From Spain comes an incredibly spooky ghost story by first-time director Juan Antonio Bayona. The Orphanage, produced by Guillermo Del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth) was just selected as the country’s entry for the foreign film Oscar. Belén Rueda and Fernando Cayo play a couple who move into an old mansion with their adopted son — who [...]
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"A fast, complex, exhilarating roadster ride through history and time.... Kino is an intoxicating Euro-brew, written with enormous skill and dedication." — Frederick Barthelme
"Jürgen Fauth's deft mashup of genre and historical period is both a full-throttle literary thriller of ideas and a contemplative examination of film and fascism. Kino is a debut of great intellectual force."– Teddy Wayne
"A surprising alternative history. Kino brings the golden age of German cinema to light with loving, sometimes gritty, detail and great precision." – Neal Pollack, author of Jewball.
"A delirious melange of conspiracy, magic, sex, history, bad behavior, and cinema, Kino is a stellar entertainment, and Jürgen Fauth is a writer of rare, sinister imagination." – Owen King, author of Reenactment
"A light-hearted romp that leads straight into darkness and back through the shadows on the wall."– Ben Loory, author of Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day
"Movie nuts arise! A happy and felicitous debut."– Terese Svoboda
All posts tagged spain
The Method
Here’s the beginning of Marcy’s review, with a few heavy-handed edits from yours truly. It’s a very special version of hell: fill an office suite with qualified executives, lock them in, and have them duke it out for a top job. Request they fill out duplicate forms, subject them to twisted mind games, offer food [...]
Posted by Jürgen on July 6, 2007
http://jurgenfauth.com/2007/07/06/the-method/
The Devil’s Backbone
Even the Academy has figured out that Pan’s Labyrinth is destined to be a classic (it’s exceedingly rare that anything with subtitles plays at Kaufman Astoria), and so we’ve been digging back through Guillermo Del Toro’s filmography. Hellboy and Blade 2 aren’t as good as the fanboys would have you believe, and my memories of [...]
Posted by Jürgen on January 27, 2007
http://jurgenfauth.com/2007/01/27/the-devils-backbone/
Volver
The second time around, each frame, already brimming with emotion and color, only grows fuller and deeper. Volver. Pedro Almodovar, 2006. ***** Marcy’s review. Volver at the New York Film Festival Volver Press Conference Volver Photo Gallery Volver at RT: 92% [tags]penelope cruz, film, 5 stars, pedro almodovar, mothers, daughters, red, spain, murder, ghosts[/tags]
Posted by Jürgen on December 10, 2006
http://jurgenfauth.com/2006/12/10/volver-2/
August Days
Is it ok if I plagiarize my own entry from Worldfilm? From Spain, Marc Recha’s August Days is one of those quiet, unassuming movies you’re likely to see at festivals and nowhere else. The film concerns two brothers, one of them Recha himself, who take a road trip into the Catalanian hinterlands, where they find [...]
Posted by Jürgen on September 27, 2006
http://jurgenfauth.com/2006/09/27/august-days/
Pan’s Labyrinth
Of course: the evil stepfather was a fascist! Guillermo del Toro mashes up fairy tales with the Spanish Civil War; the villain is With a Friend Like Harry’s Harry (Sergi Lopez) as evil stepfather in a captain’s uniform vs Maribel Verdú, the teenager-devouring doomed hottie from Y Tu Mama Tambien in a role straight out [...]
Posted by Jürgen on September 20, 2006
http://jurgenfauth.com/2006/09/20/pans-labyrinth/
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