I've been trying to get into Spanish cinema lately, does anyone know any good films/directors I should check out?
Spanish Films
Sebastian Price
Mason Williams
That one
Easton Williams
'errementari' was alright
Aiden Ortiz
I liked the original REC films, which served as the basis for the North American remake : Quarantine.
Matthew Thompson
Bigas Luna
Levi Turner
Have you seen The Orphanage ( El Orfanato)? It's great.
Christian Jenkins
los santos innocentes is pretty good
>In 1960s Spain, Paco (Alfredo Landa), his wife, Régula (Terele Pavez), and his brother-in-law Azarias (Francisco Rabal) work for slave wages on a large plantation. Paco, a brilliant hunter, tries to use his skills to win over his heartless employers, but his talents earn him little respect. Meanwhile, after the aging Azarias loses his job, he is forced to move in with the Paco, Régula and their three kids, which further complicates the lives of this impoverished family.
the themes about class are sort of meh but the whole film is worth it for the scenes between Francisco Rabal and his birds, incredibly memorable. Luis Bunuel is probably the most famous and influential Spanish director, but most of his best films weren’t made in Spain. Virdiana was made in Spain and is decent, but his masterpieces are probably either Nazarin or The Milky Way
Wyatt Taylor
Time crimes
Jack Moore
No
Gabriel Gray
that's because you are almost certainly an ignorant, tasteless dilettante who watches exclusively English language films, or even worse, Hollywood films
Wyatt Morris
damn....
Evan Brooks
idk, Buñuel I guess? Spain isn’t particularly remarkable as far as European cinema goes
>or even worse, Hollywood films
Hollywood has, without exaggeration, probably produced a hundred times more kino than Spain
Ryan Hill
La Teta y La Luna
Levi Reyes
Virdiana
Despisa Despisa
Barrios Altos
Atame Atame
Evan Nelson
bump
Owen Rodriguez
bump
Aaron Diaz
I really liked Vacas. It’s a generational story about family conflict in the Basque Country, set amidst Spain’s various civil wars in the late 19th and early 20th century. I love that historical setting, so it really worked for me. Also, Pan’s Labyrinth is definitely worth seeing, even if it’s the one cliche Spanish movie that English speakers enjoy.
Zachary Bell
Almodovar
Elijah James
Cría Cuervos
Alexander Russell
bump
Evan Smith
Atraco a las tres
El Verdugo
La Estanquera de Vallecas
Sebastian Martin
>Old School
Edgar Neville
Ladislao Vadja
Juan Antonio Bardem
Marco Ferreri
Luis Garcia Berlanga
Jose María Forqué
>Arthouse
Luis Buñuel
Carlos Saura
Vicente Aranda
Fernando Fernán Gómez (also a great comedy actor)
producer Elías Querejeta
Victor Erice
Bigas Luna
>Democracy era
Pedro Almodóvar
Julio Médem
Fernando Trueba
Alejandro Amenábar
>Popular comedies
Mariano Ozores
Santiago Segura
Álex de la Iglesia
Juanma Bajo Ulloa youtube.com
Jaxson Baker
the best two movies form last year
Rodrigo Sorogoyen's El Reino, a thriller about a corrupt politician
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Javier Fesser's Campeones, a feel-good comedy about a bunch of retards
youtube.com
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Jason Young
>a bunch of retards
I can't watch that, how can you watch that
Anthony Murphy
why not
it's a live-action cartoon, well produced, with rhythm, many jokes work... it can be corny, but never be as corny as Camino, the other award-winning Fesser film
Dominic Thomas
Luis Bunuel, Carlos Saura
Spanish cinema was massively stymied due to Franco
Blake Cox
Fesser's best film still is El Milagro de P Tinto
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Brandon Wright
bump
Matthew Hernandez
That kid was in another good one, Cria Cuervos. The writer/director is really tuned in to what it's like to be a kid, and how they cope with depression, loss, and inherent helplessness that comes with being a child.
Matthew Harris
Great post