Federico García Lorca’s Remains to Be Exhumed

Javier Beltrán as Federico García Lorca, Robert Pattinson as Salvador Dali in Little Ashes

According to reports, forensic experts have begun digging at a mass unmarked grave in search of the remains of poet and playwright Federico García Lorca (right), executed in the early days of Spain’s bloody 1936-39 civil war.
The work is taking place on a remote hillside area near Granada, in Spain’s southern province of Andalusia. The assassins were members of a militia loyal to right-wing Gen. Francisco Franco. Approximately 500,000 people were killed during the civil war, which erupted after Franco, abetted by Spain’s business establishment and the Catholic Church, rebelled against the elected leftist Republican government. (Guillermo del Toro captures the brutality of this dark period [...]

Southwest Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2009

Among the highlights at the 2009 Southwest Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, which runs Oct. 9-15 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, are:

Tom Murray’s Amancio: Two Faces on a Tombstone, about the brutal murder of Yuma-based drag performer Amancio Corrales, whose body was found floating in the Colorado River. The local police didn’t seem all that interested in solving the case, but Yuma resident Michael Baughman became determined to keep the hate crime in the public eye.

Chaim Elbaum’s Israeli short And Thou Shalt Love tells the story of a young man studying in the special “Hesder” program for orthodox soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces. Much to his chagrin, said young man eventually comes to realization that he [...]

Robert Pattinson, Javier Beltrán, Matthew McNulty in LITTLE ASHES

Robert Pattinson as Salvador Dali

Marina Gatell, Javier Beltrán as Federico García Lorca

Matthew McNulty as Luis Buñuel

Director Paul Morrison
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Javier Beltrán, Matthew McNulty, Marina Gatell in LITTLE ASHES

Matthew McNulty as Luis Buñuel, Javier Beltrán as Federico García Lorca

Matthew McNulty

Marina Gatell as the writer Magdalena
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Robert Pattinson, Javier Beltrán in LITTLE ASHES

Javier Beltrán as Federico García Lorca, Robert Pattinson as Salvador Dali

Robert Pattinson, Javier Beltrán

Javier Beltrán, Robert Pattinson
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Robert Pattinson in LITTLE ASHES

Robert Pattinson as Salvador Dali

Directed by Paul Morrison and written by Philippa Goslett, Little Ashes chronicles the (fictionalized) friendship among three 20th-century geniuses: artist Salvador Dali (Robert Pattinson), poet Federico García Lorca (Javier Beltrán), and filmmaker Luis Buñuel (Matthew McNulty).
Of special interest is the strong bond that develops between Dali and Lorca, whose Catholicism comes in conflict with his homosexual desires.
Little Ashes US release date: May 2009
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Javier Beltrán as Federico García Lorca

Robert Pattinson

Robert Pattinson