Cinema updates: La Bola Negra arrives in theaters and Brad Pitt stars in new survival film

The film La Bola Negra, directed by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo, is arriving in theaters following its screening at Cannes and its selection to represent Spain at the Oscars. Inspired by Federico García Lorca and adapting Alberto Conejero’s La piedra oscura, the film connects three stories across different eras to explore themes of memory, homosexuality, and queer identity.

Other notable releases include the animated adventure La isla olvidada, directed by Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado, which follows two friends transported to an island inhabited by creatures from Philippine folklore. In the survival genre, Brad Pitt stars in En el corazón de la bestia, directed by David Ayer, featuring a former Special Forces member and his military dog surviving the Alaskan wilderness. Additionally, the sequel Fall 2: Deadpoint arrives, focusing on survival and vertigo in Thailand.