A Game of Lotería Envelops Como Las Movies

Locals become El Borracho in new “Una Vuelta Más” clip

"...for “Una Vuelta Más,” Austin synth/cumbia act Como Las Movies immerses itself in the lively, bingo-like game that originated..."

May 10, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

279 Movies and 2 Funerals

Toronto International Film Festival Report

"...annual festival, held between September 4-13. Along with these movies comes a huge influx of filmmakers and stars, publicity..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

"Finally I Sang": Progressive Cumbia Fires Up Como Las Movies’ Full-Length Debut

Como Las Singles finds Nelson Valente Aguilar in the driver’s seat

"...On Oct. 15, 2022, Como Las Movies played a massive Austin altar...."

Nov. 10, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Movies, Comedians, Theatre, and More Arts Options for the Week

Get out and get art

"...event description reads, “this retelling shifts between English and Spanish, bringing new life to a well-loved tale of love,..."

April 12, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Page Two: Telling Stories, Watching Movies

The real and the known, the unreal and then some

"...of huge old oak and cypress trees all dripping Spanish moss. Out back, Fred and I are watching a..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Movies and Shakers

The production companies behind – and ahead of – the boom, and how they might be able to help you

"...Vives, a Barcelona native, who nailed the Spanish equivalent of the prestigious Clio Award for Best Advertising..."

May 26, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Scary Stories for the Thinking Man

Director Guillermo del Toro keeps company with the undead in two new films, Blade 2 and The Devil's Backbone.

"...Horror movies aren't known for their subtlety. It's a fact I..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Butterfly

Nicely performed and beautifully shot, this story of a young boy's political awakening flutters lightly across the screen.

"...on the brink of becoming one of those sentimental movies about a young boy's introduction to the world beyond..."

Nov. 18, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Super Soldier, Super Spy: Eugenio Mira on García!

The Spanish filmmaker unpacks the inherent fascism of the superhero

"...Where has Eugenio Mira been? The Spanish filmmaker has been seemingly absent behind the camera since..."

Dec. 17, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Road to El Dorado

"...friendship of Tulio (Kline) and Miguel (Branagh), two 16th-century Spanish rascals whose escapades land them shipboard in the brig..."

March 31, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Live Flesh

Possibly due to the story's origin as a Ruth Rendell novel, this is the most coherent, viewer-friendly narratives Almodóvar's ever filmed. It also focuses on male relationships and features a young Javier Bardem.

"...rumors right up front, shall we? Live Flesh (euphonious Spanish title: Carne Tremula) is a different kind of Pedro..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Playback: White Denim Breaks Free

White Denim’s new LP Performance signals a new era of emancipation for Austin’s prog rockers, and Como Las Movies rides a nuevo wave

"...but I still haven't gotten there yet." Como Las Movies' Nuevo Wave..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Western

"...disparate protagonists, the Russian émigré Nino (Bourdo) and the Spanish traveling shoe salesman Paco. While on route to a..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Flower of My Secret

This florid film comes across like Almodóvar riffing on Fassbinder's The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant and Douglas Sirk's (Imitation of Life). The story about a writer who is dissatisfied with her life marks the return of Almodovar's dark, delicious humor.

"...For those who've slogged through such recent Pedro Almodóvar movies as Kika and High Heels and found them terribly..."

April 26, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

How to Be a Latin Lover

A middle-age lothario learns some life lessons

"...Included, which is reported to be the highest grossing Spanish-language film in U.S. history. Looking to consolidate his crossover..."

May 5, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Silent Love

A Mexican and Canadian production, A Silent Love puts an unusual spin on some of the clichés of the romantic comedy.

"...movie break with the form’s overfamiliarity. We have seen movies before about mail-order brides, cultural collisions, and romantic triangles,..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gadjo Dilo

"...Hartner, Izidor Serban and Ovidiu Balan. Tony Gatlif makes movies for people who recognize that the essence of storytelling..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Tapas, Wine, and Almodóvar

Drafthouse debuts a limited-run special menu

"...Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar’s new film The Skin I Live..."

Nov. 7, 2011 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

The Sensational Saga of Mr. Sinus

Picking up where Mystery Science Theater 3000 left off, Mr. Sinus Theater 3000 skewers the movies of our childhood to sold-out crowds at the Alamo Drafthouse.

"...other things. He can explain his love of good-bad movies by invoking French literary critic Roland Barthes; he also..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Five Films at Cine Las Americas

The best movies from the Spanish and Portuguese diaspora and Indigenous peoples at the annual film festival

"...the festival circuit ever since.Thu., June 8, 8pmAFS Cinema (Spanish with English subtitles) Hecho en Tejas Shorts Competition..."

June 2, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest: 'Balada Triste' (The Last Circus)

There's no clowning around in this Spanish parable

"...Most of us can say we’ve seen movies in which a couple of clowns fight over a..."

Sept. 29, 2010 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Orphanage

Although Guillermo Del Toro is the producer, this new Spanish horror film is derivative and not on par with Del Toro's spooky childhood stories.

"...risk of ticking off producer Guillermo Del Toro, the Spanish shocker The Orphanage is no Devil's Backbone. It's hardly..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Closing Arguments

Olivier versus Branagh

"...Oh, and as a pop philosopher in Richard Linklater movies. And maybe as a painter in Charles Dickens adaptations;..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Cine Las Americas Returns

A hemisphere of new films, plus SXSW fave What We Leave Behind

"...Americas International Film Festival, the annual Austin celebration of movies from across the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking world, returns to..."

June 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Library Services You Might Have Forgotten About

No shortage of fun at library in December

"...and by the public. Beyond checking out books and movies or working and studying at the library, there’s a..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Arts Post by Jencie Tomasek

Piggy

Spanish teen slasher subverts the tropes with a new kind of protagonist

"...survival is almost impossible, a trope that lesser horror movies have exploited for years, and to spectacular bloody ends...."

Oct. 7, 2022 Movie Review by Jasmine Lane

The Chronicle’s Complete Guide to the Minions

Your yellow pals, from Despicable Me to Rise of Gru

"...gibberish-spouting, dungaree-wearing, too-sweet-to-be-bad comedy heart of the Despicable Me movies, who have now so overshadowed the original central character..."

June 30, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Penélope Cruz Enters the Rehearsal Room for Official Competition

The Spanish actress gets inside the head of the dictator director

"...that there could be hundreds and hundreds of great movies made about the process of making movies." There's also..."

July 1, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Music and the movies, the two oldest and most defining elements of South..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Fantastic Fest Rewind

Before the deluge, a 2014 flashback

"...with the home release schedules of independent and genre movies being what they are, there's a slate of 2014..."

Sept. 23, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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