All articles by Peter Besas
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Reviews
Goya's Ghosts (Los Fantasmas De Goya)
Dir. MilosForman. UK-Sp. 2006.114mins.Director Milos Forman and producerSaul Zaentz reteam for thefirst time since the Oscar-winning Amadeus(1984) with Goya's Ghosts, a strongly crafted productionwhich effectively brings to life not only the revered painter Francisco Goyabut also the tumultuous period in which he lived.Tightly-scriptedplotting (the film also reunites Forman and Valmontscreenwriter ...
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Alatriste
Dir. Agustin Diaz Yanes. Sp-US-Fr 2006. 145mins.At first glance, big budget Hispanic feature Alatriste wouldseem destined for something of a critical fall, directed as it is by alittle-tested film-maker (at least in the way of epics) from several novels andfeaturing an English-language star speaking Spanish. But Agustin Diaz Yanes's $30.8m ...
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Tirante El Blanco: The Maidens' Conspiracy
Dir. Vicente Aranda. Sp-UK-It. 2005. 122mins.One of Spain's most revered classics - it is sometimescompared to Don Quixote in importance - Tirante El Blanco(or Tirant lo Blanc in its original Valencian), has been transferred to the screen by Vicente Aranda for a big, handsome period production.Unfortunately,the 15th-century Byzantine sets and ...