‘The Black Ball’ Review: Vivid, Sweeping Epic About Gay Men in War-Torn Spain Is a Major Cannes Standout

Veneno’ creators Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo direct this stunning drama about lovers and friends caught in the tempest ...

‘The Black Ball’ Review: The Spirit of Lorca Binds Gay Men Across a Century in an Ambitious but Distended Drama

Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi's 'The Black Ball' is part literary mystery and part queer elegy, lyrical in patches and ...

Penelope Cruz Lights up Los Javis’ Queer García Lorca Epic ‘The Black Ball,’ Earning 16-Minute Cannes Ovation

Penelope Cruz and Glenn Close star in Los Javis' Cannes competition debut, inspired by an unfinished Federico García Lorca ...

‘The Boroughs’ Creators Jeffrey Addiss & Will Matthews Break Down The Netflix Series They “Could Only Do With The Duffer Brothers”

This piece contains some spoilers for Season 1 of The Boroughs on Netflix. The second of two 2026 projects shepherded to ...

‘The Black Ball’ Review: Los Javis’ Era-Spanning Monument to Gay Storytellers Is a Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

Cannes: Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi blend real and imaginary people in this Lorca-inspired ode to love stories buried by ...