1:30 p.m. / Hollywood
‘Different’
USA, 2014 (140 minutes). Directed by Neil Burger. Cast: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Ashley Judd.
The adaptation of Veronica Roth’s first novel doesn’t stifle under its blockbuster cloak a certain poetic breath that comes from the affection with which it portrays its characters, set in a dystopian society where five factions coexist: truth, renunciation , boldness, cordiality and erudition.
14.45 / Movistar cinema Ñ
‘Lover’
Spain, 1990 (100 minutes). Directed by Vicente Aranda. Cast: Victoria Abril, Jorge Sanz, Maribel Verdu.
One of the best films of Vicente Aranda’s career. Inspired by the crime known as Tetuán de las Victorias, Amantes is set in the format of a relentless and dense melodrama set in the post-war era. A widow and maid who share a passion for a young soldier are the engines of a suffocating and morbid story in which Aranda’s camera acts as a stiletto, piercing the misery of his characters.
10.19 / Movistar classic
“Horizons of Greatness”
The big country. USA, 1958 (160 minutes). Director: William Wyler. Cast: Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Charlton Heston, Burl Ives.
In his time, European critics vehemently agreed with William Wyler. And it is that the creator of references such as La Loba, Mrs. Miniver and The Best Years of Our Lives mastered all genres and also created epic Westerns such as Horizons of Greatness: an electrifying character portrait integrated into a clan war and transformed after and on into a series with a classic flavor, tossed between hate and passion. Turning his gaze to outlaw but honorable people, Wyler confronts two ways of representing the West: that of Gregory Peck, the dapper gentleman from the East, and that of Charlton Heston, in his sweatshirts and aggressive cowboy manner.
19.35 / The 2
“A Country to Read” travels to Ourense
The charismatic and young poet Mario Obrero, in charge of the Un País room The Un País room to read it travels to Ourense this week together with the young poet Mario Obrero to talk with authors such as Juan Tallón and Alba Cid. The most literary corners of the city will be present and the program will trace, through books, readers and bookshops, a tour of the so-called “Athens of Galicia”, a term popularized in the mid-20th century.
21.25 / The 2
Homage to Saura with Eulàlia Ramón
The Generalplan room welcomes the actress Eulàlia Ramón, Carlos Saura’s widow, who opens the doors of her home, which has almost become a museum of the filmmaker’s memory. The interpreter remembers her life with the artist, approaches her last days together and, together with Anna Saura Ramón, her daughter, creates a vital and creative portrait of one of the most important directors of Spanish cinema.
21.30 / Movistar cinema Ñ
“Sad Trumpet Ballad”
Spain, 2010 (100 minutes). Director: Alex de la Iglesia. Cast: Carlos Areces, Antonio de la Torre, Carolina Bang.
Alex de la Iglesia’s determination to make personal films, free from the decrees of conventionalism, is highly commendable. In this case, the admirable power of his imaginative staging covers a journey into human misery at the expense of two clowns who, consumed by rage and despair, face death for the love of a ballerina. A film that is almost a compendium of all its author’s formal obsessions.
21.30 / The sixth
Cancellation culture, in ‘laSexta column’
Miguel Bosé, Andrés Calamaro, Mario Vaquerizo or Arturo Pérez Reverte are some of the names that have recently denounced the culture of cancellation. Does that come close to censorship? What is it really about? These are some of the questions that this evening’s Sixth Column seeks to answer, showing how opposing currents of opinion accuse each other of censorship and how artistic geniuses with questionable ethics have left wonderful works.
22.00 / TCM
‘Velvet Goldmine’
1998 (122 minutes). Director: Todd Hayness. Cast: Ewan McGregor, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Christian Bale.
Todd Haynes tells the life of a rock musician while also portraying the glam movement whose music is represented by David Bowie and the group Roxy Music: A journalist follows the character of a missing singer who fakes his murder at a concert 10 years ago . A worked and baroque film, visually impressive, which gains in intensity as the story progresses.
22.00 / Patramount Channel
‘Jennifer 8’
USA, 1992 (120 minutes). Director: Bruce Robinson. Int.: Andy Garcia, Uma Thurman, John Malkovich.
Back then, this thriller went almost unnoticed. However, he has a remarkable ability to fill the plot’s seemingly dead moments with intensity and paint an accurate portrait of the police investigation. A memorable John Malkovich heats up the screen with a speech that is as short as it is powerful.
22.05 / The 2nd
“They are from the sea”
Spain, 2001 (96 minutes). Director: Bigas Luna. Cast: Jordi Mollà, Leonor Watling, Eduard Fernández.
One of Bigas Luna’s latest works, in which he adapted a novel by Manuel Vicent to turn it into a story about unbridled love. The precious images of Son de mar lack a major crack, although the work of its interpreters, particularly that of the explosive Eduard Fernández, underpins the development of the story.
22.10 / antenna 3
Second Gala of “Your Face Looks Familiar”
Jose Irun
Music and imitations return in the second gala of Tu cara me suena. The participants of this edition, in charge of showing their artistic vein, are Alfred García, Anne Igartiburu, Agustín Jiménez, Jadel, Merche, Miriam Rodríguez, Josie, Andrea Guasch and Susi Caramelo. At the head of the program, Manel Fuentes repeats, who not only accompanies the participants: Carlos Latre, Lolita, Chenoa and Àngel Llàcer take up their role as jury again.
22.30 / DMAX
crack codes
The Breaking the Code documentary series shows how history has used random words and numbers that don’t seem to make sense until someone decodes them. Approaching the most important codes in history, this production chronicles how Britain solved a scrambled telegram that would change the course of World War I in today’s double episode and delves into the story of the decoding of mankind’s most complex and important code, the human genome .
22.15 / 1
“The Pale Rider”
Pale Rider. USA, 1985 (109 minutes). Director: Clint Eastwood. Int.: Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgrass.
In 1985 Eastwood went to his major works. In 1988 came a monument like Bird, and by the ’90s it was delivering almost a masterpiece a year. The germ of all of this was already sprout in a dark and almost abstract Western like The Pale Rider. Eastwood reworks Deep Roots’ codes to create not just a vigilante with no past, but a gunslinger who literally appears out of nowhere between chain fades. An explosive film helmed by a ghostly character and backed by stunning cinematography by Bruce Surtees.
0.05 / The 1st
“The Iron Sergeant”
Heartbreak Ridge. USA, 1986 (124 minutes). Director: Clint Eastwood. Cast: Clint Eastwood, Marsha Mason, Everett McGill.
After filming a marvel like The Pale Rider, Clint Eastwood dons his uniform and offers an essentially uncomfortable vision of military life hidden beneath a somewhat conventional plot, spiced with a touch of aggressive humor. Eastwood, as usual, shows narrative mastery even in his smaller films.
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