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In the 1960s, the twin titans of Spanish cinema were Luis Buñuel and Carlos Saura, who used allegory and surrealism to confound the Francoist censors. In the ensuing decades, their iconoclasm was taken to increasingly outrageous extremes by Pedro Almodóvar, Bigas Luna, Julio Medem and Alejandro Amenabar, as well as genre directors like Jess Franco, José Ramón Larraz and... [+]

In the 1960s, the twin titans of Spanish cinema were Luis Buñuel and Carlos Saura, who used allegory and surrealism to confound the Francoist censors. In the ensuing decades, their iconoclasm was taken to increasingly outrageous extremes by Pedro Almodóvar, Bigas Luna, Julio Medem and Alejandro Amenabar, as well as genre directors like Jess Franco, José Ramón Larraz and Álex De La Iglesia. But Spanish film also has a cosier side, as evinced by the charming works of Victor Erice and Fernando Trueba. [-]