Moncloa Confidencial

El periodo que Fernando Fernán Gómez transcurrió en Roma para trabajar en el rodaje de la película La conciencia acusa del director checo Pabst marcó el futuro cinematográfico y personal de quien llegó a convertirse en uno de los intelectuales españoles más respetados y queridos de todos los tiempos. Los encuentros con los más celebrados artistas y las estrellas del cine de la época, la contagiosa euforia de la Roma de la posguerra (en contraste con la sofocante atmósfera de la dictadura franquista en España) y el aire internacional y mundano de la capital italiana dejaron una...

Una lectura mágica, encantada y sumamente culta, donde nos vemos obligados a reflexionar sobre los alcances de la ciencia de hoy; los límites de una mirada mecanicista del mundo y las posibilidades de la mente humana

Philip Norman's family considered themselves genteel yet somehow became involved in the opportunistic world of seaside trade on the Isle of Wight. With masterly skill, Norman recreates his upbringing among this gallery of social misfits - his handsome but unstable father Clive, once a dashing RAF officer, now a reluctant showman at the end of Ryde Pier, his pub-owning Uncle Phil, who dresses as a woman every New Year's Eve, and his irresistible Grandma Norman who presides over her rock kiosk and rules the troubled family like a Mafia don. The year is 1953. While Britain celebrates the...

At 16, Salvador Dali had already developed the remarkable ego and uncanny perception that would distinguish him as one of the most notorious artists of the 20th century. A self-proclaimed surrealist, an avant-garde exhibitionist, and a criticized commercialist with questionable political affiliations, Dali was anything but benign. Via the artist's correspondence, diary, and autobiography, Gibson meticulously stitches together the wild characters and deep-dish details of Dali's life.