14.15 / Movistar comedy
“Curse of the Jade Scorpion”
Curse of the Jade Scorpion. USA, 2001 (100 minutes). Director: Woody Allen. Cast: Woody Allen, Helen Hunt, Charlize Theron.
Inspired by the late ’90s, Woody Allen chained together films as stylistically opposite as Celebrity and Chords and Disagreements. Allen kicked off the new millennium with a heady comedy, using unusual facial expressions to capture the aesthetics of 1940s Hollywood movies to weave a maelstrom of comedy and police intrigue at the expense of an insurance inspector who, having been hypnotized, obeys unquestionably the orders of a jewel thief.
15.25 / MKT
“The Unmoved American”
The Quiet American. USA, 2003 (100 minutes). Directed by Phillip Noyce. Cast: Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, Do Hay Yen.
After Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s remarkable adaptation in 1958, Graham Greene’s novel returns to the screen. And this new version, thanks to a screenplay that captures the spirit of the literary work, becomes a great film to delve into the dark activities of the CIA in the future of Vietnam. But above all, the film grows thanks to the immense interpretation of a moving Michael Caine in love with a young native who is being courted by an American lover.
16.30 / AMC
“Charlie Wilson’s War”
United States, 2007 (97 minutes). Director: Mike Nichols. Cast: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman.
A political tragedy that devastatingly delves into the intricacies of American politics through the character of a congressman who allies with an ultra-Catholic millionaire to supply arms to the Afghan mujahideen to thwart the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The snappy and sharp script by the great Aaron Sorkin, creator of The West Wing of the White House, enriches the show.
19.15 / Movistar Classic
‘stromboli’
Stromboli, land of God. Italy, 1949 (96 minutes). Directed by Roberto Rossellini. Interpreters: Ingrid Bergman, Mario Vitale, Renzo Cesana.
Maestro Rossellini delves into the intimacy of a woman who agrees to marry a fisherman in order to escape a concentration camp, creating an exciting and devastating portrayal of the drama of her character, oppressed by loneliness and an overwhelming fear threatens her with escape, just like the lava from the volcano on the island she has to live on. Stromboli is an extraordinary film, an example of pure and sublime cinema, in which Rossellini reinvents realism and transforms it into metaphor.
19.45 / The 2
Niño Josele, in “Attention, works”
Cayetana Guillén Cuervo interviews flamenco guitarist Niño Josele, who developed his career under great masters such as Paco de Lucía or Enrique Morente. The artist introduces his new album entitled Galaxias, which he releases after eight years of record silence. Attention, the works are also approaching the rehearsals of the National Ballet of Spain before its next premiere, El loco, a show directed by Rubén Olmo. In the same room he will speak with Paco Contreras, Niño de Elche, on the day of the presentation of his latest album Flamenco in Madrid. Mausoleum of celebration, love and death.
19.50 / Movistar drama
“The Rules of the Cider House”
USA, 1999 (126 minutes). Directed by Lasse Hallstrom. Cast: Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Michael Caine.
“Princes of Maine, Kings of New England!” Such is the rallying cry Michael Caine uses to teach the children of an orphanage in this riveting work, a stirring adaptation of a John Irving novel. Beneath its humble appearance, The House Rules of Cider hides numerous exciting readings and oscillates between outright emotional swings.
20.00 / 1
Spain meets Japan at the World Cup
Coach Luis Enrique’s Spain side meet Japan in what will be an important game for both teams. A draw is enough for the Spaniards to advance to the second round. If they win, they would qualify as group leaders as they already have four points in the standings. The other game in the group, Costa Rica-Germany, which is also crucial, will be played at 20:00 and will be broadcast by Gol Mundial.
22.00 / Hollywood
Mad Max: Highway Savages
Crazy Max. Australia, 1979 (93 minutes). Directed by George Muller. Cast: Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne.
In an apocalyptic future that seems less distant by the day, criminal gangs have taken over the streets and are imposing their violence. Mad Max became one of cinema’s most beloved icons of the ’80s, and while it’s showing its age, it still amuses with its narrative aggressiveness wrapped in a Spaghetti Western aesthetic.
22.00 / Movistar Classic
“A Night at the Opera”
A night at the opera. USA, 1935 (85 minutes). Director: Sam Wood. Starring Groucho, Chico and Harpo Marx.
It turns out that a young opera singer wants to conquer a beautiful girl. The Marx brothers meet him on the way and decide to help him. Irreverent and unrestrained, they destroy everything that gets in their way, especially all kinds of social conventions. The humor of the Marxes wreaks havoc in a demented, abusive comedy that piles gibberish to exhaustion. “A Night at the Opera” elicits a barrage of laughter, culminating in the insane sequence with the crowded booth. Plus, it helps you be happier and, better yet, more iconoclastic.
22.30 / The sixth
New date at ‘Nightmare in the kitchen’
This Thursday, chef Chicote is coming to Seville’s historic La Macarena district, which will host the new installment of Pesadilla en la cocina. In this neighborhood is the local El Palomo, a typical Andalucian taverna with over 40 years of existence run by two twin brothers. Its owners, after decades of toil, are about to retire and they want one of their daughters to inherit the business, but to do that they need to make it profitable and the place is getting closer to drifting off by the day.
22.35 / 1
Five couples battle it out for the semifinals of Incredible Duos
There are only five couples left in Incredible Duos, and one of them will be retired from the competition at the end of this episode. Ana Belén and Agoney are in the lead, followed by Miguel Poveda and Antonio José. In third place are Diego Torres and Marta Soto, in fourth place Sole Giménez and Yoly Saa and in last place Carmonía, the couple formed by Antonio Carmona and Nía. Therefore, the results of today’s vote will be crucial.
23.05 / The 2nd
“Encounters” welcomes Luis Mateo Díez
The Encuentros room this week reveals the life and career of Leonese writer Luis Mateo Díez, creator of a unique narrative in which words are shown almost as anthropological finds. An academic, twice the National Narrative Award winner, twice the Critics’ Prize and the Spanish Literature Prize, he will reveal many of the keys to his creative work.
23.20 / Sun Dance
“120 beats per minute”
120 batts per minute. France, 2017 (145 minutes). Directed by Robin Campillo. Cast: Nahuel Pérez, Arnaud Valois, Adèle Haenel.
The winning film of this year’s Cesar Awards is a memorable work that revitalizes the French gay community’s fight against AIDS. Robin Campillo (creator of the excellent Les revenants series) articulates the film around the act-up Paris movement in its toughest years battling the disease, clamoring for social activism and against laziness, if not carelessness, of public violence, led by the Mitterand government. A rigorous and precise film with an explosive staging dedicated to the moving portrait of a group of characters drawn with amazing veracity.
1.05 / TCM
“Husbands and Wives”
husbands and wives. USA, 1992 (108 minutes). Director: Woody Allen. Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Judy Davis.
After the stylistic unfolding of Shadows and Fog, Woody Allen faced the nineties, which would be lavish on masterpieces. Husbands and wives mercilessly poke at the misery of two marriages marred by unhappiness in a claustrophobic and suffocating tale, very hard. Allen’s camera, almost unhinged, in constant motion, produces some of the most dense images in 1990s American cinema.
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