a small part in it. “In some way, I had the idea to become...

Payal Kapadia’s Cannes grand prix winner All We Imagine As Light and Mohammad Rasoulof’s special prize recipient The Seed Of The Sacred Fig, along with Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Venice selection Harvest are among the international competition selections at the 60th Chicago International Film Festival running October 16-27.

A packed line-up also brings Joshua Oppenheimer’s Telluride entry The End to the International Feature Competition, along with the North American premiere of The Quiet Son from Delphine Coulin and Muriel Coulin, which debuted on the Lido.

There are world premieres for Clarissa Campolina and Sérgio Borges’s Suçuarana...

Payal Kapadia’s Cannes grand prix winner All We Imagine Is Light and Mohammad Rasoulof’s special prize recipient The Seed Of The Sacred Fig, along with Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Venice selection Harvest are among the international competition selections at the 60th Chicago International Film Festival running October 16-27.

A packed line-up also brings Joshua Oppenheimer’s Telluride entry The End to the International Feature Competition, along with the North American premiere of The Quiet Son from Delphine Coulin and Muriel Coulin, which debuted on the Lido.

There are world premieres for Clarissa Campolina and Sérgio Borges’s Suçuarana...

Rambo: Last Blood is getting a free streaming home. The movie, which is the final installment of Sylvester Stallone's Rambo movie series, will start streaming for free on Tubi on Oct. 1.

Released in theaters in 2019, Rambo: Last Blood was directed by Adrian Grnberg. The film brings back Stallone for the fifth and likely last-ever time he'll star as the iconic John Rambo character. This time, Rambo heads to Mexico in order to rescue his adopted niece from a dangerous cartel. Though time is catching up with Rambo at this point in his life, the character is no less deadly than he's ever been, allowing the unkillable hero to go out with a bang.

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The Rambo character is derived from...

Religious drama “Judas’ Gospel,” directed by Italy’s Giulio Base and starring Rupert Everett, Paz Vega, John Savage and Abel Ferrara, has scored its first pre-sale with distributor Plus Films Kft taking Latin American rights.

The film, now in post, recently wrapped shooting in Italy’s scenic Southern Calabria region. It is being shopped to buyers by Italy’s Minerva Pictures on the sidelines of the Toronto Film Festival.

Base is a prolific actor-director whose many film and TV directing credits comprise “The Anarchist Banker” that launched from the Venice official selection in 2019. He is also artistic director of the Turin Film Festival.

“Judas’ Gospel” takes an innovative approach in retelling the tale of Judas Iscariot, known for his biblical betrayal of Jesus when he disclosed his whereabouts for 30 pieces of silver. In the film Judas, who is about to die, reflects on his life and his relationship with Jesus and the disciples.

Spanish screen star Paz Vega has been tapped to topline “Death Has No Master,” from Venezuelan director Jorge Thielen Armand, which was selected to take part in the Venice Production Bridge’s Gap-Financing Market taking place from Aug. 30 – Sept. 1.

The film follows a Venezuelan woman, Carolina (Vega), who returns to the country after 20 years abroad, only to discover that her family’s cacao plantation has been occupied by its former workers, who are determined to remain at all costs. In the cat-and-mouse game that ensues, she unmasks a brutal side of herself as she tries to attain justice in a lawless land.

Producer Stefano Centini, of Rome-based Volos Films Italia, said this would be a “breakthrough” role for the Spanish superstar, who recently premiered her directorial debut, “Rita,” on the Locarno Film Festival’s Piazza Grande. Armand added: “We’re used to seeing Paz Vega as an icon of beauty and glamor,...

La 69 edición del Festival de Cine contará con 18 producciones españolas. © Seminci

La Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid, en su 69 edición, que se celebra del 18 al 26 de octubre, ha anunciado las producciones españolas que formarán parte de su programación.

Entre las películas anunciadas, cinco películas La Espiga de Oro competirán por la Espiga de Oro: la película inaugural de Carlos Marques-Marcet, Polvo serán, Javier Rebollo con En la alcoba del sultán, Mar Coll con Salve Maria, Marta Nieto con La mitad de Ana y Elena Manrique con Fin de fiesta.

La inaugural Polvo serán, de Carlos Marques-Marcet, tendrá en la Seminci su estreno nacional después de pasar por el Festival Internacional de Cine de Toronto (TIFF). En esta película, definida como una tragicomedia musical y protagonizada por Ángela Molina, Alfredo Castro y Mònica Almirall, Tras ser diagnosticada con una enfermedad terminal, Claudia decide hacer su último viaje a Suiza y Flavio,...

There is a lot of truth to the belief that a movie's ending can and will make or break it. Even the best stories and spectacles shown on the big screen had their legacies ruined in real time because of a questionable or even downright terrible conclusion. The opposite is true for movies that most would consider mediocre or even horrible. Thanks to either an undeniably exciting final fight or a surprisingly compelling and effective narrative endgame, these otherwise lackluster movies were saved from mockery and obscurity. Some even went on to become genuine cult classics.

The only thing more important than these movie endings being fun and emotionally satisfying in a vacuum was how they made up for everything that happened before. Whether it was due to a slow start or an apparent adherence to formula, these movies had rocky starts but, thankfully, ended on high notes. Because of this,...