Thursday, November 20th 2025

Sackville Film Society: KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN

Dir. BILL CONDON. USA. 2025. 128 mins Dreamgirls and Beauty and the Beast director Bill Con- don returns to the movie musical in this dazzling Technicolor-hued fantasy. Valentin (Diego Luna), a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina (Tonatiuh), a window dresser convicted or public indecency. The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favourite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna (Jennifer Lopez). Based on the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical hit.