Bardem’s moral thriller about an adulterous couple coming apart at the seams while trying to hide their accidental killing of a cyclist mixes Hollywood melodrama and Italian neorealism in innovative and striking ways. Bardem wasContinue reading
Category: Spanish Cinema
The Orphanage (J.A. Bayona, 2007)
Despite being highly derivative of other (and better) recent European art-horror films (including the work of executive producer Guillermo Del Toro), Juan Antonio Bayona’s The Orphanage works well enough that you don’t notice until later.Continue reading