All articles by Jonathan Holland – Page 2
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Reviews‘The Other Way Around’: Cannes Review
Jonas Trueba’s first film in Cannes follows a young Spanish couple who decide to celebrate their break-up
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Reviews‘Savanna And The Mountain’: Cannes Review
Hybrid documentary becomes part of the protest as villagers in rural Portugal fight to save their way of life
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Reviews‘The Hyperboreans’: Cannes Review
Chilean provocateurs Cristobal Leon and Joaquin Cocina turn the full force of their craft to a reverie involving right-wing extremist Miguel Serrano
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Reviews‘Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed’: Cannes Review
A mother and daughter step up to run the family’s gambling den on an estate outside Buenos Aires in this grungy Directors Fortnight noir
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Reviews‘A House On Fire’: Review
A dysfunctional family gathers for an explosive weekend on the Costa Brava in this dark Catalan comedy
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Reviews‘Saturn Return’: Malaga Review
Malaga winner by Isaki Lacuesta is loosely based on the travails of Spanish indie band Los Planetas
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Reviews‘As Neves’: Malaga Review
Accomplished debut follows the disappearance of a teenage girl in an isolated rural Spanish town
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Reviews‘Little Loves’: Malaga Review
Celia Rico Clavellino’s intimate Spanish drama tracks a troubled mother-daughter relationship
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Reviews‘We Treat Women Too Well’: Malaga Review
Carmen Machi leads the fray in this reverse-engineered Spanish civil war shoot-’em-up
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Reviews‘Pajaros’: Malaga Review
Two middle-aged men embark on an impromptu road trip in Pau Dura’s endearing character study
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Reviews‘The Other Son’: Review
Colombian drama is a quietly rich exploration of one family’s grief following the death of a teenage boy
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Reviews‘The Practice’: San Sebastian Review
A burnt-out yoga teacher searches for new enlightenment in this Chile-set wellness satire
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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
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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
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Reviews‘Sultana’s Dream’: San Sebastian Review
Isabel Heguera’s enchanting animation springs off a 1905 Muslim feminist text
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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
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Reviews‘An Inhabited Volcano’: Visions du Reel Review
Thoughtful documentary about the recent volcanic eruption on the Spanish island of La Palma
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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
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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
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Reviews‘The Punishment’: Malaga Review
A missing child is the catalyst for unravelling motherhood in Matias Bize’s taut single-take drama