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Tag Archives: Spain

ANDY: Chimes at Midnight (Welles, Spain/Switzerland, 1965)

27/01/2013by Andy 8 Comments

Everyone knows that the only great film Orson Welles ever made was CITIZEN KANE (1941), right? Everyone knows that Welles blamed the studios for what happened to THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS […]

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CHRIS: El laberinto del fauno (Pan’s Labyrinth) (del Toro, Mexico, Spain, 2006)

15/03/2011by Dirk 3 Comments

“I’m not convinced,” texted Dom-Dirk when I suggested that this was probably the most perfect film ever produced. Perfect in the sense that it cannot be improved. Perfect in its […]

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CHRIS: El Lobo (The Wolf) (Coutois, Spain, 2004)

16/12/2010by Dirk Leave a comment

“You can use all of your bullets except for this one. This one… is for Lobo.” November’s selection for the Dirk Malcolm’s Film Club was this gripping political thriller based […]

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CHRIS: Land and Freedom (Loach, Spain, UK, 1995)

14/10/2010by Dirk 3 Comments

“Revolutions are contagious.” Every time I watch this film, something stirs deep within me, an anger, but also a sense of pride, mixed with an unsettling frustration that is hard […]

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