Multicultural Entertainment News

From December 9-22, 2011, the Film Society of Lincoln Center will present the 20th edition of Spanish Cinema Now.  The series will feature the latest films from Spain as well as a special tribute to the legendary director, Luis García Berlanga. Highlights from this year’s films include the opening night screening of Nacho Vigalondo’s sci-fi thriller “Extraterrestrial,” Mireia Ros’ Catalan documentary, “Barcelona Before” and the Galician film “Crebinsky,” directed by Enrique Otero. A new generation of Spanish comedy is also well represented in this year’s edition of Spanish Cinema Now, with Santiago Segura’s “Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis”, the latest film in the Torrente series. Filmmakers and actors from these films and others will also be present.  The centerpiece of the line-up will be a 10-film tribute to the late Luis García Berlanga, who revolutionized Spanish cinema in the fifties and early sixties. Beyond being important documents of the growing social resistance to Franco, Berlanga’s films exhibit an extraordinary humor that seem to propel the often madcap tales into more general, timeless observations on the human condition.  Spanish Cinema Now is presented by the Film Society in collaboration with the Spanish Film Institute (ICAA) in Madrid and the Instituto Cervantes in New York.  Tickets went on sale both at the box office and on-line on Thursday, November 24.  Most public and press screenings will be held at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater.  To learn more, visit http://www.filmlinc.com/films/series/spanish-cinema-now.