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No cambié, no cambié, no cambié… © Netflix

Netflix ha publicado el primer tráiler y nuevo póster de la serie Superestar, creada por Nacho Vigalondo y producida por Javier Calvo y Javier Ambrossi (La Mesías).

Superestar girará en torno a los comienzos artísticos de la cantante Yurena, que se dio a conocer como Tamara, un fenómeno que se convirtió en un auténtico icono popular del inicio de la década de los 2000 tras el lanzamiento del icónico tema No cambié y de su posterior álbum Superestar. Es la reimaginación del tamarismo desde el corazón de sus protagonistas.

La serie de seis episodios, dirigidos por Nacho Vigalondo y Claudia Costafreda (Cardo), está protagonizada por Ingrid García-Jonsson (Una ballena), Natalia de Molina (Desmontando un elefante), Secun de la Rosa (Aída), Pepón Nieto (Los hombres de Paco), Carlos Areces (Atasco), Julián Villagrán (A muerte), Rocío Ibáñez (Espíritu sagrado), Neus Asensi (Los hombres de Paco), Óscar Ladoire...

No cambié, no cambié, no cambié… © Netflix

Netflix ha publicado un nuevo avance de la serie Superestar, creada por Nacho Vigalondo y producida por Javier Calvo y Javier Ambrossi (La Mesías).

Superestar girará en torno a los comienzos artísticos de la cantante Yurena, que se dio a conocer como Tamara, un fenómeno que se convirtió en un auténtico icono popular del inicio de la década de los 2000 tras el lanzamiento del icónico tema No cambié y de su posterior álbum Superestar. Es la reimaginación del tamarismo desde el corazón de sus protagonistas.

La serie de seis episodios, dirigidos por Nacho Vigalondo y Claudia Costafreda (Cardo), está protagonizada por Ingrid García-Jonsson (Una ballena), Natalia de Molina (Desmontando un elefante), Secun de la Rosa (Aída), Pepón Nieto (Los hombres de Paco), Carlos Areces (Atasco), Julián Villagrán (A muerte), Rocío Ibáñez (Espíritu sagrado), Neus Asensi (Los hombres de Paco), Óscar Ladoire (Los protegidos...

No cambié, no cambié, no cambié… © Netflix

Netflix ha anunciado la fecha de estreno de la serie Superestar, creada por Nacho Vigalondo y producida por Javier Calvo y Javier Ambrossi (La Mesías).

Superestar girará en torno a los comienzos artísticos de la cantante Yurena, que se dio a conocer como Tamara, un fenómeno que se convirtió en un auténtico icono popular del inicio de la década de los 2000 tras el lanzamiento del icónico tema No cambié y de su posterior álbum Superestar. Es la reimaginación del tamarismo desde el corazón de sus protagonistas.

La serie de seis episodios, dirigidos por Nacho Vigalondo y Claudia Costafreda (Cardo), está protagonizada por Ingrid García-Jonsson (Una ballena), Natalia de Molina (Desmontando un elefante), Secun de la Rosa (Aída), Pepón Nieto (Los hombres de Paco), Carlos Areces (Atasco), Julián Villagrán (A muerte), Rocío Ibáñez (Espíritu sagrado), Neus Asensi (Los hombres de Paco), Óscar Ladoire (Los...

Estrenos muy diferentes para seriéfilos en Netflix, Movistar Plus+, Prime Video y más. ©SkyShowtime, Movistar Plus+ & AMC+ LA CANCIÓN (jueves 8 de mayo en Movistar Plus+) © Movistar Plus+

Mayo es el mes de Eurovisión, y antes de escuchar a Melody representar a nuestro país en Suiza, Movistar+ nos hace viajar al pasado con una miniserie de tres episodios que revive la primera gran victoria de España en el Festival. Veremos la historia detrás del mítico La, la, la de Massiel y todo lo que rodeó aquel inolvidable triunfo de 1968, con un reparto que se lleva, sin duda, 12 points, con Carolina Yuste como Massiel. Una serie para los eurofans.

Cara Feliz: LA Historia De Un Asesino En Serie (jueves 8 de mayo en SkyShowtime) © SkyShowtime

Basada en el infame caso del asesino en serie Keith Hunter Jesperson, aka El Asesino del Rostro Feliz, aquí interpretado por Dennis Quaid, esta serie true crime se...

Ocho episodios de humor absurdo e historias autoconclusivas. © Atresplayer

Atresplayer ha comenzado el rodaje en varias localizaciones de Madrid de Rafaela y su loco mundo, su nueva serie original, una comedia surrealista y disparatada, creada por Aníbal Gómez y basada en su propio libro, El alucinante mundo de Rafaella Mozarella.

Rafaela y su loco mundo sigue a Rafaela, una adolescente que vive en una familia altamente funcional: una madre ama de casa aficionada a los disfraces, un padre inventor con una máquina del tiempo, y su abuela. Con la compañía de sus amigas Corpus, Chelo y Debo, sin olvidar a su caniche, pasarán por situaciones que las harán madurar como grupo, como personas y como caniche, respectivamente. Rafaela se enfrentará a mansiones embrujadas, fiestas de pijamas y dilemas existenciales mientras intenta salvar el mundo antes de llegar a la edad adulta.

La serie constará de ocho episodios autoconclusivos de 20 minutos...

The excitement and cosplay fun of San Diego Comic-Con is coming to Europe. Under an agreement managed by Img Licensing, “Sdcc is setting roots outside the United States for the first time in its history, making its European debut in Málaga,” the Andalucía region of Spain, this September, organizers said on Monday.

For four days from Sept. 25-28, 2025, the city will host the first official San Diego Comic Convention-licensed event outside the U.S. “This historic milestone would not have been possible without the institutional support of the Junta de Andalucía and the Málaga City Council, who have firmly committed to making Málaga the European capital of popular arts,” Sdcc said.

The international expansion was unveiled during an event at the Gran Hotel Miramar in Málaga, hosted by director, and screenwriter Santiago Segura, and including Junta de Andalucía president Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla, Mayor of Málaga Francisco de la Torre Prados,...

Madrid-based Onza, one of Spain’s top indie production-distribution houses, has kicked off filming on Season 2 of hit gridlock comedy series “Traffic Jam” (“Atasco), which is set to premiere on Prime Video Spain.

It has also shared on-set photos in exclusivity with Variety.

Launched May 24 on Prime Video Spain, the first season of the series hit No. 1 on the platform the day after, with an audience warming to the unexpected, comical and engaging stories that unfold in a huge traffic jam on the outskirts of Madrid.

Written and directed by Rodrigo Sopeña, as the series’ Season 1, the six new episodes continue the producers’ bet on a renowned Spanish star cast, this time featuring Silvia Abril, Carlos Sobera (“Little Coincidences”), Adriana Torrebejano, Carlos Areces (“The Last Circus”), Luis Zahera and singer-actress Edurne.

Some actors from Season 1 will reprise their roles in Season 2, the producers said.

Season 1’s stellar cast featured prominent...

Protagonizada por Elena Irureta, Kira Miró, Salva Reina y Sofía Otero. © DeAPlaneta

Ya se ha publicado el primer tráiler y póster de ¿Quién es quién?, la nueva película de Martín Cuervo con guion de Irene Niubó (Todos lo hacen) basada en la película francesa Le sens de la famille.

¿Quién es quién? sigue a la familia Fuentes, que se encuentra sumida en una rutina alienante debido al trabajo y los estudios. Sin embargo, todo cambia cuando Valentina, la más joven del grupo, pide un deseo en su noveno cumpleaños. Al día siguiente, todos los miembros de la familia se despiertan con los cuerpos intercambiados, lo que desata el caos en el hogar.

La comedia está protagonizada por Elena Irureta (Patria), Kira Miró (Machos alfa), Salva Reina, (Cuánto me queda), Sofía Otero (20.000 especies de abejas), Martí Cordero (42 segundos) y Ana Jara (Soy Luna). Completan el reparto: Gracia Olayo (Los protegidos), Aitor Luna...

Netflix has ordered another Spanish film, My Dearest Señorita, and unveiled a first look at upcoming dram series Superstar at an event in Madrid.

My Dearest Señorita, produced by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, is an adaptation of the 1972 Oscar-winning film of the same name directed by Jaime de Arimañán, who co-wrote the script with José Luis Borau starring José Luis López Vázquez.

The 1970s film was a romantic drama that explored themes of intersexuality, and was one of very few to tackle sexual orientation in General Franco’s ultra-conservative Spain. It won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 1973 Oscars.

“My Dearest Señorita is an adaptation,” said Calvo and Ambrossi in a statement. “Times have changed, and we believe it is a good time to revisit this story, a story of gender identity and wonderful, mainstream love. The creative challenge is how far we can update it without losing the essence.

Movistar Plus+ Shooting Comedy ‘Muertos S.L.’

Cameras are rolling on Muertos S.L., an eight-part Spanish sitcom for Movistar Plus+ set in a family-owned funeral home. Laura and Alberto Caballero are directing the series, which is a Movistar Plus+ production in collaboration with Contubernio Sl. Carlos Areces leads the cast, which also includes Ascen López, Salva Reina, Aitziber Garmendia and Adriana Torrebejano among others. Plot reads: “When Gonzalo Torregrosa, owner and founder of Torregrosa Funeral Home, passes away, Dámaso Carrillo, his right-hand man in the company, doesn’t hesitate that the best for the business is taking the reins himself. However, against all odds, Nieves, the septuagenarian widow, decides to take the lead in the family business, with the assistance of her inept yet enthusiastic son-in-law, Chemi, a Marketing expert, and in defiance of her daughters’ plans to close the Funeral Home and start a gym.

The 35th European Film Awards took place amid the uncanny beauty of Iceland’s capital city, Reykjavik. While it was possible to take a boat from the marina to gaze up at the aurora borealis dancing across the sky, the northern light on Saturday, December 10 came from Sweden and was named Ruben Östlund. The EFAs have a habit of decorating the same film across all major categories, so when his broad eat-the-rich satire “Triangle of Sadness” picked up an early award for Best European Director, it was clear which way the weather was going.

Östlund barely flinched when his name was announced as the winner in this early category — perhaps two Palme d’Ors in five years does that to a man. He first thanked the actress Sunnyi Melles (who was present) for her “great vomiting performance” and then had the grace to pay respects to Charlbi Dean, the South...

Ahead of the streamer’s Oct. 26 arrival in Spain, representatives from several shows commissioned for WarnerMedia’s HBO Max assembled at the San Sebastian Film Festival on Sunday to preview their shows, slated to arrive on the platform on or after its launch.

Four series were presented to an at-capacity press conference held in San Sebastian’s Kuursal conference center, the main hub for the Spanish festival.

First up was “Todo lo otro,” a release day launch for HBO Max staring multi-hyphenate Abril Zamora who writes, directs and stars in the story of a group of 30-somethings living in Madrid who have reached adulthood and found themselves living lives different from what they’d once dreamed. Playing the series’ lead protagonist, Zamora stars as Daphne, pushing middle age, recently single and with a crap job. Complicating things even more, she finds herself falling for her best friend, who himself is...

Madrid will provide the backdrop for a new production starring two comic actors at the peak of their powers, Carlos Areces and Fernando Tejero. Late March saw filming get under way in the Spanish capital and surrounding area for El club del paro, a new project for David Marqués following the hugely successful co-screenwriting gig that was 2018’s Champions — directed by Javier Fesser and Spain’s highest-grossing (and most lauded) film of the year, taking almost €20 million at the box office. For his latest project, Marqués has turned his writing skills to devising a plot peopled by characters played by Carlos Areces (recently seen in One Careful Owner), Fernando Tejero (featured in 2020 musical My Heart Goes Boom!), Adrià Collado (who appeared alongside Tejero in the TV series Aquí no hay quien viva), Eric Francés (Rosa’s Wedding), Javier Botet (who could forget his turn in the pitch-black Amigo), María...

El rey tuerto director’s second film is currently shooting in Navarre and stars Verónica Forqué, Santi Millán, Malena Alterio and Natalia Molina among other actors. The filming of Marc Crehuet’s Espejo espejo began the first days of August in Pamplona. The filmmaker made his debut in feature films four years ago with The One-eyed King, which earned a Goya nomination in the Best New Director category. The cast included a number of renowned actors: Verónica Forqué, Santi Millán, Natalia de Molina, Malena Alterio, Carlos Areces, Toni Acosta, Carlos Bardem, Silvia Abascal, Antonio Resines, Loles León, Luis Bermejo and Marta Tomasa. With Crehuet also as the scriptwriter, the film tells the story of the 50th anniversary of Manie Cosmetics, all members of staff are excited and nervous. Alex, the marketing and communication director, knows that redundancies will be made and wants to show the new CEO that although he is almost.

Stars: Karra Elejalde, Pepa Aniorte, Carlos Areces, Mikel Losada, Andrés Herrera, Jordi Sánchez, Marcos Balgañón Santamaría, Juanlu Escudero, José Luis Esteban, Ramón Barea | Written and Directed by Ana Murugarren

Such an interestingly titled movie immediately got my attention. What could this movie be about – I was intrigued. Well in simple terms, nearing the end of the Spanish Civil War, a Nationalist soldier decides to become a hermit to look after a fig tree. That sounds simple but strange I know, but I will get to a more detailed explanation soon.

The opening scene makes you feel like you’re going to be in for a harsh and brutal ride, as we see a father and his sixteen year old son killed because they are believed to be traitors to the nation. This is done in a rainy and dark forest while in front of the other son who is just six years old.

Compared to their American equivalents, Spanish imports rock a vibe that can’t be duplicated. Just check any of Telemundo’s saucy daytime dramas versus our straight-faced network soap operas, and you’ll be treated to silliness abound. But that’s on a nationally televised level – graduate to big-budget theatrics, and we’re talking productions that are nuttier than a Payday bar (or whatever your favorite peanut-laced treat is).

My Big Night is, without a doubt, one of the more ludicrous ensemble pieces I’ve seen in recent memory, guided by the zany ambition of Álex de la Iglesia (The Last Circus and Witching & Bitching). Are you ready for over-dramatized comedics and a cornucopia of chaos driven by goofy, slapstick maturity? Or, would it be immaturity? Not quite sure. How would you define a subplot where some Fabio-lookin’ pop star has his semen stolen by a Bj-specialist who doesn’t swallow?...

Álex de la Iglesia’s comedy will head a strand of Spanish films set to play at the 33rd Miami International Film Festival that runs from March 4-13, 2016.

My Big Night (Mi Gran Noche) follow the backstage shenanigans before a TV special celebrating a legendary pop singer. Star and Spanish pop icon Raphael is scheduled to attend the festival.

The film also stars Mario Casas, Santiago Segura, Carlos Areces, Blanca Suarez, Hugo Silva, Carmen Machi and Carolina Bang.

“Álex de la Iglesia has made a perfect pop movie with My Big Night,” said the festival’s executive director and director of programming Jaie Laplante. “This riotously funny film is much more than one of the very best films by de la Iglesia, it is a party!”

The Spanish line-up includes Cinedwntwn Galas Truman from Cesc Gay starring Ricardo Darín and Javier Cámara; Emilio Martínez Lázaro’s Spanish Affair 2 (Ocho Apellidos Catalanes) – now the biggest Spanish film of...

British actress to receive career award; festival guest list includes Tom Hiddleston, Ellen Page, Emily Blunt and Benicio del Toro.

Emily Watson, star of Breaking The Waves, The Book Thief and Everest, is receive the Donostia Award at the 63rd San Sebastian Film Festival (Sept 18-26) in recognition of her 30 years in film.

The British actress will collect the award at a gala on Sept 25 in San Sebastian’s Kursaal Auditorium.

The festival also unveiled some high-profile names and juries for its upcoming edition.

Actors attending include stars of Ben Wheatley’s High-Rise, Sienna Miller, Tom Hiddleston and Luke Evans; Freeheld actress Ellen Page; Sicario stars Emily Blunt and Benicio del Toro; Tim Roth, at the festival with 600 Miles and Chronic; Louise Bourgoin, star of The White Knights; and Karin Viard and Isabelle Carré from 21 nuits avec Pattie.

Filmmakers in attendance include Pablo Agüero (Eva Doesn’t Sleep), Laurie Anderson (Heart of a Dog), Scott Cooper ([link...

Spain's manic cinematic master, Alex de la Iglesia, returns with what promises to be an anarchic, madcap comedy in My Big Night (Mi Gran Noche) and with the film freshly announced to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival the first Spanish trailer has arrived.The backstage preparations for a New Year's Eve TV spectacular become a flashpoint for comic mayhem, in the audaciously inventive ensemble comedy from Spain's madcap maestro Álex de la Iglesia (Witching & Bitching).Iglesia recruits a host of favored performers in this one, including (deep breath here) Raphael , Mario Casas, Pepón Nieto, Blanca Suárez, Santiago Segura, Carlos Areces, Jaime Ordoñez, Terele Pavez, Carolina Bang, Enrique Villen, Lus Callejo, Ana Polvorosa, Tomas Pozzi, Luis Fernandez, Antonio Velazquez, Carmen Ruiz, Marta Castellote, Marta...

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Exclusive: FilmSharks International has come on to sell worldwide rights to the stop-motion feature Possessed (Pos Eso) from former Aardman Animations animator Sam.

Guido Rud will tout the Spanish-language feature and is preparing an English-language version of the film that recently earned a jury special mention at Sitges.

Possessed centres on a celebrated flamenco dancer who seeks the help of a defrocked priest to solve her son’s demented behaviour after his father dies in a freak accident.

On the eve of the market Rud said talks were ongoing with Us distributors and cast for the English version.

The Spanish voice cast features Santiago Segura from Spain’s smash Torrente franchise, as well as Alex Angulo, Anabel Alonso and Carlos Areces.

“When you see kids loving ParaNormam or Hotel Transylvania more and more you will understand why buyers rush to get this gem that makes you travel from Indiana Jones to The Exorcist to Gremlins, Taxi Driver, ParaNorman...

Spanish director Alex de la Iglesia returns with Witching and Bitching, a nod to his particular brand of zany, over-the-top genre comedy that marked some of his better known titles from 1990s, particularly The Day of the Beast (1995). Bigger budgets and a cadre of returning cast members from his filmography make his latest film of a higher pedigree than those roughhewn beginnings, but the director still insists on bloating his running time as an overstuffed extravaganza. As usual, this gilds the energetic exuberance to a desensitizing mass of standout moments rising out of chintzy, cheeseball antics.

Disguised as live street performers in Madrid, Jose (Hugo Silva) and Tony (Mario Casas) hold up a jewel shop and steal a bunch of gold rings. Jose is desperate to flee with his son from ex-wife Silvia (Macarena Gomez) since he’s tired of paying alimony. While several of their street performing cohorts are...

Richard Linklater’s 12-year project beats Ida, The Grand Budapest Hotel and Winter Sleep.

Richard Linklater’s Boyhood has been named the best film of the past year by the members of the International Federation of Film Critics, Fipresci.

The poll for the Fipresci Grand Prix 2014 - Best Film of the Year gathered votes from 553 members throughout the world.

In the first phase, participants nominated feature-length films that received their world premiere no earlier than July 1, 2013. This led to a final round between the four finalists: Boyhood by Richard Linklater, Ida by Pawel Pawlikowski, The Grand Budapest Hotel by Wes Anderson, and Winter Sleep by Nuri Bilge Ceylan.

This is the first Linklater has won the prize, which has previously gone to Michael Haneke, Paul Thomas Anderson, Jafar Panahi, Pedro Almodóvar, Jean-Luc Godard and Nuri Bilge Ceylan, among others, since its establishment in 1999.

Boyhood will have a special screening at the San Sebastián Film Festival on Sept...

Fresh from playing as one of three different films helmed by director Nacho Vigalondo at this year's Film4 FrightFest, sci-fi comedy Extraterrestrial (review) is now available on DVD and Digital Download across the UK. To celebrate, we have a copy of the DVD to give away to one lucky reader!

The film, released September 1st by Icon Entertainment, stars Michelle Jenner, Carlos Areces, Julián Villagrán, Raúl Cimas, and Miguel Noguera.

To be in with a chance of winning, simply send an Email to contests@dreadcentral.com, including Your Full Name And Postal Address; then sit back and watch the skies. We'll take care of the rest.

Please note that this competition is open only to UK readers. It will end at 12:01 Am Pt on September 15th.

Synopsis:

When Julio wakes up in a strange apartment after a night of partying, he’s pleasantly surprised to discover it belongs to...

Stars: Julián Villagrán, Michelle Jenner, Carlos Areces, Raúl Cimas, Miguel Noguera | Written and Directed by Nacho Vigalondo

Nacho Vigalondo made quite the splash with 2007’s Timecrimes, a dark and rather uncompromising time-travel thriller which impressed many. To British eyes it would seem like all had gone quiet on the Nacho front but this was not the case. His next film Extraterrestial was playing Italy when my wife and I were on honeymoon, but we celebrated our third anniversary last week. A delayed release is something we see fairly often but in the case of Extraterrestial it is bizarre as this is a charming but admittedly small-scale film though one which would work with a wider audience than a pure genre one as is the case with the FrightFest audience.

Much of this is down to the simple fact that the film barely dabbles in the sci-fi nature of its opening.

As 19 titles are revealed for the Zabaltegi section, Danis Tanovic’s Tigers is added to the official competition and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby has entered the Pearls section.

The 62nd San Sebastian Festival has unveiled the titles for its Zabaltegi section, a non-competitive strand featuring a variety of films, documentaries, shorts and television.

This year’s line-up will include world premieres of four features made in Spain: Virginia García del Pino’s Basilio Martín Patino. The Tenth Letter; Borja Cobeaga’s Negotiator; Francisco Sánchez Varela’s Paco De Lucía: La Búsqueda; and Pedro González Bermúdez’s documentary When Bette Davis Bids Farewell.

The strand will also include the Spanish premieres of the latest works by Ulrich Seidl and Kazuyoshi Kumakiri as well as a screening of Bruno Dumont’s TV series Lil´Quinquin.

In addition, Danis Tanovic’s Tigers will compete in the Official Selection, while the Pearls section has added Ned Benson’s relationship...

★★☆☆☆Four years after making a respectable impact with his debut Timecrimes (2007), Nacho Vigalondo returns with Extraterrestrial (2011), a low-budget Spanish science fiction drama that's unlikely to have the same impact. The film centres on Julio (Julián Villagrán) and Julia (Michelle Jenner), two people who wake up together with no memory of the night before. Before they have chance to figure out what has happened, they come to the realisation that there's an alien spacecraft hovering outside their window. Confined to Julia's apartment, the pair must not only deal with the looming outside threat, but also the arrival of Julia's ex-boyfriend, Tipo (Miguel Noguera), and her neighbour, Ángel (Carlos Areces).

Check out what's new to rent and own this week on the various streaming services such as cable Movies On Demand, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, and, of course, Netflix. Cable Movies On Demand: Same-day-as-disc releases, older titles and pretheatrical exclusives for rent, priced from $3-$10, in 24- or 48-hour periods The Act of Killing (documentary about Indonesian death-squad leaders; not rated) Closed Circuit (thriller,;Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall; rated R) I'm So Excited! (comedy; Carlos Areces, Penélope Cruz; rated R) Summer in February (biographical romance about Edwardian artists; Dominic Cooper, Dan Stevens, Emily Browning; pretheatrical release) Cold Comes the Night (crime thriller; Alice Eve, Bryan Cranston; premieres 1/10 on Mod and in theaters; rated R...

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Reviewed as part of the 27th Leeds International Film Festival (6-21 Nov, 2013)

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Dir: Javier Ruiz Caldera, 2012

A brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal…sound familiar? Unlike its central band of spectres, the influences on this supernatural Spanish comedy are plain to see. Opening and closing with a prom scene, Ghost Graduation (‘Promoción fantasma’) revisits the American high-school movies of the Eighties, emerging like a cross between Ghostbusters and The Breakfast Club- with more than just a dance montage as a nod to the latter.

Our humble, hangdog hero is Modesto (Raúl Arévalo), a high school teacher plagued with the ability to see the dead. Rather than realise his gift, he instead begins to worry that he’s losing his mind. Regular visits to a psychiatrist only seem to make matters worse- not least because Modesto is distracted by his...

Following its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival and Fantastic Fest this fall, we have the Spanish red band trailer, two international posters and six photos for Witching and Bitching. &#193lex de la Iglesia (Oxford Murders, The Last Circus) directs this horror-comedy about a group of thieves who make off with 25,000 gold rings. They soon learn that their stolen goods are cursed, as they try to make their way to France. Unfortunately, there are no English subtitles on this video, but there are sexually-suggestive scenes along with plenty of action and violence, and that all translates quite visually. You'll have no problem following along. Check out the first footage and images, and stay tuned to find out when this may hit theaters.

Witching and Bitching comes to theaters in 2014 and stars Javier Botet, Mario Casas, Santiago Segura, Hugo Silva, Carmen Maura, Carolina Bang, Carlos Areces, Enrique Villén. The film...

Here are the poster and stills for "Witching And Bitching", the new film from Alex de la Iglesia, starring Carmen Maura, Hugo Silva, Mario Casas, Pepòn Nieto, Carolina Bang, Terele Paveze, Jaime Ordònez, Santiago Segura, Carlos Areces, Secun de la Rosa, Macarena Gòmez et Gabriel Delgado. An absurd, racy comedy starring a group of desperate thieves who rob a Cash-for-Gold shop in Madrid's Puerta del Sol and make a crazy dash for Disneyland with one of the heister's sons in tow. But on the border with France, they fall into the hands of Basque witches who apply themselves diligently to the ancient customs of their craft and bringing the men down a peg or two....

The European Film Academy will hold the 26th European Film Awards in Berlin on December 7th, 2013. To make fans part of the celebration every year the audience gets to choose the winner of the Efa People's Choice Award. This  year one lucky fan will also have the chance to attend the awards ceremony and be part of a fantastic event that brings together Europe's greatest film stars, directors, actors and actresses.

Audiences in the past have  awarded the honor to Jean-Pierre Jeunet's beloved Amelie, Lars von Trier's Dancer in the Dark, and incredibly 3 times to Spanish master Pedro Almodovar (All About My Mother, Talk to Her, Volver).

To vote and for a chance to win a trip to the 26th European Film Awards click Here

The Nominees Are:

Anna Karenina

UK, 124 min

Directed By: Joe Wright 

Written By: Tom Stoppard 

With: Keira Knightley, Aaron Johnson, Jude Law, Matthew Macfadyen, Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander

The Best Offer (La Migliore Offerta)

Italy, 130 min

Written & Directed by: Giuseppe Tornatore 

With: Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess, Sylvia Hoeks, Donald Sutherland

The Broken Circle Breakdown

Belgium, 100 min

Directed by: Felix van Groeningen 

Written by: Carl Joos & Felix van Groeningen 

With: Veerle Baetens, Johan Heldenbergh, Nell Cattrysse, Geert van Rampelberg, Nils de Caster

The Deep (Djúpið)

Iceland/Norway, 92 min

Directed by: Baltasar Kormákur 

Written by: Jón Atli Jónasson & Baltasar Kormákur 

With: Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Jóhann G. Jóhannsson, Stefán Hallur Stefánsson, Björn Thors, Thorbjorg H. Thorgilsdótir

The Gilded Cage (La Cage Dorée)

Portugal/France, 90 min

Directed by: Ruben Alves 

Written by: Ruben Alves, Jean-André Yerlès, Hugo Gélin

With: Rita Blanco, Joaquim de Almeida, Roland Giraud, Chantal Lauby, Barbara Cabrita, Lannick Gautry

I'm So Excited (Los Amantes Pasajeros)

Spain, 90 min

Written & Directed by: Pedro Almodóvar

With: Javier Cámara, Carlos Areces, Raúl Arévalo, Lola Dueñas, Cecilia Roth

The Impossible (Lo Imposible)

Spain, 114 min

Directed by: J.A. Bayona

Written by: Sergio G. Sánchez & María Belón

With: Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland, Samuel Joslin, Oaklee Pendergast

Kon-Tiki

Norway, Denmark, UK, Germany, Sweden, 113 min 

Directed by: Joachim Rønning & Espen Sandberg

Written by: Petter Skavlan

With: Pål Sverre Hagen, Anders Bassmo Christiansen, Tobias Santelmann, Gustaf Skarsgaard, Odd-Magnus Williamson, Jakob Oftebro, Agnes Kittelsen

Love Is All You Need (Den skaldede frisør)

Denmark, 111 min 

Directed By: Susanne Bier

Written By: Anders Thomas Jensen & Susanne Bier

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Los amantes pasajeros (English title: I’m So Excited!)

Written by Pedro Almodóvar

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar

Spain, 2013

It seems as though everything that could be said or written in praise of Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar has already been expressed. He is, without the shadow of a doubt, not only a critical darling, but has also earned himself a very respectable amount of fans in the movie going public, and, lest it be overlooked, built an impressive career with stories that, either directly or otherwise, spoke about subsections of the human population that only so rarely make important or relevant appearances in film, most notably homosexuals and transvestites. Almodóvar has dabbled in a multitude of genres, from pure dramas to comedies, and as recently as 2011 body horror (The Skin I Live In). I’m So Excited! is the director’s return to pure comedy, and in flamboyant fashion at that.

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I am pretty sure the first time I saw one of Pedro Almodóvar's movies was in my high school Spanish class. I was completely entranced, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown was unlike anything I had ever seen before. And hence began my long love affair with his films.

I am not ashamed to admit that I spent a good part of my twenties scouring eBay for hard-to-find copies of his early films like Pepi, Luci, and Bom or The Labyrinth of Passion. One of my favorites, What Have I Done to Deserve This, I could only find on Vcd (yeah Video CD, it exists) in Taiwan. Gracias a Dios por eBay!

A full decade (and more) into my Almodóvar love affair I am past the giddy butterflies-in-your-stomach phase. Now, it feels like a long-term relationship. Since the late nineties I have seen all of his new releases in a theater: All About My Mother, Talk to Her, Bad Education, Volver, Broken Embraces, and The Skin I Live In. Some I absolutely adored and others were kinda meh. Pedro and I have been through good times and bad. But sitting in a dark theater, sinking into a plush chair, and awaiting the start of a new Almodóvar movie feels just like going home for Christmas or like a hug from my mom -- it's comforting and blissful.

A few weeks ago I got to preview his newest film I'm So Excited and I fell in love all over again.

The title in Spanish, Los amantes pasajeros, hints at the storyline -- a group of travelers aboard a plane flying to Mexico City that seems likely to crash, terrified and fearing for their lives, begin to confess their spicy life secrets.

The cast brings together old Almodóvar favorites with newcomers and well-known actors. The movie stars Javier Camara (Talk to Her), Cecilia Roth (All About My Mother) and Lola Dueñas (Volver). Spanish comedians Carlos Areces, Raúl Arévalo and Mexican actor José María Yazpik round out the cast along with cameos by Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas.

Almodóvar was present at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater along with some of his actors. The ruckus affair came complete with champagne, popcorn, and many Almodóvarisms. While introducing the film he explained, "there is lots of sex" and the passengers on the plane, "have an incredible orgy." He then told the audience, "to which you are also invited after the movie." And before the lights dimmed Almodóvar told everyone he hoped they enjoyed the film but gave the caveat, "If you don't find it entertaining, blame the subtitles."

I'm So Excited is a return to what Almodóvar does best; it's an absurd sex-filled comedy. It's an orgy in the sky complete with jazz hands, flamboyant flight attendants, binge drinking, drugs, a porn actress, a psychic (who also happens to be a virgin), and a pilot who is exploring his sexual identity. It's a story that only Almodóvar could tell and that's exactly why I fell in love with his films in the first place.

I'm So Excited opened on Friday, June 28 in New York and Los Angeles with other cities to follow in the coming weeks.

Check out the website for a list of theaters and like the Facebook page for updates.

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I just wanted to share that I recently suffered/indulged in one of my biggest Lol spasms of 2013 during the absolutely ridiculous dance scene in Pedro Almodóvar’s new film I’m So Excited (Los amantes pasajeros, in theaters now). It’s not complicated: The three first-class flight attendants (Carlos Areces, Raúl Arévalo, and Javier Cámara, pictured) just vamp around to the Pointer Sisters’ hit, on a plane, in the middle of a life-threatening flight. It sounds annoying and probably would be annoying to many humans.

Spanish actress Blanca Suárez turns in a captivating performance as Ruth, one of two ex-lovers abandoned by the same Don Juan (Guillermo Toledo) in Pedro Almodóvar’s high-flying new comedy, I’m So Excited. Ruth discovers that life in the clouds can be as complicated and precarious as it is at ground level, especially when sex and death are involved. Opening June 28, the film is a biting satire on the state of our world and features an ensemble cast that includes Javier Cámara, Antonio de la Torre, Hugo Silva, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Carlos Areces, Raúl Arévalo, José María Yazpik, Cecilia Roth, Lola Dueñas, and Paz Vega. At a roundtable interview, Suárez discussed working with Almodóvar again after starring in The Skin I Live In, his meticulous directing style, the challenges of shooting a bicycle scene pedaling up a steep hill in a dress and high heels, the enormous success of fellow countrymen Penélope Cruz,...

Javier Cámara and Miguel Ángel Silvestre star in Pedro Almodóvar’s colorful new comedy, I’m So Excited!, that chronicles the wild adventures of the passengers and crew onboard Peninsula Flight 2549 when an unexpected landing gear hitch leaves their flight in a precarious holding pattern on their way from Madrid to Mexico City. Opening June 28th, the hilarious movie features cameos by Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas and an engaging ensemble cast that includes Antonio de la Torre, Hugo Silva, Carlos Areces, Raúl Arévalo, José María Yazpik, Guillermo Toledo, Cecilia Roth, Lola Dueñas, Paz Vega and Blanca Suárez At a recent roundtable interview, Cámara and Silvestre talked about Almodóvar’s intense directing process, how he creates a family among his actors and a cinematic world that’s uniquely his own, his imaginative approach to casting, the challenge of shooting in an extremely confined space, rehearsing a flamboyant dance routine with choreographer Blanca Li,...

With his anxious parable I'm So Excited! Pedro Almodóvar imagines a plane malfunction not as a pretext for thrills, as in most films, but for a metaphorical farce: The jet is Spain, and what we should fear for is not just the passengers' lives, but the country's.

Defective landing gear forces a jet to circle the Spanish city of Toledo, waiting for an airport to be outfitted for an emergency landing. For the sake of maintaining civility—or at least privilege—the plane's economy passengers have been drugged, and rest unconscious while business class copes with the situation. That coping is facilitated by the attentions of three gay flight attendants, Joserra (Javier Cámara), Fajas (Carlos Areces), and Ulloa (Raúl Aré...

Pedro Almodóvar’s hilarious new comedy, I’m So Excited, takes flying to new heights as his flamboyant characters embark on an unusual journey fueled by alcohol, sexual desire and the fear of imminent death. From take-off until emergency landing, fate weaves an unpredictable thread linking the passengers with other characters, and the plane’s tiny galley and cockpit become the settings for some of the movie’s funniest scenes. Opening June 28th, the film features cameos by Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas and an ensemble cast that includes Javier Cámara, Antonio de la Torre, Hugo Silva, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Carlos Areces, Raúl Arévalo, José María Yazpik, Guillermo Toledo, Cecilia Roth, Lola Dueñas, Paz Vega and Blanca Suárez. At the film’s recent press day, Almodóvar talked about the role that sex and death play in his work, how the song that inspired the title became the full-scale choreographed centerpiece of the movie,...

Music Make You Lose Control: Almodovar’s Return to High Camp Shenanigans

Fans of Pedro Almodovar’s early works, like Dark Habits and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown should be really, really excited for his latest, I’m So Excited, a bawdy, trifling, absurd breath of fresh air that sees the auteur return to zany high camp territory. However, while those early works had a playful subversive edge to them, this latest confection feels a little light on the transgressions, despite some memorably crass moments and minor politically minded jeering.

A technical failure to the landing gear (caused by two airport employees in cameos from Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz) puts Peninsula Flight 2549 en route to Mexico City in peril, forcing Captain Acero (Antonio de la Torre) and co-pilot Benito Moron (Hugo Silva) to fly in circles over Toledo. Economy class has been given muscle relaxers and thus are all passed out,...

While the rains poured last night in NYC, a few hundred slightly damp cinephiles gathered inside at the New York Times Center for the latest installment of Times Talks: A Conversation With Pedro Almodóvar. As fans of the Spanish auteur are probably already aware, Almodóvar's latest film, "I'm So Excited" (out June 28th), is the filmmaker's first foray back into madcap comedy in over two decades. The film centers on a group of misfits: newlyweds, partygoers, inebriated flight attendants and closeted pilots all stranded together on a flight for a soapy ride full of secrets, revelations and the occasional loosely choreographed Pointer Sisters dance number. As a surprise for the audience Almodóvar brought along three of his actors: Carlos Areces (who plays the riotous flight attendant Fajas), Blanca Suárez ("The Skin I Live In") and Miguel Ángel Silvestre. As usual, Almodóvar was armed with a translator so that he could...

★★★☆☆ To say that Pedro Almodóvar's Pointer Sisters-referencing I'm So Excited (Los amantes pasajeros, 2013) is one of the flamboyant Spanish auteur's more inconsequential efforts would perhaps be doing it a disservice; it is, after all, as interested in sexual politics and forms of control and restraint as any of his previous films. The key distinction to make, then, is that this is arguably his first all-out comedy, forgoing heartrending melodrama in favour of sharp one-liners and trusted sight gags. As expected, Almodóvar proves himself a deft comic director, though this latest enjoyable offering does struggle to reach the dizzying heights of his finest work.

An Airplane! for post-recession Spain, I'm So Excited takes place almost entirely aboard an ill-fated commercial flight en route to Mexico City. With the plane's landing gear damaged before take off - in a sequence which features cameos from Almodóvar regulars Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz...

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I'm So Excited (15)

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Almodóvar responds to his country's economic woes with camp hysteria and Carry On humour. In many ways this airborne disaster farce – anarchic, absurdist, garishly stylish and gleefully debauched – is a return to the Spanish auteur's subversive roots. But there's a serious subtext to the silliness, and the metaphors are brought back down to earth for a satisfying landing.

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Pedro Almodóvar's air steward farce could be some kind of national allegory – but the great director's real interest lies in returning to the good-natured sex comedy of his youth

Pedro Almodóvar's new film is a cheeky comedy about stressy homosexuals in an aeroplane going round and round in the sky without getting anywhere. There are some stressy heterosexuals as well. They are theoretically menaced by a danger that no one, least of all the audience, is taking all that seriously. The movie is Almodóvar's satirical venting of national exasperation with the economy, the king and perhaps even Spain itself – a troubled country that the plane is making its hazardous and entirely ineffective attempt to leave. But finally it's less ambitious than that: more like a lark, a small-scale domestic flight that returns the director, inevitably, to his favourite, hedonistic concerns of sexual identity and sexual transgression.

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We have 2 new UK posters and have updated the image gallery for I'm So Excited, distributed Stateside by Sony Pictures Classics and in France by Pathe's. The Pedro Almodovar film opens in U.S. on June 28th, while U.K. fans can catch it from May 3rd. The film re-unites Almodóvar with Cecilia Roth (All About My Mother), Lola Dueñas (Volver), Javier Cámara (Talk to Her) and Blanca Suárez (The Skin I Live In) as well as many other of his frequent collaborators. Also in the cast are Carlos Areces, Raúl Arévalo, Hugo Silva, Antonio de la Torre, José María Yazpik, Guillermo Toledo, José Luis Torrijo, Miguel Ángel Silvestre with cameo performances from Paz Vega and in their first film together Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas.

Pedro Almodóvar, one of Spain’s most internationally acclaimed directors (he’s won two Academy Awards to date), returns to familiar territory with I’m So Excited, his first out-and-out comedy since Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown was released some twenty three years ago. Gone are the somewhat sombre explorations of dark, labyrinthine subjects found within his recent crop of dramas (The Skin I Live In, Broken Embraces), only to be replaced by all the necessary ingredients needed to make a frivolous, laugh-inducing and frothy farce.

When a technical failure caused by airport workers, played by Almodóvar regulars Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas, forces Peninsula Flight 2549 to circle Toledo until a runway can be sourced and prepped for an emergency landing, the equally outlandish and excessive characters aboard – from the camp and sexually promiscuous flight crew to the novel business class passengers – turn to alcohol, smuggled-on drugs...

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

Those who have found themselves entranced by Pedro Almodóvar’s tendency towards the dark side in recent years – especially with his last film, the deliciously demented The Skin I Live In – will likely be disappointed by his latest effort, a low-key outing that somewhat recalls the director’s more playful early work, though lacks the wit to make its high-camp premise work.

It’s difficult to imagine that I’m So Excited (named after the Pointers Sisters hit song, which features in one admittedly uproarious, lip-synced scene) would do any business at all were it not festooned with the seal of approval that is Almodóvar’s name, because this mile-high comedy doesn’t so much feel like one of the director’s films as it does another writer-director trying to ape his style.

The premise is enticing enough – a flight bound for Mexico City appears to...

Director: Pedro Almodóvar; Screenwriter: Pedro Almodóvar; Starring: Javier Cámara, Pepa Charro, Lola Dueñas, Cecilia Roth, Antonio Banderas, Penélope Cruz; Running time: 90 mins; Certificate: 15

Pedro Almodóvar switches to something a little more frivolous after delving into the darkness with plastic surgery thriller The Skin I Live In. New comedy I'm So Excited is very much Carry On Across the Airways as he tracks the lives of passengers and crew on a flight from Spain to Mexico City.

It's as camp as Christmas and light as a feather, but there's fun to be had in this absurdist comedy in the clouds. Almodóvar regulars Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz make fleeting appearances as squabbling baggage handlers at the start of the film, but the baton is swiftly passed on to air stewards Joserra (Javier Cámara), Ulloa (Raúl Arévalo) and Fajas (Carlos Areces) for the mile-high shenanigans.

A landing gear hitch leaves the flight in a holding pattern,...

Almodóvar box office in the early 21st century: The airplaine-set comedy I'm so Excited boasts Almodóvar's biggest opening-weekend, but Volver remains his biggest worldwide hit. I'm So Excited, the Pedro Almodóvar comedy starring Javier Cámara, Lola Dueñas, Cecilia Roth, and cameos by several top Spanish cinema celebrities, was behind only the Sam Raimi / James Franco fantasy adventure Oz the Great and Powerful at the Spanish box office this past weekend (March 8 - 10). For comparison's sake, you'll find below the Spanish and worldwide grosses of Almodóvar's feature films that have been released so far in the 21st century, according to numbers found on the web site Box Office Mojo. (Pictured above are fey flight attendants Javier Cámara, Raúl Arévalo, and Carlos Areces in Pedro Almodóvar's I'm So Excited.) In March 2013, I'm So Excited / Los amantes pasajeros debuted with $2.5 million at 298 venues. In September 2011, The Skin I Live In / La piel que habito,...

Almodóvar comedy boasts the director's best opening ever in his native country (in euros) I'm So Excited / Los amantes pasajeros , the Pedro Almodóvar airplane-set comedy, had the biggest Spanish debut weekend ever for an Almodóvar film -- in terms of box-office receipts (in euros), though apparently not in actual number of movie tickets sold. Distributed by Spanish branch of Warner Bros., the comedy raked in $2.5 million at 298 venues this past weekend (March 8 - 10), thus trailing only -- and by a very small margin -- the Disney-distributed, Sam Raimi-directed Oz the Great and Powerful, which earned $2.61 million at 649 sites, as per box-office numbers found on the web site Box Office Mojo. (Pictured above: I'm So Excited cast members.) Needless to say, the per-theater average for Almodovar's latest -- despite a number of negative reviews in the Spanish media -- was much higher than the one for the $200 million-budgeted Hollywood flick starring James Franco: $8,415 vs.