Tag: Pedro Almodóvar
Festival de Cannes Review: Volver (2006)
Prix du scénario – Pedro Almodóvar Prix d’interprétation féminine – Chus Lampreave, Yohana Cobo, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Penélope Cruz As vibrant, as powerful, as funny, as dramatic,…
7 Festival de Cannes Winners to Watch Right Now: Prix du scénario (Best Screenplay)
Setting the scene. Building character. Applying the dialogue. Structuring the story. I mean, it’s a tireless cliché that the motion picture process begins with the…
Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain and Glory Earns 16 Goya Nominations
It is no surprise to see the maestro himself, Pedro Almodóvar, again hitting big with a nomination tally of 16 for Pain and Glory at…
European Film Awards Nominees include Pedro Almodovar, Yorgos Lanthimos and, er, Roman Polanski
Given the very recent news on further allegations, it is certainly not timely to see Roman Polanski score several nominations with the 2019 European Film…
Parasite Walks Away With the Palme d’Or: Cannes 2019
The 72nd edition of the festival wrapped up tonight with Bong-Joon Hu’s Parasite winning the Palme d’Or. Bong becomes the first Korean director to win…
About Átame: Pedro Almodóvar’s Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Pedro Almodóvar is another kind of genius. If you have been reading our team’s articles this past week or if you’re a fan of his…
Festival de Cannes 72 Countdown: Todo sobre mi madre / All About My Mother, 1999
We excitedly countdown to the 72nd Festival de Cannes with a different prize winning film each day. Todo sobre mi madre / All About My…
Festival de Cannes 72 Countdown: La piel que habito / The Skin I Live In, 2011
We excitedly countdown to the 72nd Festival de Cannes with a different prize winning film each day. La piel que habito / The Skin I…
The 10 Best Pedro Almodóvar Films
No Matador? Law of Desire? High Heels? Well, I’m just one man, and as a friend of mine said to me earlier, those films are…
2 Takes On Passion and Desire From Pedro Almodóvar
Without giving too much away about the 10 Best Pedro Almodóvar Films coming up tomorrow, but with no Matador (1986) and High Heels (1991) making the…
Pedro Almodóvar Review: La Mala Educacion / Bad Education
Only Pedro Almodóvar could take the film noir genre and transform it into a bold statement from queer cinema. Bad Education is Vertigo if the…
Masterpiece Memo: Pedro Almodóvar's Hable con ella / Talk to Her, 2002
*** Potential spoilers ahead *** Spanish comedy-melodrama, lascivious, vibrant, organic, is Pedro Almodóvar‘s forte. Though it is fair to declare that he is the master…
Streaming Pedro Almodóvar – 2000-16
And finally, the movies made by Pedro Almodóvar from 2002 til the present day. All available to stream online, so get your laptops charged up,…
Streaming Pedro Almodóvar – 1990-99
Into the 90s we go then, if that’s your Pedro Almodóvar flavor for this Directors’ Series – see below for the platform to stream every film…
