It is time to count and, consequently, publish lists of 'the best of the year' in all existing and future categories. For this reason, each publication makes its particular annual 'top', choosing what it considers most notable within the cultural news who have been protagonists of these last 12 months.
The curious thing is that, on many occasions, the lists of international publications do not correspond to the native ones, basically because the release dates They are totally different.
This is what has happened with close your eyesthe legendary director's last film Victor Ericeresponsible for some of the fundamental works in the history of Spanish cinema, such as The spirit of the hive y The South. In our country it premiered on September 29, 2023, after passing through the Cannes Film Festival and, in the United States, it did so in August 2024.
That is the reason why, in Spain, it was voted last year (and, consequently, participated in the Goya and other awards of the season), but in North America it is now recognized as (not only) one of the best movies of 2024but, for The New Yorkerthe best.
The publication is signed by the prestigious film critic Justin Changand these are the reasons why it leads its record: “After years of absence in the cinema, a octogenarian legend with a work of art that represents a career summary. Exciting, dazzling and inevitably polarizing,” says the specialized journalist.
Compares it with Megalopolis, of Francis Ford Coppola which, precisely, practically closes his list, in which we also find films like (in order of importance): Don't expect too much from the end of the worldfrom Romanian The work of Judas; evil does not existfrom Japanese Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival); Nickel Boysthe adaptation of the novel by Colson Whitehead, which sounds strong for the next Oscars; or the very 'indie' A Different Manfor which Sebastian Stan won the acting prize at the Berlin Festival.
“This film closes a circle that began in 1973 with its debut, The spirit of the hive”says the critic. “It begins as a story of movie detectives in which a retired filmmaker (Manolo Solo), sets out to solve the disappearance of a former colleague and then transforms into an ironic drama ‘hawksiano’ (de Howard Hawks), of friendship and discovery. In its final bars, the film becomes a silent seance, which confronts us with the very essence of cinema”.
The movie can be recovered on the platform Movistar Plus+ in streaming and let us remember that, in the last edition of the Goya Awards, he opted for 11 nominations of which, Jose Coronadowon the award for best supporting actor. Additionally, it appeared on another essential list last year, such as Cahiers du Cinemawhich this year has highlighted the latest film by Jonas Trueba, You will return.
