There's a lot of bull in "The Matador," a documentary portrait of David Fandila, Spain's 24-year-old superstar bullfighter known to his legions of worshipful fans as El Fandi.
He has the good looks of a rock star, a foxy blond girlfriend he seldom sees, a mother who fawns over him - and the head of a bull hanging in his gaudy living room. (So much for good taste.)
There are many people who consider bullfighting antiquated and barbaric. Directors Stephen Higgins and Nina Gilden Seavey, to their credit, give...
He has the good looks of a rock star, a foxy blond girlfriend he seldom sees, a mother who fawns over him - and the head of a bull hanging in his gaudy living room. (So much for good taste.)
There are many people who consider bullfighting antiquated and barbaric. Directors Stephen Higgins and Nina Gilden Seavey, to their credit, give...
- 10/31/2008
- by By V.A. MUSETTO
- NYPost.com
By Neil Pedley
Halloween week offsets some of the recent nice with a little bit of nasty that duly chucks the blood around. Kevin Smith's also back, along with a culture clash rom-com and an eclectic mix of docs.
"Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father"
As anyone who's seen this documentary as it's collected audience awards on the festival circuit can attest, the less one knows, the better -- but if we must, composer and filmmaker Kurt Kuenne channels his grief over the murder of his best friend Andrew Bagby into a cinematic celebration of Bagby's life so that his son might have something of the father he will never know. Inviting loved ones to share memories and experiences, Kuenne assembles this memorial to his friend's memory while Andrew's parents enter into a bitter custody dispute with their son's murderer, who's out on bail in...
Halloween week offsets some of the recent nice with a little bit of nasty that duly chucks the blood around. Kevin Smith's also back, along with a culture clash rom-com and an eclectic mix of docs.
"Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father"
As anyone who's seen this documentary as it's collected audience awards on the festival circuit can attest, the less one knows, the better -- but if we must, composer and filmmaker Kurt Kuenne channels his grief over the murder of his best friend Andrew Bagby into a cinematic celebration of Bagby's life so that his son might have something of the father he will never know. Inviting loved ones to share memories and experiences, Kuenne assembles this memorial to his friend's memory while Andrew's parents enter into a bitter custody dispute with their son's murderer, who's out on bail in...
- 10/27/2008
- by Neil Pedley
- ifc.com
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