The Queen of Spain

The Queen of Spain, a light ensemble romp from the veteran director Fernando Trueba, has fun with movie lore even as it pillories Hollywood’s deal-making with the Francisco Fran...

Penélope Cruz rescues this frequently silly comedy, set on a 1950s film set in Franco’s Spain, as a larger-than-life actor in an entertaining, at times exasperating story.

Fernando Trueba’s silly sequel to 'The Girl of Your Dreams' sees Pénelope Cruz as a 1950s movie star returning to Madrid to film a musical about Queen Isabella of Spain.

Fernando Trueba’s sequel to 'The Girl of Your Dreams,' starring Penelope Cruz as a '50s Hollywood star shooting a movie back in her Spanish homeland, will receive a gala screeni...

Sumptuous production and costume design coupled with José Luis Alcaine’s expert cinematography make it a feast for the eyes…but there’s not much more substance.

It's confounding that writer-director Fernando Trueba fails to probe the film's political implications.

“The Girl of Your Dreams,” released in 1998, had Macarena and her on-set collaborators dealing with Naziism, at a time when Spanish films were made in Germany.