Halfway through Víctor Erice's "Close Your Eyes," Miguel Garay (Manolo Solo) finds himself at the door of his former girlfriend Lola San Román (Soledad Villamil). She welcomes him with a warm smile ...

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For his latest, the Spanish director Victor Erice, known for the classic “The Spirit of the Beehive,” weaves a meta tale of a director looking for an absent actor. By Manohla Dargis When you purchase ...

The celebrated director of 'The Spirit of the Beehive' and 'Dream of Light' returns to Cannes with his first feature after more than three decades. By Jordan Mintzer It’s been 31 years since the great ...

Some of the best and most beautiful gifts of cinema are those that are also the form’s rarest. They come along only every so often from filmmakers who may not be the most prolific, but are just as ...

The Spanish director Víctor Erice is one of our most revered, yet least prolific, European filmmakers. Over the past 50 years or so, he’s directed just four features, starting with his masterful debut ...