Author Spotlight

Gonzalo M. Pavés

Gonzalo M. Pavés is a professor in the department of art history at the Universidad de La Laguna. His research interests include classical film, Spanish cinema, and comics. He has published several papers and chapters nationally and internationally and various books including El cine negro de la RKO (2003), Perdición (Double Indemnity) (2020), Bigas Luna: El gran fabulador (2022), and Un paraíso herido: De cómo Hollywood reinventó las islas Canarias (2025).

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Ham, Eggs, and Milk: Bigas Luna’s Mediterranean Diet

In such provocative delights as Jamón jamón and Golden Balls, one of Spain’s most original directors celebrates the sensual pleasures of food and sex while capturing the rapid changes his country experienced at the turn of the millennium.

By Gonzalo M. Pavés

Features— Aug 25, 2025