The Spanish director Víctor Erice is one of our most revered, yet least prolific, European filmmakers. Over the past 50 years or so, he’s directed just four features, starting with his masterful debut ...

Some of the best and most beautiful gifts of cinema are those that are also the form’s rarest. They come along only every so often from filmmakers who may not be the most prolific, but are just as ...

The Spanish director tells us about his first feature since 1992, the mesmerizing Close Your Eyes, and the art he’s made in the time since. Photo: Film Movement Close Your Eyes follows a director, ...

For his latest, the Spanish director Victor Erice, known for the classic “The Spirit of the Beehive,” weaves a meta tale of a director looking for an absent actor. By Manohla Dargis When you purchase ...