Óscar Peyrou is a veteran Spanish film critic who writes his reviews according to a very peculiar method: in his opinion, it is not really necessary to watch the films since it is possible to judge them simply by looking at their promotional poster.

Audrey

2020

English

7.1

♡ 8

79%

Helena Coan Director

Francesca Hayward as Audrey Hepburn

Richard Dreyfuss as Self

Audrey Hepburn as Self

Mita Ungaro as Self

An unprecedented and intimate look at the life, work and enduring legacy of British actress Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993).

One Cut of the Dead

2017

Japanese

7.6

♡ 50

100%

Shin'ichirô Ueda Director

Tomokazu Yamaguchi as

Miki Yoshida as

Kyotaro Gan as Mao

Mao as Mao

Real zombies arrive and terrorize the crew of a zombie film being shot in an abandoned warehouse, said to be the site of military experiments on humans.

Le documentaire culturel Sweet Black Film: The Birth of a Black Hero

2022

French

6.3

♡ 1

blaxploitation cinema

Catherine Bernstein Director

Jesse Jackson as Self

Melvin Van Peebles as Self

Christian Marin as Self

Bill Duke as Self

In 1971, director Melvin Van Peebles turned the figure of the black hero in US cinema upside down with Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: the story of the making of a seminal movie that initiated the Blaxploitation movement, a short-lived but highly influential sub-genre in the years that followed.

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

2019

English

7.6

♡ 24

97%

Midge Costin Director

Tom Hanks as Captain Miller / Woody / Jimmy Dugan / Michael Sullivan

Scarlett Johansson as Charlotte

Tom Cruise as Maverick

Brad Pitt as Paul Maclean

The history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers.

Chuck Norris vs. Communism

2015

Romanian

7.4

♡ 4

Ilinca Calugareanu Director

Andrei Gajzago as Ionescu

Istvan Papp as Passerby

Doru Ana as Self

Marius Chivu as Self

In late eighties, in Ceausescu's Romania, a black market VHS bootlegger and a courageous female translator brought the magic of Western films to the Romanian people and sowed the seeds of a revolution.

A Forbidden Orange

2021

Spanish

6.3

♡ 7

38%

1970s

cinema on cinema

controversial subject

Documentary

film censorship

film festival

franco regime (francoism)

Pedro González Bermúdez Director

Sophia Loren as Self

Malcolm McDowell as Self

Ava Gardner as Self

James Stewart as Self

Spain, 1970s. A Clockwork Orange, a film considered by critics and audiences as one of the best works in the history of cinema, directed by Stanley Kubrick and released in 1971, was banned by the strict Franco government. However, the film was finally premiered, without going through censorship, during the 20th edition of the Seminci, the Valladolid Film Festival, on April 24, 1975. How was this possible?

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Audrey

One Cut of the Dead

Le documentaire culturel Sweet Black Film: The Birth of a Black Hero

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

Chuck Norris vs. Communism

A Forbidden Orange