Spanish & Portuguese Cinema
Undoubtedly the backbone of Alice's Spanish collection are the films of Pedro Almodovar. Since the 1980s this unique film maker has been bringing us such gems as 'Laws of Desire', 'Women on the Verge...' and 'Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down' and nurturing the talents of actors such as Antonio Banderas, Victoria Abril and Penelope Cruz.
But there is more to Spanish film than the talented Mr Almodovar. Everything from the beautiful and haunting works of Carlos Saura to the off-beat and darkly humourous tales of Alex de Iglesia.
Pictured right: One-of-a-kind helmer, Pedro Almodovar.
[ Rec ] 3: Genesis (2012)
5/10
Director: Paco Plaza
Starring: Leticia Dolera, Diego Martin, Ismael Martinez, Alex Monner
Koldo and Clara are about to celebrate the most important day of their lives: their wedding. Everything appears to be running smoothly and the bride a... Read more
What Have I Done To Deserve This? (1984)
7.2/10
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Starring: Angela De Andres-Lopez, Carmen Maura, Luis Hostalot, Veronica Forque
The exquisite Carmen Maura stars as a put-upon housewife and cleaning woman hooked on no-doze who ends up selling one of her sons to a dentist and kil... Read more
Rosa's Wedding (2020)
6.4/10
Director: Iciar Bollain
Starring: Candela Pena, Sergi Lopez
Rosa is about to turn 45 and realises that she's always lived her life to serve everyone else. So she decides to leave it all behind and take charge o... Read more
[ Rec ] 4: Apocalypse (2014)
5.4/10
Director: Jaume Balaguero
Starring: Manuela Velasco, Paco Manzanedo, Hector Colome, Ismael Fritschi
Television reporter Ángela is rescued from the building and taken to an oil tanker to be examined. However, it is unknown whether it is her who is car... Read more
Tombs of the Blind Dead (1971)
6.2/10
Director: Amando De Ossorio
Starring: Cesar Burner, Lone Fleming, Helen Harp, Maria Silva
13th-century Templars are executed and blinded (by crows) for killing women during blood rituals. They return from their graves as mummified, bloodthi... Read more
[ Rec ] 2 (2009)
6.5/10
Director: Jaume Balaguero, Paco Plaza
Starring: Jonathan Mellor, Manuela Velasco, Oscar Zafra, Ariel Casas
Picking up from where the previous movie finished, only a few minutes have passed since the authorities lost contact with the people trapped inside th... Read more
Mysteries of Lisbon (2010)
7.5/10
Director: Raoul Ruiz
Starring: Melvil Poupaud, Clotilde Hesme, Lea Seydoux, Adriano Luz, Maria Joao Bastos, Ric...
Raul Ruiz's masterful adaptation of the eponymous nineteenth-century Portuguese novel by Camilo Castelo Branco evokes the complex intertwined narrativ... Read more
Suso's Tower (2007)
Director: Tom Fernandez
Starring: Javier Camara
Having moved to Argentina years earlier to seek a new life, Cundo is forced to return to his hometown in Northern Spain after the death of his childho... Read more
Zama (Blu-ray) (2017)
6.7/10
Director: Lucrecia Martel
Starring: Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Lola Duenas
Zama, an officer of the Spanish Crown born in South America, waits for a letter from the King granting him a transfer from the town in which he is sta... Read more
The Ages Of Lulu (1990)
5.6/10
Director: Bigas Luna
Starring: Francesca Neri, Maria Barranco
In Madrid, teenager Lulu has a crush on Pablo, who is the best friend of her brother Marcelo. One day, they go together to a concert and Lulu loses he... Read more