First released 50 years ago, after Francoist censors convinced themselves that its anti-authoritarian messaging would have little social impact if buried under such a “boring” art film, Victor Erice’s ...

"I lost my best friend, but I also lost my movie." Film Movement has revealed the official US trailer for an exceptionally great Spanish indie film titled Close Your Eyes, the first feature film in ...

“Long-awaited” isn’t quite the term for Victor Erice’s “Close Your Eyes,” a film that dedicated admirers of the Spanish master may have hoped for, but didn’t dare expect. Instead, Erice’s first ...

SAN SEBASTIAN — Legendary Spanish writer-director Victor Erice received a standing ovation from a packed press conference on Friday, ahead of receiving the festival’s Donostia Award tonight. The award ...

EXCLUSIVE: Film Movement has acquired North American rights to Close Your Eyes (Cerrar los ojos) by Spanish director Victor Erice and is planning a theatrical release in late summer. An official ...

Orson Welles notwithstanding, it’s rare for a director to make a classic on his first try. But the Spanish auteur Victor Erice did it in 1973 with “The Spirit of the Beehive,” observing a ...

A film within a film and a mystery within a mystery. Those two options — one a masterful cinematic epic from a veteran filmmaker and the other a crackling good mystery series on PBS — each make for ...

A man pours water out of his shoe while sitting on the rocks of a beach in Close Your Eyes. Image via Film Movement Some of the best and most beautiful gifts of cinema are those that are also the form ...

NYFF: The "Spirit of the Beehive" director returns with a 169-minute epic that captures the essence of his entire career. Erice has only made three other features since his spellbinding debut, but all ...