Jonathan Holland
Reviews‘A House On Fire’: Review
A dysfunctional family gathers for an explosive weekend on the Costa Brava in this dark Catalan comedy
Reviews‘Saturn Return’: Malaga Review
Malaga winner by Isaki Lacuesta is loosely based on the travails of Spanish indie band Los Planetas
Reviews‘As Neves’: Malaga Review
Accomplished debut follows the disappearance of a teenage girl in an isolated rural Spanish town
Reviews‘Little Loves’: Malaga Review
Celia Rico Clavellino’s intimate Spanish drama tracks a troubled mother-daughter relationship
Reviews‘We Treat Women Too Well’: Malaga Review
Carmen Machi leads the fray in this reverse-engineered Spanish civil war shoot-’em-up
Reviews‘Pajaros’: Malaga Review
Two middle-aged men embark on an impromptu road trip in Pau Dura’s endearing character study
Reviews‘The Other Son’: Review
Colombian drama is a quietly rich exploration of one family’s grief following the death of a teenage boy
Reviews‘The Practice’: San Sebastian Review
A burnt-out yoga teacher searches for new enlightenment in this Chile-set wellness satire
Reviews‘Un Amor’: San Sebastian Review
Isabel Coixet returns to Spain for this dark adaptation of Sara Mesa’s best-selling novel starring Laia Costa
Reviews‘They Shot The Piano Player’: San Sebastian Review
Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal return to South America and a bossa nova pianist who mysteriously disappeared in 1976
Reviews‘Sultana’s Dream’: San Sebastian Review
Isabel Heguera’s enchanting animation springs off a 1905 Muslim feminist text
Reviews‘Foremost By Night’: Venice Review
Well-intentioned Spanish drama about the forced abduction of infants by the Franco regime plays out in Venice Days
Reviews‘An Inhabited Volcano’: Visions du Reel Review
Thoughtful documentary about the recent volcanic eruption on the Spanish island of La Palma
Reviews‘Fauna’: Visions du Reel Review
A goat-herd and a high-tech research lab in rural Spain provoke this exploration of the connection between man, nature and science
Reviews‘In The Company Of Women’: Malaga Review
The fight for abortion right in 1970s Spain is the focus of actress-director Silvia Munt’s solid feature
Reviews‘The Punishment’: Malaga Review
A missing child is the catalyst for unravelling motherhood in Matias Bize’s taut single-take drama
Reviews‘The Fishbowl’: Malaga Review
A woman striken by cancer returns to the island of her birth in this uneven Puerto Rican debut
Reviews‘Sister & Sister’: Malaga Review
Teenage sisters try to track down their father in this charming debut from Panama
Reviews‘Upon Entry’: Malaga Review
‘Very clever film-making’: would-be immigrants are locked in a room by US border guards in this claustrophobic debut from Spain
Reviews‘Killing Crabs’: Malaga Review
A pre-tourist Tenerife comes back to life in this appealing 1990s period drama