Films and more: películas, teatro y más

El drama no es el único género en el que la crítica social encuentra su mejor baza. La denuncia de los males de nuestra sociedad se pueden explotar desde todos los ámbitos, incluido la comedia, el thriller o el terror. Prueba de ello hay muchas. Esta Semana Santa, en las pantallas españolas coinciden dos films que desde géneros muy distintos intentan apuntar a los vicios y defectos que España y parte del mundo está viviendo. Por un lado tenemos al director patrio más internacional, Pedro Almodóvar , quien desde la comedia y a través de Los amantes pasajeros  realiza un repaso a los titulares que asolan las páginas de todos los periódicos. Por su parte, dos hermanos, Álex y David Pastor , que empezaron al otro lado del charco con Carriers (Infectados) , han regresado a Barcelona para realizar un film futurista que nos muestra como puede acabar nuestra sociedad si sigue estos pasos. Ambos intentos son buenos, sus resultados más dispares. Vuelo accidentado Empecemos por e...

There's something that scares more than a horror movie, the sensation of the spectator who goes to the theatre with the feeling that the film won't scare him/her, even thrill. That's true. There are few movies nowadays that really scare or thrill. Maybe are we, the spectators, who have changed and we didn't notice it. So, if a horror movie doesn't scare us, what we can expect about it? To get our attention, to keep us alert about the action and to not bored us, at least that thrill us. This four qualities is what Stoker  has. Maybe doesn't scare, but it isn't a horror movie as we known. We can be mistaken for the name of the film that makes us think about vampires. But it really isn't in a strict sense. Stoker  tells a story about a mother and her daughter, India. Their husband/father died. And in the funeral his brother appears to stay with for a while. But he is misterious. He've never been with them before, but he catch the attention of the...