1898 – Spain’s Last Men in the Philippines,
I happened across Salvador Calvo‘s, 2017 movie 1898: Our Last Men in the Philippines / 1898: Los últimos de Filipinas …
Tag Archives: Spain
Goya’s Ghosts
Having carried some of the images of Francisco Goya’s Disasters of War in my mind from an early age, it …
The Starched Blue Skies of Spain – a Remembrance by Josephine Herbst
The Starched Blue Skies Of Spain by Josephine Herbst is a small, mostly overlooked gem of reportage/memoir from the Civil …
Hell and Good Company: The Spanish Civil War….
The civil war in Spain, 1936-1939, was the dark warning to the world of the war to follow, in almost every …
Walking Through Spain, A Villanelle
Walking Through Spain, A Villanelle Walking through Spain on knotted, riven knees toes soaked in pain backs bent to the …
Old School, New School — Detectives in Post-Franco Spain
Marshland (La Isla Minima) by Spanish director Alberto Rodriguez laces a sharply honed policía procesal (sadistic serial killer included) with traces from Spain’s recent fascist …
Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed
Just saw this a second time. Nothing changes in the review! It’s out now on the regular circuit… Stop the …
The Forge: Spain in the Second Decade of the 20th
The Forge by Arturo Barea has been on my Read-Next shelf for decades. I spent a very fruitful year in …
To A Very Young Lady, Separated — A Poem, Jaime Gil de Biedma
To A Very Young Lady, Separated In the year since you married, sweet beautiful breasts, you have found the fruits …
Message of Love from Valdemar Gris — Miguel Labordeta
MESSAGE OF LOVE FROM VALDEMAR GRIS by Miguel Labordeta From my own man sadness wrenched out in bits of bitter …
The Mule – A Novel from Spain
Spain was the country of some former life of mine, I’m sure. I loved living there as a younger man …
Princesas a Film From Madrid
It’s rare to find ordinary working folks as the subjects of serious, well-done movies and even rarer when those workers …