Tag: mateogil
Review: REALIVE, Where Exact Science Is Not An Exact Science
When screenwriters turn towards directing their own features, the case is often that they can make their talkiest screenplay into a film. This is not necessary a bad thing at all, especially considering the case of Mateo Gil's new science...
REALIVE Interview: Mateo Gil on His Latest Science Fiction Effort
Mateo Gil made a name for himself firstly as the writer of Alejandro Amenábar - he co-wrote such films as Thesis, Open Your Eyes (later remade by Cameron Crowe as Vanilla Sky) and The Sea Inside - but he has...
Fantasia 2016 Review: REALIVE Deeply Engages With Medical Morality And The Human Condition
When screenwriters turn towards directing their own features, the case is often that they can make their talkiest screenplay into a film. This is not necessary a bad thing at all, especially considering the case of Mateo Gil's new science...
BLACKTHORN DVD Review
One of my favourite films of 2011, Blackthorn has recently been nominated for 11 Premios Goya (Spanish Oscars.) Now available on DVD and Blu Ray, Mateo Gil's haunting, elegiac western is both an homage to the second wave films of...
BLACKTHORN Review
Available in the US via VOD tomorrow, and due for theatrical release (also in the USA) on October 7, Blackthorn is part of the new wave of neo-westerns (such as Kelly Reichardt's Meek's Cutoff and Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man) that...
