Childhood is so often seen as a period of unbridled promise and accumulation — of things, of knowledge, of friends and family — that the death of a parent can seem like the most confounding and ...

A delicate sleeper of a film that movingly looks at an orphaned six-year-old's loneliness and confusion without the usual dip into sentimentality. A 6-year-old orphan goes to live with her uncle’s ...

BARCELONA — A coming-of-age told from the perspective of a six-year-old orphan who is forced to live with her aunt and uncle, “Summer 1993” is the first feature of Barcelona-based Carla Simón.

SAN DIEGO — In the summer of 1993, News 8's the Unknown Eater took viewers on a culinary tour of San Diego. From the best outdoor dining spots to coffee shops to premade picnic baskets, Jim ...

Writer-director Carla Simón, whose gentle, poetic drama “Summer 1993” reflects on the time she went to live with her uncle’s family after the death of her mother, offers a relatable array of candid ...

In Barcelona a household is being packed up, literally and figuratively, following the death of a mother. Her six-year-old daughter, Frida, is taken to the Catalonia countryside, to the home of her ...

Watch a clip from the movie "Summer 1993," directed by Carla Simón. Photo: Oscilloscope Much of the magic of being a movie star lies in stillness—reacting subtly, or not at all, while the audience ...

Welcome to Combing the 100% Club. In this column, I’ll be reviewing and recommending lesser-known members of Rotten Tomatoes’ 100% Club — the site’s trove of films with perfect Tomatometer scores.

In some ways, childhood means living at the mercy of the universe. This is especially true if it’s the 1990s and the AIDS virus has made an orphan of you. You have no say in where you live, or even in ...