Spanish auteur Julio Medem goes politico-provocative with the "The Basque Game, Skin Against Stone," a multi-perspective docu study of the Basque region and its complex web of often bloody problems ...

MADRID — By Sept. 17, the 51st San Sebastian Film Festival already had a standout pic. That’s curious: The fest hadn’t even begun, the film had hardly been seen, and its producers hadn’t courted press ...

It’s a Wednesday night... game night for Ysabel Bilbao. She’s part of a women’s league that plays the Basque racket sport of pelota. "As we go downstairs, this is what I describe as the fight club ...

Tradition and culture drew the local Basque community Saturday for the 80th annual Kern County Basque Festival. In between food and drinks there were demonstrations of the game pelota, along with a ...

Julio Medem (Sex and Lucia) directed this 2003 documentary about the Basque separatist movement. In Spanish with subtitles. 115 min. The Reader is free. Producing it isn’t. And without your support, ...