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Spanish producer-distributor and sales agent Filmax will handle international rights on Lara Izagirre’s “Nora,” the film opener at this year’s San Sebastian Zinemira Basque cinema showcase.

Selected for San Sebastian’s Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum in 2018, “Nora” is Izagirre’s second feature, following on ”An Autumn Without Berlin,” a Basque homecoming drama which scored a best new actress Goya award for Irene Escolar in 2016.

A co-production between Gariza Films and Tandem Films in Spain and France’s La Fidèle Production, “Nora” turns on a 30-year-old woman who lives with her grandfather in a small village in the north of the Basque Country. Although her dream is to become a travel writer, she is stuck writing the horoscope for the local paper and taking care of her friend Meri.

“My grandparents were the inspiration behind ‘Nora.’ They are four very different people but even when life got tough, they...

Political terror hits home, as a Buenos Aires teacher and housewife discovers that her family life is not only a lie, it’s a lie grounded in government treachery and murder. Forget conspiracy foolishness, for Luis Puenzo’s Oscar-winning tale is based on solid, documented truth, with an American connection. This is one of the first of the modern filmic political exposés from Latin America.

The Official Story

Blu-ray

The Cohen Collection

1985 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 112 min. / La historia oficial / Street Date October 9, 2018 / 25.99

Starring: Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Chunchuna Villafañe,

Hugo Arana, Guillermo Battaglia, Chela Ruíz.

Cinematography: Félix Monti

Film Editor: Juan Carlos Macías

Original Music: Atilio Stampone, María Elena Walsh

Written by Aída Bortnik, Luis Puenzo

Produced by Marcelo Piñeyro

Directed by Luis Puenzo

In 1986, Luis Puenzo’s film The Official Story won both an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. A few years earlier, any...

On Mubi Off is a column exploring two films: one currently available on Mubi in the United States, and the other screening offsite (in theaters, on VOD, Blu-ray/DVD, etc).On MUBIThe Official Story (Luis Puenzo, 1985)My instinct to stand, whenever possible, slightly outside the zeitgeist leads me to look askew at things like the Academy Awards. To my mind, they're a good excuse to have a party (heavily attended, so I can pay that much less attention to the ceremony itself), though I realize they have a certain fleeting cachet that can boost the prospects of a film or a career. As a metric of quality, however, they're about as worthless as any mass-consensus accolade. I love Oscar-feted films like The Silence of the Lambs and Schindler's List—to name two stopped-clock cases where AMPAS's tastes corresponded to my own—despite and not because of the number of nude...

'Father of the Bride': Steve Martin and Kimberly Williams. Top Five Father's Day Movies? From giant Gregory Peck to tyrant John Gielgud What would be the Top Five Father's Day movies ever made? Well, there have been countless films about fathers and/or featuring fathers of various sizes, shapes, and inclinations. In terms of quality, these range from the amusing – e.g., the 1950 version of Cheaper by the Dozen; the Oscar-nominated The Grandfather – to the nauseating – e.g., the 1950 version of Father of the Bride; its atrocious sequel, Father's Little Dividend. Although I'm unable to come up with the absolute Top Five Father's Day Movies – or rather, just plain Father Movies – ever made, below are the first five (actually six, including a remake) "quality" patriarch-centered films that come to mind. Now, the fathers portrayed in these films aren't all heroic, loving, and/or saintly paternal figures. Several are...

★★★★★ As General Franco lay dying during the summer of 1975, Carlos Saura was mirroring Spain's monumental era of transition through the story of a young girl struggling with issues of mortality. Saura's Cria Cuervos (Raise Ravens, 1976) is a poignant portrait of the final whimpers of the Franco regime in, masquerading as a deeply personal rites of passage tale. It's still very much Franco's Spain when we intrude upon the Madrid household of the recently widowed Anselmo (Héctor Alterio). He dies suddenly amidst the throes of passion with Amelia (Mirta Miller), the wife of fellow army officer Nicolás (Germán Cobos).

However, it appears this was no natural death - he was poisoned. The apparent culprit of this calculated murder? None other than one of his three daughters, Ana (the magnificent Ana Torrent), a wise beyond her years girl who blames her father for the death of her mother (Geraldine Chaplin). Cría Cuervos...

Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo

Written by Nicolas Casariego and Jamie Marques

Featuring Clive Owen, Carice Van Houten, Daniel Bruhl, Pilar Lopez de Ayala, Ella Purnell, Izan Corchero, Kerry Fox, Hector Alterio

Intruders is about two children who are menaced by a supernatural being known only as Hollow Face; he appears as a CGI murk or a hooded man and wants to trap and imprison the children in his web of darkness.

Or outwardly that is what this story would appear to be about. It is told in two concurrent storylines; that of a Spanish boy and his mother who deal with a nightly visitation that causes her son nightmares, panic attacks, and hellacious visions, and that of a British girl and her parents who endure attacks from a nighttime intruder who continually breaks into the girl’s room at night. The two apparitions are the same: they are this character Hollow Face.

On March 30th the new film from Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, Intruders (review here), will be hitting theatres across the U.S., and we've nailed down five clips for you cats.

From visionary filmmaker Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later, the upcoming Highlander reboot), Intruders is the chilling story of two children living in different countries, each visited nightly by a faceless being who wants to take possession of them. Intruders stars Clive Owen (Children of Men), Carice Van Houten (Repo Men), Pilar López De Ayala (Juana la Loca), Daniel Brühl (Inglourious Basterds), Kerry Fox (Shallow Grave) and Héctor Alterio (Son of the Bride).

Synopsis

Though no one can see him, Hollow Face lurks in the corners, desperately desiring love but only knowing how to spread fear and hate. He creeps into the life of John Farrow (Clive Owen) after Farrow’s beloved 13-year-old daughter Mia (Ella Purnell) is assaulted in their home.

Clips from Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's Intruders, starring Clive Owen, Carice Van Houten and Daniel Brühl. The horror/thriller is showing at SXSW from March 13th until March 15th, then opening in theaters from March 30th. Also in the cast of the Millennium Entertainment release are Pilar López de Ayala, Kerry Fox, Ella Purnell, Izán Corchero and Héctor Alterio. Though no one can see him, Hollow Face lurks in the corners, desperately desiring love but only knowing how to spread fear and hate. He creeps into the life of John Farrow (Clive Owen) after Farrow’s beloved 13-year-old daughter Mia (Ella Purnell) is assaulted in their home. The line between the real and the imaginary blurs as fissures start to open within the family unit. It seems that no security measure can keep Hollow Face out...

Clips from Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's Intruders, starring Clive Owen, Carice Van Houten and Daniel Brühl. The horror/thriller is showing at SXSW from March 13th until March 15th, then opening in theaters from March 30th. Also in the cast of the Millennium Entertainment release are Pilar López de Ayala, Kerry Fox, Ella Purnell, Izán Corchero and Héctor Alterio. Though no one can see him, Hollow Face lurks in the corners, desperately desiring love but only knowing how to spread fear and hate. He creeps into the life of John Farrow (Clive Owen) after Farrow’s beloved 13-year-old daughter Mia (Ella Purnell) is assaulted in their home. The line between the real and the imaginary blurs as fissures start to open within the family unit. It seems that no security measure can keep Hollow Face out...

Clips from Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's Intruders, starring Clive Owen, Carice Van Houten and Daniel Brühl. The horror/thriller is showing at SXSW from March 13th until March 15th, then opening in theaters from March 30th. Also in the cast of the Millennium Entertainment release are Pilar López de Ayala, Kerry Fox, Ella Purnell, Izán Corchero and Héctor Alterio. Though no one can see him, Hollow Face lurks in the corners, desperately desiring love but only knowing how to spread fear and hate. He creeps into the life of John Farrow (Clive Owen) after Farrow’s beloved 13-year-old daughter Mia (Ella Purnell) is assaulted in their home. The line between the real and the imaginary blurs as fissures start to open within the family unit. It seems that no security measure can keep Hollow Face out...

On March 30th the new film from Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, Intruders (review here), will be hitting theatres across the U.S., and to celebrate its arrival, a cool new one-sheet designed by Jacen Burrows has landed at our doors.

From visionary filmmaker Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later, the upcoming Highlander reboot), Intruders is the chilling story of two children living in different countries, each visited nightly by a faceless being who wants to take possession of them. Intruders stars Clive Owen (Children of Men), Carice Van Houten (Repo Men), Pilar López De Ayala (Juana la Loca), Daniel Brühl (Inglourious Basterds), Kerry Fox (Shallow Grave) and Héctor Alterio (Son of the Bride).

Synopsis

Though no one can see him, Hollow Face lurks in the corners, desperately desiring love but only knowing how to spread fear and hate. He creeps into the life of John Farrow (Clive Owen) after Farrow’s beloved...

Had enough new videos today? No? Well, good! You'll be happy to hear then that we have yet another for you! This one is coming from the fine folks behind Intruders (review here), which will be headed to the SXSW Film Festival and then in select theatres on March 30th!

From visionary filmmaker Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later, the upcoming Highlander reboot), Intruders is the chilling story of two children living in different countries, each visited nightly by a faceless being who wants to take possession of them. Intruders stars Clive Owen (Children of Men), Carice Van Houten (Repo Men), Pilar López De Ayala (Juana la Loca), Daniel Brühl (Inglourious Basterds), Kerry Fox (Shallow Grave) and Héctor Alterio (Son of the Bride).

Synopsis

Though no one can see him, Hollow Face lurks in the corners, desperately desiring love but only knowing how to spread fear and hate. He creeps into...

by MoreHorror.com

From the visionary fimmaker of 28 Weeks Later comes a creepy little film called Intruders. This one looks right up our alley and releases in March. Check out the trailer under the official details.

Though no one can see him, Hollow Face lurks in the corners, desperately desiring love but only knowing how to spread fear and hate. He creeps into the life of John Farrow (Clive Owen) after Farrow’s beloved 13-year-old daughter Mia (Ella Purnell) is assaulted in their home. The line between the real and the imaginary blurs as fissures start to open within the family unit. It seems that no security measure can keep Hollow Face out.

From visionary filmmaker Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later, the upcoming Highlander reboot), Intruders is the chilling story of two children living in different countries, each visited nightly by a faceless being who wants to take possession of them.

MADRID -- When Argentine actor Hector Alterio picked up his honorary Goya for lifetime achievement at January's gala ceremony, it afforded Argentine cinema a well-deserved nod from the Spanish Film Academy. More and more, the Spanish film industry is speaking with an Argentine accent, as economic and political crises have sent a wave of actors, directors and writers from the Latin American country to Spanish shores. Starting with actor Federico Luppi and the omnipresent Ricardo Darin and continuing with Adolfo Aristarain, Ricardo Bartis and Daniel Rabinovich, the diaspora of Argentine cinema has flooded Spanish theaters.