The first images of Criminal history (Apple Tv+, a weekly episode; this Wednesday, the fifth) are a small lesson in narrative. They also serve as a preview of what the viewer will find in the following chapters. We see a close-up of Daniel Hegarty (a sinister and impeccable Peter Capaldi, who seamlessly detaches himself from … Read more
The Benidorm Fest 2024 already has its first four finalists. On Tuesday night, the music festival chose Nebulossa (149 points), Angy Fernández (137 points), Sofia Coll (116 points) and Miss Caffeina (105 points) as the first four candidates to win the Alicante contest. Their performances were the ones that gained the most support in the … Read more
Many are called, few are chosen. In recent years we have seen a good handful of series and films aspiring to occupy the throne of the romantic comedy that Nora Ephron left vacant with her involuntary departure from life, in 2012. Who, in the genre, was not going to wonder, Billy Wilder’s way with Lubitsch: … Read more
Last Wednesday, Ángel Martín parked his peculiar daily news program on social networks to upload a complaint, in video form, towards Spanish politicians, who, according to him, have been asking citizens for efforts for two years without giving them anything in return. Thanks to that piece, we now know that Ángel Martín was behind the … Read more
On the night of this Tuesday, January 30, the Benidorm Fest 2024 officially begins. The musical contest also functions as the Spanish pre-selection phase of the Eurovision Song Contest. The candidate from among the 16 finalists selected by RTVE who wins in the Alicante city will travel to Malmö (Sweden) in May. From this competition … Read more
There are more subtle ways to threaten. “I think RTVE is going to lose the elections. And I hope that the leaders of that party resign the next day,” tweeted Esteban González Pons, deputy secretary of the PP. “Better not to go. I neither see it, nor go.” He wrote it after its leader, Alberto … Read more
When I arrive at the cafe where we have met, near Madrid’s Gran Vía—on whose sidewalks groups of African men usually set up shop selling fake bags until the police chase them away—Thion is eating a chocolate cake with ice cream that a man can’t miss. …Enough of the clichés. Or not. Despite having seen, … Read more
I watch the series in one go on Movistar and with a blessed feeling of something as underrated as entertainment. The Offer (also available on SkyShowtime). It is long and it is clear that it has been shot on a fairly limited budget. But what he tells is fascinating to me. And I suspect that … Read more