Romy Schneider, the empress of free women
A documentary about the iconic actress and a new movie about Isabel of Austria, who she portrayed in the ‘Sissi’ trilogy, have both premiered at Cannes
A boy from Queens and a Polish donkey move audiences at Cannes
The American James Gray evokes the end of childhood in ‘Armageddon Time’ and veteran Jerzy Skolimowski shows the animal tale ‘EO’
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Ti West, innovator of the horror genre, concentrates all his visual talent in an atmospheric story
“X” is a tribute to the B-movies of seventies cinema, paying special homage to “Texas Chainsaw Massacre”
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‘Deep Water,’ an erotic, toxic and implausible thriller with Ana de Armas and Ben Affleck
The leading couple are in the hands of octogenarian director Adrian Lyne in this new adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel
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Barry Jenkins explores the depths of slavery in ‘The Underground Railroad’
The director of ‘Moonlight’ has crafted a TV series based on a Pulitzer-winning novel that is as beautiful as it is harsh in its depiction of living conditions on a southern plantation
“The relatives of many Nazis have no identity that is not tied to their family”
The granddaughter of concentration camp commander Amon Göth explains the shock of discovering her origins
Almodóvar’s most restrained drama
The director discusses new film ‘Julieta,’ which sees him forgo his trademark melodrama
‘Silencio’: Pedro Almodóvar is filming
Spanish filmmaker discusses his new movie, a drama about leaving loved ones behind
The new Almodóvar girls
Spain’s most famous director returns to the female universe with his new feature
Spain’s Golden Age shines on Shakespeare’s stage
London’s Globe Theater hosts historic production of Lope de Vega’s ‘Punishment Without Revenge’
With a copy this good, who would miss the original?
Last month, five members of the public were allowed to see Altamira's prehistoric cave paintings But some said the experience was not that different to seeing the replica in the nearby museum
Hundreds of fans pay last respects to Paco de Lucía
Crown Prince Felipe and flamenco personalities attend guitarist's wake in Madrid
“You have to see this before you die”
A daily lottery allows a handful of people into reopened Altamira cave complex
Altamira caves to reopen
The Cantabria complex, dubbed the Sistine Chapel of Paleolithic art, will host weekly groups of five The aim is to gauge the impact of human presence on the paintings
Giving a voice to the masters of light
An archive project aims to tell the story of photography in postwar Spain through its leading figures The website contains memories, anecdotes and a few unwritten laws
Epic cinema seen through the camera lens
An exhibition in Madrid is showing the work of photographer Mary Ellen Mark Federico Fellini, Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson are among her subjects
“When the actor performs badly, then you see the truth of the film”
Filmmaker and professional gambler Gonzalo García Pelayo is releasing his first movie in 30 years The premier is coinciding with an in international revival of his work
The towns called Franco
Film on Caudillo's countryside communities sparks controversy at festival
When family is funny
New generation of Spanish filmmakers seeks comedy in domestic imperfection
When the party was still raging
A debut feature about disillusionment in 1980s Spain premieres at Locarno
The fighting female gaze
PhotoEspaña 2013 offers varying views of the human form
From trash to museum treasure
The booming fascination for work by unknown photographers is dividing experts
Pere Portabella: “We’re close to chaos”
The radical Catalan filmmaker is releasing his complete works on DVD
Franco’s choirboys
The makers of a new documentary examine a boarding school inside the ex-dictator’s mausoleum
A feast of fake masterpieces
Madrid's Círculo de Bellas Artes is showcasing work by Hungarian genius Elmyr de Hory The art forger painted Picassos, Monets, Matisses and Modiglianis
Fernando Guillén exits stage left
Socialist actor who helped modernize Spanish theater dies at the age of 80
The art of the Western world
The Reina Sofía reveals the work of US landscape photographer Robert Adams
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