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Husbands. USA, 1970 (138 minutes). Director: John Cassavetes. Performers: Ben Gazzara, John Cassavetes, Peter Falk, Jenny Runacre, Noelle Kao.

Many directors today proclaim that they make independent films, although they film under the protection of large companies and offer products as academic as a work by James Ivory. John Cassavetes did independent film almost two decades; he was a thematic renovator and an instigator of a risky and modern cinematographic language. In Husbands he reiterates his intention to harass the faces of his characters to strip his emotions by means of electric close-ups, waves his camera with as much precision as vividness and pursues subjects confronted with the longings and miseries of their lives as a result of the death of a common friend

20.45 / The 1

Spain-England in the League of Nations

La Roja faces its third match of the League of Nations, the new UEFA competition. The players of Luis Enrique are measured with England in the Benito Villamarín stadium in a match in which a victory would serve to qualify mathematically for the final four of the competition. A draw would also be an optimal result, since Croatia would have to beat Spain by seven goals in their future match.

22.30 / The Sixth

The desolation of Smaug

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. USA, 2013 (160 minutes). Director: Peter Jackson. Intérpetes: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen.

Criticism destroyed this second installment of the adaptation of The Hobbit, of Tolkien, even more than the first, inciting in a certain sin: his obsession with gigantism. However, he did not know how Peter Jackson showed that he is one of the few directors capable of creating poetic flashes in a movie with the soul of blockbuster His staging, which gives full meaning to his images, meticulous and detailed, achieves a film as meaning as epic that unites intimacy and adventure.

22.40 / Telecinco

Nemo and Malcolm protect Lara

After the beating received at the hands of the members of the Tigre gang, Lara is still in danger. The fourth installment of the series Live without permission tells how Nemo and Malcolm are organized to protect it. Among his plans is that Nemo retains the mother of the Tiger, which will cause more anger. In the midst of all this, the young lady soon finds out that it was her father who paid for her studies.

0.40 / Antenna 3

Speechless

Speechless USA, 1995 (91 minutes). Director: Ron Underwood. Performers: Michael Keaton, Geena Davis, Christopher Reeve, Bonnie Bedelia.

In the frightening panorama of the American comedy of the nineties, works like Speechless They stood out with ease. A nice movie, with rhythm, filmed with extreme solvency and that is not lost in gags Irritants or accommodated. Michael Keaton and Geena Davis are advisors to two rival politicians. They can not think of anything other than falling in love, which leads to predictable but fun entanglements.