Penelope Cruz says message mattered more than screen time in 'The Black Ball' The Tribune, California 13:52
Penelope Cruz Reveals She Was Warned of Brain Aneurysm Mid-Shoot on Cannes Favorite ‘The Black Ball’: ‘I Thought I Was About to Die’ Variety 11:09
2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 9 – Javier Ambrossi & Javier Calvo’s ‘The Black Ball’ Ioncinema 22:22 Thu, 21 May
Penelope Cruz Lights Up Los Javis’ Queer García Lorca Epic ‘The Black Ball,’ Earning 16-Minute Cannes Ovation Variety 21:26 Thu, 21 May
‘La Bola Negra (The Black Ball)’ Review: Three Generations Of Queer Men Cross Paths In Javier Ambrossi And Javier Calvo’s Epic And Heartbreaking Melodrama... The Playlist 18:05 Thu, 21 May
‘The Black Ball’ Review: Los Javis’ Era-Spanning Monument to Gay Storytellers Is a Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius IndieWire 18:02 Thu, 21 May
‘The Black Ball’ Review: Vivid, Sweeping Epic About Gay Men in War-Torn Spain Is a Major Cannes Standout Hollywood Reporter 17:56 Thu, 21 May
‘The Black Ball’ Review: The Spirit of Lorca Binds Gay Men Across a Century in an Ambitious but Distended Drama Variety 17:51 Thu, 21 May
Mark Allen reveals nerves over black ball miss as snooker star fires back at shame frame criticism Daily Record 11:07 Sun, 03 May Article paywall
