Álex de la Iglesia Articles

The decision by Venice Film Festival organizers to enlist Quentin Tarantino as president of the 2010 jury and select (at least) three films made by friends of the Pulp Fiction and Inglourious Basterds director was controversial from the get-go. It has become more so following the Golden Lion given to Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere, the choice of Álex de la Iglesia as best director and best [...]

Álex de la Iglesia’s A Sad Trumpet Ballad (top); Vincent Gallo in Jerzy Skolimowski’s Essential Killing (middle); Ariane Labed, Evangelia Randou in Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Attenberg (bottom) Sofia Coppola Wins Golden Lion; Former Boyfriend Quentin Tarantino Must Explain Himself At the 2010 Venice Film Festival, the Silver Lion for best director and the Osella for best screenplay went to Spaniard Álex de la Iglesia for [...]

The Spanish public station TVE’s telecast of the 2010 Goya Awards ceremony on Sunday night reached the Goyas’ largest TV audience ever. On average, approximately 4.65 million people watched Daniel Monzón’s prison drama Cell 211 win eight trophies; more than 14.7 million people — or about one third of the Spanish population — watched at least part of the awards ceremony hosted by entertainer Andreu [...]

CRIMEN FERPECTO / PERFECT CRIME (2004) Director: Álex de la Iglesia Cast: Guillermo Toledo, Mónica Cervera, Luis Varela, Enrique Villén, Fernando Tejero Screenplay: Álex de la Iglesia and Jorge Guerricaechevarría Recommended with Reservations Guillermo Toledo, Mónica Cervera, Perfect Crime In Álex de la Iglesia’s daring, pitch-black comedy Crimen ferpecto / Perfect Crime, the ambitious, suave Rafael (Guillermo Toledo) has two major goals in life: to [...]