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Agent Zeta (2026) Javier Ocaña ...the production values ​​are undeniable. But De la Torre's film seems to aim for something like the Bourne saga, yet barely reaches the level of a Jason Statham production. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 20, 2026Edit critic review
A Missing Part (2024) Elsa Fernández-Santos Duris's performance speaks volumes without him even mentioning the character. The weight rests on this marvelous actor who surrenders himself to the drama with a restrained, yet tender, anguish. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 20, 2026Edit critic review
The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) Elsa Fernández-Santos The film's ambition is commendable, as is Seyfried's harrowing performance as a woman who lost four newborn children, or who had her mystical experience in prison. But it's diluted by a flimsy structure. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 13, 2026Edit critic review
The Great Arch (2025) Carlos Boyero ...I have no doubt that this film would spark endless attention and discussion if it were shown in architecture schools, among professionals in that field or art. But as a moviegoer, I find it incredibly boring. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 13, 2026Edit critic review
The Little Sister (2025) Javier Ocaña But all of that pales in comparison to the sheer force of [Hafsia Herzi's] message, her boldness, and her truth—which, being her own and delivered so freely, leaves little room for criticism. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 13, 2026Edit critic review
Eagles of the Republic (2025) Javier Ocaña [Tarik Saleh] remarkably calibrates the moral stature of his character, reflects on the slippery concept of political commitment, and captures the unhealthy darkness of dictatorships. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 13, 2026Edit critic review
Pillion (2025) Javier Ocaña ...Pillion isn't a film for everyone. But those who know what it means to grovel for their beloved...will find in a subject for analysis in Pillion's erratic relationship and outlandish romance. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 09, 2026Edit critic review
The Last Viking (2025) Elsa Fernández-Santos The convoluted plot is peppered with violence (a hallmark of Jensen's humor) and flashbacks that allow the director to create his unique blend of drama and comedy. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 09, 2026Edit critic review
My Father's Shadow (2025) Elsa Fernández-Santos With a lyricism laden with melancholy, Davies evokes moments and glimpses that defy oblivion in the images of My Father's Shadow. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 09, 2026Edit critic review
The Wizard of the Kremlin (2025) Javier Ocaña With Assayas and Carrère, with their profound reflection and sharp dialogue, The Wizard of the Kremlin always gives the impression of being made by people of superior intelligence and knowledge. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 09, 2026Edit critic review
Islas (2025) Javier Ocaña More of a conceptual film than a realistic one, marked by an evident and constant implausibility that wouldn't necessarily be detrimental, Islas doesn't rise above the level of a failed good idea. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 03, 2026Edit critic review
Sorry, Baby (2025) Elsa Fernández-Santos Sorry, Baby is one of those films that lingers in your memory. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 27, 2026Edit critic review
Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5 (2025) Carlos Boyero This documentary, packed with information about Orwell's life and work...has the capacity to send a chill down your spine. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 27, 2026Edit critic review
Peter Hujar's Day (2025) Elsa Fernández-Santos The result is a striking chamber piece, a requiem that takes us back to the vibrant New York of the 1970s and the sensitive, tragic figure of Hujar. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 27, 2026Edit critic review
Scarlet (2025) Javier Ocaña ...Scarlet leaves you with the impression of a film that is not only beautiful but also important. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 27, 2026Edit critic review
El Fantasma de Mi Mujer (2026) Elsa Fernández-Santos Although the main issue with this crazy mess is that it juxtaposes the angelic wife with the treacherous lover, it leaves the puppet-like character who set everything in motion with no real personality. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 24, 2026Edit critic review
Firebreak (2026) Elsa Fernández-Santos The fire is menacing, but it feels so contrived from the very first scene that it fails to generate enough panic. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 21, 2026Edit critic review
The Secret Agent (2025) Carlos Boyero ...there's nothing in the self-aware The Secret Agent that disturbs or distracts me. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 21, 2026Edit critic review
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (2025) Javier Ocaña The film captivates with its tone and the unique, strikingly simple lines of its drawings and designs. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 21, 2026Edit critic review
Wuthering Heights (2026) Carlos Boyero Even though this love is meant to be so intense, I don't feel affected or consumed by what I see and hear. It barely sticks. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 13, 2026Edit critic review
Crime 101 (2026) Elsa Fernández-Santos The mix of such well-known actors feels a bit awkward at times...but the main cast and the narrative pacing ultimately work, even though the plot veers towards the implausible and the ending feels somewhat naive. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 13, 2026Edit critic review
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk (2025) Javier Ocaña The film, more of a search for something uncertain than a fully formed thesis (as, in fact, most documentaries should be), possesses a human expressiveness that overshadows the simplicity of the images with its powerful emotions. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 13, 2026Edit critic review
Good Valley Stories (2025) Elsa Fernández-Santos The communal bonds and the care given to each character have Fordian echoes...but what matters is something else. Guerin is never oblivious to the memory of cinema...although life, unpredictable and strange, is the true art. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 13, 2026Edit critic review
No Other Choice (2025) Javier Ocaña The brilliance of the mise-en-scène, the rapture provoked by its vibrant colors...make No Other Choice one of the most unique contributions of recent cinema...[Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 13, 2026Edit critic review
Queen of Chess (2026) Leontxo García The documentary "Queen of Chess" (Netflix) brilliantly highlights [Judit Polgár's] extraordinary achievement, but doesn't delve into her education or the stark scarcity of women...in a sport where physical strength is irrelevant. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 13, 2026Edit critic review
Primate (2025) Javier Ocaña All the inconsequential parts of the story...are so flimsy and tedious that, despite being a very short film, the first half hour feels drawn out. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 07, 2026Edit critic review
Three Goodbyes (2025) Carlos Boyero Isabel Coixet tells this story competently... But I have a problem with the protagonist and the people around her. They simply lack appeal. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 07, 2026Edit critic review
The President's Cake (2025) Elsa Fernández-Santos ... The President's Cake possesses has strength in its perspective and in many of its images...[Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 07, 2026Edit critic review
La Fiera (2026) Javier Ocaña ...Calvo once again demonstrates a great capacity for managing complex productions and directing action sequences. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 07, 2026Edit critic review
Marty Supreme (2025) Elsa Fernández-Santos The film is frenetic, violent, and, above all else, comical; its epic is that of a clownish-antihero obsessed with a sport that no one cares about. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 03, 2026Edit critic review
Franz (2025) Javier Ocaña There is no coherence or stylistic identity in Holland's film. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 30, 2026Edit critic review
Send Help (2026) Elsa Fernández-Santos Although the absurdity gets a little out of hand for Raimi, the film is entertaining thanks to its class struggle...and gender clash...as well as the spark between its two leads. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 30, 2026Edit critic review
Left-Handed Girl (2025) Javier Ocaña The script has a few too many clichés...But the exquisite taste in shots from the girl's point of view, the sympathy the characters show despite their understandable irritation, and the formal charm of the imagery are captivating. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 30, 2026Edit critic review
Hamnet (2025) Carlos Boyero The film comes off as pretentious and empty. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 23, 2026Edit critic review
Arco (2025) Elsa Fernández-Santos Arco 's greatest strength lies in its many ideas...but also in its doses of tenderness, its moving final act, and a script that avoids falling into a simplistic hero-versus-villain narrative. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 23, 2026Edit critic review
The Legend of Ochi (2025) Elsa Fernández-Santos ...a family adventure film that once again evokes the youth cinema of the eighties, but with its own unique imagery that, along with the release of Arco, offers an alternative to the rather uninspiring current family films. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 23, 2026Edit critic review
El Mal (2025) Javier Ocaña Bajo Ulloa...directs with a steady hand and visual force a morbid thriller of enormous daring...which in the second half of its runtime includes images that are almost unbearable, even when (relatively) off-screen.[Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 17, 2026Edit critic review
The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo (2025) Elsa Fernández-Santos This dreamlike landscape is sometimes confusing, and, as in the desert itself, it's easy to get lost; but its visual beauty and underlying emotion allow one to navigate it. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 16, 2026Edit critic review
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025) Elsa Fernández-Santos [Rose Byrne's] commitment is absolute, but above all, her incredibly difficult take of madness is neither flashy nor self-indulgent. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 16, 2026Edit critic review
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) Javier Ocaña The endless cycle of zombie films seems to have no end, and The Bone Temple could be its paradigm: a film that seemed to be dying halfway through, but which revives like the most ferocious of the infected. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 16, 2026Edit critic review
Nouvelle Vague (2025) Carlos Boyero It's a matter of taste. But the French New Wave looks and sounds good. Period. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 09, 2026Edit critic review
The Chronology of Water (2025) Javier Ocaña A visual and textual poetics of enormous ambition, it sometimes moves the viewer and at other times simply burdens them, but it is always bold. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 09, 2026Edit critic review
Song Sung Blue (2025) Elsa Fernández-Santos The film serves as a vehicle for [Hugh Jackman] to shine, and especially for Kate Hudson...However, their efforts are diluted in a clumsy and characterless whole where the personal drama and the musical adventure never quite mesh. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 09, 2026Edit critic review
Rental Family (2025) Javier Ocaña ...with its gentle, calm, and at times poignant tone, and through a superb ensemble cast, Hikari has created a beautiful film with a strange warmth. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 09, 2026Edit critic review
Rondallas (2025) Elsa Fernández-Santos [Rondallas] proposes a zigzag between smiles and tears, which it pursues (and largely achieves) through characters who play on stereotypes but offer their own personalities and nuances. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 02, 2026Edit critic review
The Housemaid (2025) Javier Ocaña Mischievous cinema for playful viewers. Unrestrained. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 02, 2026Edit critic review
Homo Argentum (2025) Carlos Boyero [Guillermo Francella] overcame the difficult challenge of making so many different people feel believable, funny, pathetic, or hateful. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Dec 29, 2025Edit critic review
Father Mother Sister Brother (2025) Elsa Fernández-Santos Father, Mother, Sister, Brother resonates deeply because, in its apparent lack of pretension, it possesses more wisdom and respect for its characters than most films that shout their intentions at us. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Dec 29, 2025Edit critic review
Ariel (2025) Elsa Fernández-Santos With a creative freedom that floods the screen with gestures typical of absurdist theater, but also of street theater and popular culture, Ariel moves with lightness and humor through an almost unreal Atlantic haze. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Dec 29, 2025Edit critic review
Goodbye June (2025) Javier Ocaña ...Winslet never forces sentimentality, maintains a distance in the most raw moments, and entrusts her film to its greatest strength: a group of extraordinary performers...[Full review in Spanish]
Posted Dec 29, 2025Edit critic review
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