A poetic approach to the island of Lanzarote. 　　Using only black and white footage accompanied by factual titles and a sparse piano and cello score, José Luis Guerin revives the language of silent cinema to capture the jagged textures of the landscape of Lanzarote and evoke its turbulent history. Yet De una isla is anything but stuck in the past: these 16 mm images are alive with the elemental presence of an island made by lava and whipped by the waves. 　　Nicholas Elliott