A cold is what happened since I promised that I would write almost every day about the London Film Festival. It was impossible to keep up with the rythm, and I ended up 2 days off work, at home, and missing 3 of the 18 films that I was watching. Be patient, I wrote my critics & impressions, I just need to type them and translate them. So, here we go…”Once upon a time…”

It´s always especial to watch a film that was released the year you were born. “Manhattan” opened the BFI LFF (London Film Festival) for me this year. Lately, I believe that everything happens for a reason and I had to wait 37 years to watch it. It also seems that Woody Allen could had perfectly been a psychic. Because no one else could have predicted his life better than himself writing, directing and acting in this film. Continue reading ““Opening Night – Noche de gala: Manhattan”” →

Today’s post has to do with a course I am doing at the BFI in London about Steven Spielberg. I still don’t know how, but here I am preparing a presentation for tomorrow’s class. “E.T” was taken, so I chose to talk about “The Terminal”. Without knowing why, after just watching it, I now know that it was my reconciliation with Spielberg after “A.I” and “Catch me if you can” or “Minority Report”. He had a tendency of making two hours and thirty minutes films that were about ego more than anything else.  Continue reading ““The Terminal” – “La Terminal”” →

It’s a summer night in 1988 and a few days before my first Holy Communion. So my brother, one of our favourite cousins and I decide to sit in front of the TV. Back then, it was anything but flat! My parents switch the channel to watch a film all together before our cousin leaves as it’s his last evening at home before we celebrate our Holy Communion in all three at the same time (kind of typical in Spain). The title of the film, at first, is a little bit scary:”Close Encounters of the Third Kind”. Wow! Even sounds dangerous. I didn’t have the slightest idea that this film would change my life to the point that I still remember the exact day of the event! Continue reading ““Close Encounters of the Third Kind”- “Encuentros en la tercera fase”” →

There’s only a handful of people who can watch a Terrence Malick film and like it. I’m one of them. I don’t know what it is, but if you ask me…I can say that Malick is to film what poetry is to literature. Poetry is not everybody’s cup of tea, same with Malick. You actually have to forget everything you know and get lost to fully enjoy what’s in front of your eyes.  Continue reading “Let’s talk about Malick – Pongamos que hablo de Malick” →

Today is the kick off of the most glamorous festival in the world,  with a great edition 🙂 (69th). In Cannes, everything is possible: from catching a thief to a mere actress becoming a princess. Obviously, I meant Grace Kelly… my ever first platonic love (at a cinematic level, of course).

Cannes has been on my wish list since 1995, when I saw “To Catch a Thief”. I had seen Grace in “Mogambo”, but the spell was cast in Hitchcock’s movie. Then, when I was almost 16 years old, the possibility of visiting Cannes was impossible and very remote to me. Who would tell me that, just 11 years later, I would visit the city and even attend the most spectacular film festival on the face of the earth. Dreams are meant to come true! Continue reading “Festival de Cannes” →

The first VHS tape I ever watched was “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial”. It was 1990 (everything arrived pretty late back then in Spain) and our neighbour already had a BETA video for so many years. After all those years waiting for technology to arrive, I understood why my dad waiting for so long to get it. Nevertheless, I have to say that probably it was the only one time that I didn’t cry watching this particular film. Whatever, no comments!

Last Friday, I had the pleasure of witnessing two children watching “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial”for their first time and it was like going back to 1990. The 5 years old girl was quite frightened because the music was telling her that something scary was about to happen when Elliot and E.T. meet for the first time. The 3 years old boy was very relaxed and not scared at all. He had a big smile in his face. And I cannot tell you how big my smile was. I pretty much had goose bumps all the time but especially when Elliot stops right before the clift with his bycicle and then E.T. makes then fly over the trees to land in the middle of the forest while John Willliam’s famous soundtrack  plays in the background (and that originated in the logo of Spielberg´s Production company – Amblin). I was shifting between the TV screen and the children’s face to see their reaction. Honestly,  eyes were quite watery. Of course, the end arrived and I couldn’t help to use a tissue to hide several tears running down my face 😦  Continue reading “Being kids again – Ser niños otra vez” →

Dear ones,

Here I am, in front of a blank page. I’ve been wanting to do this for so long, that right now I’m really scared. But, wait a minute, like Liz Gilbert said once, if you want to be creative and express what’s in your guts, you need to be fearless and not get obsessed with the result. And, besides, I can talk or write about movies endlessly. Continue reading ““My Passion & Love”” →