“Él”  — 4K 12/02/25

Luis Buñuel’s most personal drama billboards a ‘strange obsession’ yet ends up expressing the full injustice of the sexual status quo in polite society. A pillar of the community marries but finds his skewed notion of a romantic ideal betrayed from the start. Paranoid machismo and toxic jealousy is an entryway to full-on mania. The surreal is present but always at the service of truth. Matinee idol Arturo de Cordoba externalizes Buñuel’s internal contradictions for a character most men will recognize as at least partly in themselves. Filmed by Gabriel Figueroa; with excellent extras including a full half-hour of Buñuel in a candid interview. On 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection.
12/02/25