Netflix has ordered another Spanish film, My Dearest Señorita, and unveiled a first look at upcoming dram series Superstar at an event in Madrid.
My Dearest Señorita, produced by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, is an adaptation of the 1972 Oscar-winning film of the same name directed by Jaime de Arimañán, who co-wrote the script with José Luis Borau starring José Luis López Vázquez.
The 1970s film was a romantic drama that explored themes of intersexuality, and was one of very few to tackle sexual orientation in General Franco’s ultra-conservative Spain. It won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 1973 Oscars.
“My Dearest Señorita is an adaptation,” said Calvo and Ambrossi in a statement. “Times have changed, and we believe it is a good time to revisit this story, a story of gender identity and wonderful, mainstream love. The creative challenge is how far we can update it without losing the essence.
My Dearest Señorita, produced by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, is an adaptation of the 1972 Oscar-winning film of the same name directed by Jaime de Arimañán, who co-wrote the script with José Luis Borau starring José Luis López Vázquez.
The 1970s film was a romantic drama that explored themes of intersexuality, and was one of very few to tackle sexual orientation in General Franco’s ultra-conservative Spain. It won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 1973 Oscars.
“My Dearest Señorita is an adaptation,” said Calvo and Ambrossi in a statement. “Times have changed, and we believe it is a good time to revisit this story, a story of gender identity and wonderful, mainstream love. The creative challenge is how far we can update it without losing the essence.
- 2/1/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Rachel Weisz in ‘Dead Ringers’ (Photo Credit: Niko Tavernise/Prime Video)
As a horror fan, I was delighted that 2023 not only delivered some top-notch genre films but also that there were enough directed by women to create a 10 best list. Women created a diverse array of horror from psychological thrillers to over-the-top gore comedy to creature features. They looked beyond just final girls to create fascinating, flawed, and sometimes deeply disturbed characters.
I measure progress not by how many positive female characters we get on screen but rather by the diversity and depth of the women driving the stories we see. Kudos to the female talent in front of and behind the camera that created these bold, original works in 2023.
2023’s Top 10 Horror Projects Directed By Women
1. Dead Ringers
Key women creatives: Executive producer/star: Rachel Weisz; showrunner: Alice Birch; directors: Lauren Wolkstein, Karena Evans, Karyn Kusama; writers: Miriam Battye,...
As a horror fan, I was delighted that 2023 not only delivered some top-notch genre films but also that there were enough directed by women to create a 10 best list. Women created a diverse array of horror from psychological thrillers to over-the-top gore comedy to creature features. They looked beyond just final girls to create fascinating, flawed, and sometimes deeply disturbed characters.
I measure progress not by how many positive female characters we get on screen but rather by the diversity and depth of the women driving the stories we see. Kudos to the female talent in front of and behind the camera that created these bold, original works in 2023.
2023’s Top 10 Horror Projects Directed By Women
1. Dead Ringers
Key women creatives: Executive producer/star: Rachel Weisz; showrunner: Alice Birch; directors: Lauren Wolkstein, Karena Evans, Karyn Kusama; writers: Miriam Battye,...
- 1/20/2024
- by Beth Accomando
- Showbiz Junkies
The Halloween season is almost here, which means a hectic Fall release schedule filled with horror looms just around the corner. Some of the year’s biggest horror releases are still ahead, including The Nun II, Saw X, The Exorcist: Believer, and Five Nights at Freddy’s.
Of course, they join countless movies already released these past eight months. As always, many titles might’ve slipped through the cracks, despite being available to stream now.
Whether you’re looking to get ahead on curating Halloween watchlists or catching up on 2023 horror before the year is through, here are twenty 2023 releases you can stream right now.
65 – Netflix
A high concept sci-fi effort from Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, the writers behind A Quiet Place and writers/directors of Haunt. Adam Driver and Ariana Greenblatt star as the unlucky pair that find themselves on a hostile planet filled with creatures and obstacles. Driver...
Of course, they join countless movies already released these past eight months. As always, many titles might’ve slipped through the cracks, despite being available to stream now.
Whether you’re looking to get ahead on curating Halloween watchlists or catching up on 2023 horror before the year is through, here are twenty 2023 releases you can stream right now.
65 – Netflix
A high concept sci-fi effort from Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, the writers behind A Quiet Place and writers/directors of Haunt. Adam Driver and Ariana Greenblatt star as the unlucky pair that find themselves on a hostile planet filled with creatures and obstacles. Driver...
- 8/16/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Where does the time go? We’re now halfway through 2023, so you know the drill. It’s time to reflect on the year so far with a look at the best horror movies released in 2023… so far.
This summer’s only getting warmed up for horror releases, and the Halloween season ensures a packed Fall to come. So far, though, 2023 offers no shortage of horror gems that run the gamut from highly anticipated sequels to genre-benders and viral sensations.
As a refresher and to ensure great movies don’t fall through the cracks, here are the ten best horror movies released in the first half of 2023…
Huesera: The Bone Woman
When so many pregnancy horror movies isolate the mother-to-be, breeding mistrust from everyone around her, Huesera internalizes it. Refreshingly, it’s less about motherhood and more about the loss of self. Director Michelle Garza Cervera, who co-wrote with Abia Castillo,...
This summer’s only getting warmed up for horror releases, and the Halloween season ensures a packed Fall to come. So far, though, 2023 offers no shortage of horror gems that run the gamut from highly anticipated sequels to genre-benders and viral sensations.
As a refresher and to ensure great movies don’t fall through the cracks, here are the ten best horror movies released in the first half of 2023…
Huesera: The Bone Woman
When so many pregnancy horror movies isolate the mother-to-be, breeding mistrust from everyone around her, Huesera internalizes it. Refreshingly, it’s less about motherhood and more about the loss of self. Director Michelle Garza Cervera, who co-wrote with Abia Castillo,...
- 6/30/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
"Huesera: The Bone Woman" is a horror movie that attacks all the senses. Loosely inspired by the folk tale La Huesera (translation: the bone woman), co-writer and director Michelle Garza Cervera places audiences in Valerai's (Natalia Solián) point of view as the protagonist fights to survive a supernatural curse in a society already damned by expectations. Every sight, sound, and fright is personal.
Cervera first heard the folktale of La Huesera in her 20s. It's a story that spoke to her about identity and freedom. For years, she kept the tale in mind and finally co-wrote "Huesera: The Bone Woman" with Abia Castillo. The end result is a visceral horror film with internal and physical scares. Without spoiling anything, Cervera hopes audiences leave the movie with hope. The director, whose short film "La Rabia de Clara" you can watch here, recently took us behind-the-scenes of her striking feature directorial debut.
Cervera first heard the folktale of La Huesera in her 20s. It's a story that spoke to her about identity and freedom. For years, she kept the tale in mind and finally co-wrote "Huesera: The Bone Woman" with Abia Castillo. The end result is a visceral horror film with internal and physical scares. Without spoiling anything, Cervera hopes audiences leave the movie with hope. The director, whose short film "La Rabia de Clara" you can watch here, recently took us behind-the-scenes of her striking feature directorial debut.
- 2/10/2023
- by Jack Giroux
- Slash Film
It’s never a great sign when you hire a holistic exorcist and the first thing she tells you is “you’re in deep shit.” It’s scary enough to have a problem that modern medicine can’t solve, but at least then you know you have witchcraft as a backup plan. But when your ailment stumps the three older Mexican ladies who practice ancient sorcery in a hidden room, you’re basically screwed.
That’s the predicament that Valeria (Natalie Solian) finds herself in, but by that point the young mother has been through too much to be particularly phased by it. After all, pregnancy complications are just par for the course in “Huesera: The Bone Woman.” While the film’s mythology pulls heavily from traditional Mexican folklore, its primary theme is a universal one: the joys of parenthood are not for everyone.
On paper, Valeria is about to...
That’s the predicament that Valeria (Natalie Solian) finds herself in, but by that point the young mother has been through too much to be particularly phased by it. After all, pregnancy complications are just par for the course in “Huesera: The Bone Woman.” While the film’s mythology pulls heavily from traditional Mexican folklore, its primary theme is a universal one: the joys of parenthood are not for everyone.
On paper, Valeria is about to...
- 2/9/2023
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
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The star of Michelle Garza Cervera’s narrative debut, Huesera, is Natalia Solián’s range of facial expressions. The actress plays Valeria Hernandez, the protagonist of this chilling body horror, with a sly, concentrated determination. See the flash of disgust in her eyes as she meets the gaze of a child playfully contorting their face at a doctor’s office. Look at her lips twitch when she learns of her pregnancy. Watch her face fall at the thought of converting her carpentry workshop into a nursery.
It’s fair to say that Valeria does not want a child. And it’s no stretch to proclaim that Huesera chiefly concerns itself with the emotional knots of her pregnancy and its eventual strains on her subsequent motherhood. But that’s only skimming the surface of Cervera’s work. Dig deeper and Huesera reveals itself to...
The star of Michelle Garza Cervera’s narrative debut, Huesera, is Natalia Solián’s range of facial expressions. The actress plays Valeria Hernandez, the protagonist of this chilling body horror, with a sly, concentrated determination. See the flash of disgust in her eyes as she meets the gaze of a child playfully contorting their face at a doctor’s office. Look at her lips twitch when she learns of her pregnancy. Watch her face fall at the thought of converting her carpentry workshop into a nursery.
It’s fair to say that Valeria does not want a child. And it’s no stretch to proclaim that Huesera chiefly concerns itself with the emotional knots of her pregnancy and its eventual strains on her subsequent motherhood. But that’s only skimming the surface of Cervera’s work. Dig deeper and Huesera reveals itself to...
- 8/4/2022
- by Lovia Gyarkye
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As with most events this year, the Fantasia International Film Festival is heading back to theaters for its 2022 edition, the 26th year of its existence. From July 14 to August 3, Montreal, Quebec, will fill its screens at Concordia Hall Cinema, the Cinémathèque Québécoise, Cinéma du Musée, and the McCord Museum with the best genre fare the industry has to offer. If you’re in town there won’t be a better ticket this summer.
The festivities are bookended by the world premiere of Kc Carthew’s eco-action fantasy Polaris on opening night and, as closer, the North American premiere of July Jung’s Cannes alum Next Sohee. Between them comes the usual mix of festival favorites heading to Canada for the first time and eagerly anticipated titles making their debut. From a special screening of Bodies Bodies Bodies to Neil Labute’s House of Darkness or Wai Ka-Fai’s Detective vs.
The festivities are bookended by the world premiere of Kc Carthew’s eco-action fantasy Polaris on opening night and, as closer, the North American premiere of July Jung’s Cannes alum Next Sohee. Between them comes the usual mix of festival favorites heading to Canada for the first time and eagerly anticipated titles making their debut. From a special screening of Bodies Bodies Bodies to Neil Labute’s House of Darkness or Wai Ka-Fai’s Detective vs.
- 7/7/2022
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Michelle Garza Cervera’s ’Huesera’ won two awards at Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year.
Mexican writer-director Michelle Garza Cervera, whose debut feature Huesera won two awards at Tribeca Film Festival last month, is now writing an English-language horror film called The Tyrant Woman (La Tirana) to be set in the world of salsa dancing.
“To me, salsa speaks so much about the dark sides of humanity but it’s funny because you are dancing to it,” the writer-director said of the project which she plans to set in Miami.
Cervera is also developing a cyberpunk drama series called Lagunitas,...
Mexican writer-director Michelle Garza Cervera, whose debut feature Huesera won two awards at Tribeca Film Festival last month, is now writing an English-language horror film called The Tyrant Woman (La Tirana) to be set in the world of salsa dancing.
“To me, salsa speaks so much about the dark sides of humanity but it’s funny because you are dancing to it,” the writer-director said of the project which she plans to set in Miami.
Cervera is also developing a cyberpunk drama series called Lagunitas,...
- 7/7/2022
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Good Girl Jane named best US narrative feature
Latvian coming-of-age story January has won international narrative feature at Tribeca 2022 while Mexican filmmaker Michelle Garza Cervera was named best new narrative director.
Viesturs Kairiss’ Latvia-Lithuania-Poland January follows an aspiring filmmaker as he discovers his identity against the backdrop of Latvian independence. Kārlis Arnolds Avots and Alise Danovska star.
Huesera stars in the story of a woman who experiences extreme visions after becoming pregnant. XYZ Films handles worldwide sales on the horror and as Screen reported last week the feature debutante has lined up to direct That Summer In The Dark (Ese...
Latvian coming-of-age story January has won international narrative feature at Tribeca 2022 while Mexican filmmaker Michelle Garza Cervera was named best new narrative director.
Viesturs Kairiss’ Latvia-Lithuania-Poland January follows an aspiring filmmaker as he discovers his identity against the backdrop of Latvian independence. Kārlis Arnolds Avots and Alise Danovska star.
Huesera stars in the story of a woman who experiences extreme visions after becoming pregnant. XYZ Films handles worldwide sales on the horror and as Screen reported last week the feature debutante has lined up to direct That Summer In The Dark (Ese...
- 6/16/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
For her first feature, co-writer/director Michelle Garza Cervera taps into the horrors of impending motherhood in Huesera, a gripping horror story about a young woman who is being endlessly tormented once she becomes pregnant after years of trying to start a family. Maternal fears have been explored numerous times throughout the history of genre storytelling, but I think how Cervera is able to marry this theme with Mexican folklore brings about a truly unique perspective that heightens the horror that runs rampant throughout this story that was written by both Cervera and Abia Castillo.
Huesera starts off with Valeria (Natalia Solián) making a pilgrimage to the Virgin of Guadalupe statue with her mother (Aida López) to pray as she and her husband Raúl (Alfonso Dosal) have been trying to start a family to no avail. Their trip seemingly works as Valeria finds out soon after that she is finally pregnant,...
Huesera starts off with Valeria (Natalia Solián) making a pilgrimage to the Virgin of Guadalupe statue with her mother (Aida López) to pray as she and her husband Raúl (Alfonso Dosal) have been trying to start a family to no avail. Their trip seemingly works as Valeria finds out soon after that she is finally pregnant,...
- 6/13/2022
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Remember the name Michelle Garza Cervera, cause you'll keep hearing a lot about her for a while. We've been anticipating her debut feature film, Huesera, for about a year now and it just premiered at Tribeca (our review forthcoming). Prior to that ScreenDaily announced early yesterday that Cervera has been brought on board to write and direct her next horror flick, That Summer In The Dark (Ese Verano a Oscuras). Along with her Huesera co-writer Abia Castillo, Cervera will be adapting a story by Argentine author Mariana Enriquez. That Summer In The Dark (Ese Verano a Oscuras) will be produced by transatlantic company El Studio, Mexican company Grupo Morbido and American-Mexican company Vision. If you recall, two years ago El Studio and Grupo...
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- 6/10/2022
- Screen Anarchy
According to Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés in Women who Run with the Wolves, the “Bone Woman,” or La Huesera, “collects and preserves that which is in danger of being lost to the world.” A Mexican myth sees her scouring the mountains and riverbeds for the remains of wolves, assembling what she finds to recreate the animal as though an ivory sculpture that will eventually become reanimated, ultimately reborn as a human woman freely laughing towards the horizon. They say she provides a glimpse of the soul when all seems to have been lost, less a monster to fear in the shadows than a necessary entity reminding us of what we still have. Thus we’re not wrong to question her place in Michelle Garza Cervera’s Huesera.
This is because Valeria (Natalia Solián) has been haunted ever since discovering she’s pregnant. She and her husband Raúl (Alfonso Dosal) are ecstatic about the news,...
This is because Valeria (Natalia Solián) has been haunted ever since discovering she’s pregnant. She and her husband Raúl (Alfonso Dosal) are ecstatic about the news,...
- 6/10/2022
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Production on 1980s-set story to take place in Mexico.
El Estudio, Morbido and Vision Entertainment have set Tribeca Festival filmmaker Michelle Garza Cervera to adapt and direct That Summer In The Dark (Ese Verano a Oscuras).
The project is based on the story of the same name by award-winning Argentinian journalist and writer Mariana Enríquez about two teenage friends obsessed with American serial killers. The bored youngsters spend the summer fantasising about gruesome murders until the true horror of it all is brought home when a neighbour kills his wife and daughter.
Mexican filmmaker Cervera, whose feature debut Huesera premiered...
El Estudio, Morbido and Vision Entertainment have set Tribeca Festival filmmaker Michelle Garza Cervera to adapt and direct That Summer In The Dark (Ese Verano a Oscuras).
The project is based on the story of the same name by award-winning Argentinian journalist and writer Mariana Enríquez about two teenage friends obsessed with American serial killers. The bored youngsters spend the summer fantasising about gruesome murders until the true horror of it all is brought home when a neighbour kills his wife and daughter.
Mexican filmmaker Cervera, whose feature debut Huesera premiered...
- 6/9/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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