15.25 / Movistar drama
“Sex, Lies and Videotapes”
Sex, lies and videotapes. USA, 1989 (99 minutes). Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Cast: James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Laura San Giacomo, Peter Gallagher.
Steven Soderbergh, who was still unknown at the time, won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Festival with his first film. It is interesting to review the outstanding first steps of a filmmaker who has since alternated good films with unpredictable films. Sex, lies and videotapes show a bitter handling of the secrets confessed in front of the camera of a voyeur who encourages various women to speak to reveal desires and frustrations; He is a subject who seduces them by listening to them, and his camera soon becomes a metaphor for his quest for masculinity.
15.25 / BOM
“The Tiger of Snapur”
The Tiger of Eschnapur. Germany-France, 1959 (100 minutes). Director: Fritz Lang. Cast: Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid, Walter Reyer, Claus Holm, Luciana Paluzzi.
At the end of the 1950s, the maestro Fritz Lang, tired of the increasing conflicts with Hollywood producers, returned to his homeland from which he had been banned after the triumph of National Socialism. Lang only made three more films and spent the last 15 years of his life retiring from the world of cinema. This is how Hollywood paid who was one of the most gigantic directors in its history. The Esnapur Tiger forms a wonderful diptych with The Indian Tomb (it should be noted that BOM is now airing the two films back-to-back) which develops an intriguing combination of palace intrigue and shady characters wracked by amorous desires. Two works that reveal the maturity of an inimitable director and speaker of a now defunct cinema.
16.30 / 1
The Promise airs its Chapter 100
The daily series La promesa, which premiered on January 12, reaches its 100th chapter today. And with even more trouble for their characters, since this part coincides with the wedding of Pía and Gregorio, an event that leaves fans in suspense. Spectators for days as it is a forced marriage by the will of the powerful Marquises. On the other hand, after serving in the House of the Dukes of Infantes in an unfortunate state, Jara will finally return to the series’ storylines.
6pm / Be crazy
“Excalibur”
USA-UK, 1981 (135 minutes). Directed by John Borman. Cast: Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay, Cherie Lunghi.
After films as unclassifiable as Leo, the last, as anti-commercial as The Exorcist II, or as risky as Deliverance, few fans expected British director John Boorman to create a great spectacle film about the mythical tale of King Arthur would tackle. Excalibur moves halfway between excess and fascination. It’s a valuable and great film, bombastic if you will, but in which Boorman manages to create images of overwhelming dramatic depth while at the same time coming to terms with the characters’ inner murkiness, that of ambition and lust for fame are driven.
18.30 / TCM
“brief encounter”
brief encounter. United Kingdom, 1985 (87 minutes). Directed by David Lean. Cast: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard
One of the highlights of the master David Lean, a far cry from his subsequent blockbusters. An almost whispered melodrama that lovingly approaches two withered lives, a couple who will live an impossible love marked by secrecy and the suffocation of a hypocritical society. As simple and as emotional as life itself.
7.45 p.m. / The 2
Page 2 is chatting with Leila Slimani
The French-Moroccan writer Leila Slimani is the protagonist on page 2 tonight and talks to Óscar López about her new novel Miradnos bailar, the second volume of the trilogy that began with El país de los otros. In addition, the show will talk to Marta Jiménez Serrano about her story book Not Everyone, which focuses on relationships. On the other hand, the best titles of the literature of the Beat generation will be discussed and the book “Cómo cambiar tu vida con Sorolla” will be presented, in which the journalist César Suárez talks about the lights and shadows of the great Valencian painter.
20.20 / Movistar Classics
“Outlaw’s of Legend”
The Long Riders. USA, 1980 (96 minutes). Director: Walter Hill. Cast: David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine, James Keach, Stacy Keach.
The 1980s began and the West was in its final stages. It was then that Walter Hill shot this great and endearing work. In this love song for the genre, he took the footsteps of the great Peckinpah and created a haunted work in which the characters, bound by blood and friendship, dream of a future off the beaten path. Even with a vest that no longer belongs to them. They are little less than specters in an environment marked by the end of the Civil War. Formed by younger brothers Miller and James and led by the legendary Jesse (played by actors who are brothers in real life), the band oscillates between outbursts of violence and dreams of serenity. And Hill creates a masterpiece thanks to the watchful eye of a pure filmmaker.
21.45 / The 2
“On the Cover” and an unpaid millionaire ticket
The report “The Mystery of the Millionaire Ticket” unveils an amazing story, namely that of a Primitiva ticket with a prize of almost five million euros that has been sitting in a state lottery vault for more than 10 years. After years of investigation, the police assure them that they have found their true owner. Two years of repeated manual combinations in lottery administrations led the agents to the owner of the ticket, who died in 2014 and was not aware of what was happening. Now his widow and her daughter are claiming the prize, which, thanks to interest, amounts to almost seven million euros.
22.00 / Movistar drama
“A Simple Plan”
A Simple Man. USA, 1998 (122 minutes). Director: Sam Rami. Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Bridget Fonda, Bill Paxton.
More or less true, Sam Raimi is a filmmaker who is always in search of a personal aesthetic. On this occasion, he forgoes his usual fantastic films and shows an unusual register to tell a great rural drama in which three poor devils find a large sum of money and decide to keep it. Thus begins an exciting and dramatic story, fueled by the ambition and shady desires of the characters.
22.30 / The 2
“Cachitos” brings back the stowaways of music
Actors, bullfighters, journalists or soccer players have all stood on the stage before. This is the terrain that cachitos and iron and chrome are walking on tonight. The program includes some performances where the musical talent leaves a lot to be desired. In some of them, their interpreters managed to be the kings of the party, but many others were impostors who saw in a microphone another tool to be protagonists.
10:30 p.m. / Sixth
“The Infiltrated Boss”, in a luxury car wash
This week, in The Undercover Boss, the CEO of Alvato Luxury, a leader in luxury car washes, infiltrates one of the company’s franchises to see how its employees are doing. You will come across situations of all kinds, from employees who try hard but fail to win customers, to others who see the laundry as a place for fun, to employees who have so many details with customers that they briefly they face ruining the company’s accounts. .
22.30 / DMAX
The secrets of ancient rituals
The question of what happens after death has occupied mankind since the beginning of time and has inspired ceremonies and religious beliefs. The Mysteries of Ancient Rituals documentary series looks at them all, and tonight’s two episodes are about the tomb of China’s first Emperor Qin Shi Huang, who rests in an underground realm, in a tomb this big that archaeological excavations could take a century
22.35/1
Homage to the Elderly in “MasterChef”
Tonight MasterChef pays sincere tribute to the elderly and visits the Pinar de Aravaca Residence for the Third Age in Madrid. Applicants must reproduce a menu created by chef Pepa Muñoz to be enjoyed by 70 residents and staff. Later, in the elimination test, each black apron will replicate one of the dishes proposed by the jury for those with allergies and intolerance.
22.45 / antenna 3
A new episode of “Brothers”
In tonight’s episode of the Brothers series, Ayla and Nebahat find out that Akif’s entire fortune is now theirs, while Suzan goes to jail for not wanting to sell his property. It won’t be the only conflicts that the characters of this Turkish series will face, because a woman will come to the neighborhood and make sure that the house where the brothers live is hers.
22.50 / WE ARE
‘Country’
Spain, 1995 (125 minutes). Directed by Julio Medem. Cast: Carmelo Gomez, Emma Suarez, Silke.
After his memorable debut at Vacas and his confirmation with the dazzling Red Squirrel, Julio Medem offers a new sensory journey in his third film. Tierra is a fascinating immersion into a split character, caught in conflicting passions and forced to choose between life and death, or perhaps between madness and sanity, all while leaving the viewer captivated by the beautiful imagery of a filmmaker who always travels against the tide.
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