El espíritu de la colmena 1973

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: Screening in a new print so pristine you forget that this film is 33 years old, Spirit of the Beehive sweeps you into its quiet world. Read more

Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: It's a film that transports us back not just to the sights and sounds of childhood but to a core of sweet innocence and sometimes ignorant bliss. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: Much in the film is derivative, but Erice excels in precise evocations of childhood feelings -- there is one dumbfounding moment of lyrical, joyful horror. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: This is a modest marvel of grace and framing that unfolds with the patience of a cloud and is driven more by wonder than pure emotion. Read more

Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: Those who haven't seen it since the '70s may find themselves amazed all over again by its lyrical potency and grace; those who have never seen it may wonder how it can be that a film this great isn't shown somewhere all the time. Read more

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Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: ... the finest and most beautifully wrought first film of the European '70s, a mysterious crucible as elusive, concrete, and visually primal as anything by Herzog, Straub, Olmi, or Denis. Read more