Archive for Category: "Film"
German Film Festival – Cine Palafox
Starting June 1st and running through June 5th will be the 12th edition of Madrid’s Cine Aleman, a German film festival which takes place right here in Spain’s Capital. This year features seven full length films, including the premier of Nanga Parbat a recreation of a 1970 mountain climb in Kashmir. The director, Joseph Vilsmaier, [...]
Monthly Cult Movie Screenings–For Free!
If the terms cult, B movie and camp value mean anything good to you then the newly revamped Cines Luna will definitely interest you. The recently closed cinema was reopened at the beginning of the year—reportedly by the eclectic arts and culture organizer Pelonio—with the aim of creating a different movie-going experience all together. The [...]
Reykjavik-Rotterdam: Icelandic Thriller Comes to Madrid
This thriller comes to us from Iceland with more tension and inteligence than special effects—don’t worry, a remake is currently in the works starring Mark Whalberg. Christopher (Baltasar Kormakur) has lost his job at the dock after getting busted dealing with alcohol contraband (it’s really expensive there, apparently) but must stay in the game to [...]
Que Se Mueran Los Feos Comes to the Screen
If the movie’s title is Ugly People Can Just Die then the main characters must be ugly. That’s the way it goes with Eliseo and Nati, the two lonely townies whom destiny may give a second chance at love. Played by screen favorites Javier Camara and Carmen Machi, both serve as a delicious image of [...]
SyFy Film Festival Madrid
The seventh edition of Muestra Syfy comes to Madrid this weekend at Cine Palafox with a nice line-up of films spanning the fantasy/scifi genre. The film fest is produced by the SciFi channel and presents a wide ranging look at different movies from around the globe. Highlights include: Halloween II, Rob Zombie’s sequel to his [...]

