We talk about the films of Almodovar, his depiction of the Spanish civil war, Spanish cinema and Penelope Cruz with Film Professor José Arroyo, who has written extensively about the Spanish director and has interviewed him a number of times.
We invited him to mark our upcoming Penelope Cruz season, to talk more generally about the actress, Almodovar and Spanish cinema.
We discuss glamour, camp and appeal of Almodovar's filmography and Jose's own interest in the filmmaker, his working relationship with Penelope Cruz, her versatility and comparisons with Sofia Loren, depicting the Spanish Civil War and the post-Franco Spanish film industry.
We also touch on other films from our season, such as Jamon Jamon and discuss the merits of a season of contemporary Spanish "new wave" directors.
Another Reality screening: Genre cinema in the Arab world
A film imploring us to look on to the other side of the wall - Sophie Monks Kaufman & Joe Miller on The Zone Of Interest
SCALA!!! chat with directors Jane Giles & Ali Catterall
Visionary storytelling in the Black diaspora: Irenosen Okojie on Black To The Future
The Old Oak - Lead actor Dave Turner and Steve Topple discuss Ken Loach’s latest (and last?) film
Chile50 - Chicago Boys and the neoliberal experiment in Chile - Discussion with Roberto Navarrete and John McEvoy
BAATO - Q&A with Lucas Millard about his doc on encroaching industrialisation in Nepal
Masculinity and femininity, South Norwood and Tina Turner - Chat with the Pretty Red Dress team
AMANDA - A chat with Carolina Cavalli about her debut feature
Arab women filmmakers - a panel chat about contemporary Arab film
Bella Ciao - Song Of Rebellion - the origins, power and international appeal of the anthem - Liberation Day
Actor David Wood on filming If...
Memory, confronting the past and rediscovering Naples in Mario Martone’s Nostalgia
”I’m very proud of her”: Curator John Marchant on Nan Goldin - All The Beauty And The Bloodshed
”He put people through absolutely grim endurance tests” - The Shining: BFI Classics writer Prof. Roger Luckhurst on the film
Bar chat: Cityscapes, sweeping shots and an aimless Jack Nicholson in Antonioni’s The Passenger
Dr Lucy Bolton on Davis vs Crawford, the ”crazy old lady trope” and the legacy of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
Daoism on film, connection with the land and Chinese indie cinema - Return To Dust with Dr Kiki Tianqi Yu
Migration & budget filmmaking: Film talk with Nana Mensah
Tabloid and state collusion, press freedom and awful cardigans: The Lost Honour Of Katharina Blum
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