2:35 p.m. / Hollywood
‘Edward with the scissor hands’
Edward with the scissor hands. USA, 1990 (100 minutes). Directed by Tim Burton. Cast: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Diane Wiest.
The audacity with which Tim Burton revised the Frankenstein myth still impresses today, thanks to the likeness of a lovable character created by a scientist who is left unfinished after his death, wielding formidable blades instead of hands. Between beautifully sculpted images, Eduardo Scissorhands reveals himself as a parable of intolerance and reflection on the transience of feelings, emotional to the point of being unspeakable and camouflaged as an innocent story.
19.50 / The 2
‘Page 2’ speaks to journalist Xavier Aldekoa
La 2’s literary room this week focuses on travel literature and features an interview with journalist Xavier Aldekoa, who talks about his latest work, Quixote in the Congo. In addition, the program honors Jules Verne’s novel Around the World in 80 Days on the occasion of its 150th anniversary. He also traveled to Seville, where Spanish language professor Lola Pons commented on her book El español es un mundo.
20.10 / Movistar drama
“My Week with Marilyn”
USA, 2011 (100 minutes). Director: Simon Curtis. Cast: Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth Branagh, Julia Ormond, Emma Watson.
My Week With Marilyn recreates the days of filming in England for The Prince and the Showgirl, in which Laurence Olivier directed the actress. And with the prank of cinephilia, the fascination for the character, as well as the replica of a cinema that no longer exists, that of the big Hollywood studios. Although his staging occasionally adopts telefilmic patterns, it shows a special affection for the characters, doses cinematic winks and is supported by two stupendous works by Michelle Williams and Kenneth Branagh.
20.45 / 1
Spain meets Scotland in Glasgow
The national football team faces their second qualifier for Euro 2024. Luis de la Fuente’s players travel to Glasgow to take on the Scottish side in a game that will decide the group’s current lead as Spain defeat Norway by 3: 0 defeated on day one and the Scots did the same with Cyprus, with the same result.
21.05 / DARK
‘The curse’
Ju-on (The Grudge). Japan, 2002 (92 minutes). Director: Takashi Shimizu. Cast: Megumi Okina, Misaki Ito, Yui Ichikawa.
After the whiplash of Hideo Nakata’s The Ring, The Curse is perhaps the film that best represents the spirit of recent oriental horror films. Hardly shrill beneath seemingly icy imagery, works conceal shivers that reach the viewer’s deepest horrors. This unclassifiable film is based on a situation familiar to any good fan: a house where horrible crimes appear to have been committed is haunted by horrific ghosts and anyone who enters dies without reparation. What’s really great about The Curse is that in an amazing first part it literally paralyzes the plot to show the same sequence of events with different characters. In some sequences in which sheer terror strikes, the viewer feels that although they know what is about to happen, they cannot avoid experiencing terror.
22.00 / SyFy
‘Us’
us. USA, 2019 (120 minutes). Director: Jordan Peele. Starring: Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss.
An exemplary work of horror that explores the figure of the phantasmagorical doppelganger, the doppelganger, to create a fable about a solidary humanity ready to devour itself. A prodigy of rhythm that wraps its characters in a spiral of fear and shows a broken society between them and us.
22.00 / Movistar promotion
“An American Werewolf in London”
An American werewolf in London. 1981 (100 minutes). Directed by John Landis. Cast: David Naughton, Griffin Dunne.
In its day, An American Werewolf in London revolutionized screens thanks to some amazing special effects. It still retains a bit of a cult following today, thanks to the remarkable combination of horror, visual gloom and black humor that John Landis achieved.
22.30 / DMAX
cutting edge technology
The Ancient Engineering documentary series examines the tools, structures, materials and knowledge of the past to see how they are applied in the present. This first double episode reveals the ingenuity that led to the construction of everything from an underground labyrinth of tunnels dug in total darkness to cities that thrive against the odds in barren deserts.
22.35 / 1
Second appointment at “MasterChef 11”
The second program of the eleventh series of MasterChef presents an outdoor test in Toledo. The teams of applicants must prepare a first-class menu, signed by Chef Adolfo Muñoz, to be tasted by 160 guests in the cloister of Toledo Cathedral. Back in the show’s kitchens, the judges will challenge the black aprons to work on a very tight budget.
22.45 / antenna 3
Problems pile up in “Brothers”
The Turkish series Brothers gives its characters no rest and involves them in new problems. Among tonight’s plots, this episode tells how Asiye is full of worries seeing all the things Ömer is buying thanks to his new salary. On the other hand, Resul leaves to apologize to Suzan and mid-conversation, Akif appears to go to dinner with her. Also, Akif himself brings the divorce settlement to Nebahat.
22.50 / Four
A Spanish Volunteer in Ukraine, in “Travelling with Chester”
Risto Mejide interviews Juan, a Spanish volunteer in the war in Ukraine, in this issue of Traveling with Chester. Juan left his job as a waiter in a bar in Cádiz to travel to Ukraine with the intention of joining a volunteer military battalion and fighting against the Russian army. Later, in the second interview of the program, Lucía Etxebarria will star.
23.15 / WE ARE
“Gary Cooper Who’s In Heaven”
Spain, 1981 (98 minutes). Director: Pilar Miró. Starring: Mercedes Sampietro, Jon Finch, Carmen Maura.
Few fans today remember the effort to honor Spanish cinema, its struggle to direct films in an environment where the word “director” almost existed. Few remember that with El crimen de Cuenca he fought against the censorship loopholes banned by the military authorities. Or that she is the author of works like Werther, Beltenebros and The Dog in the Manger. Her third film is an intimate, autobiographical drama that follows a woman facing delicate surgery. A true and emotional drama, told gently, in a soft voice but full of emotion and fear. Full of life and love for cinema.
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