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Posts Tagged "Pedro Almodovar"
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All About My Mother [Todo sobre mi madre] ***** (1999, Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Antonia San Juan, Penélope Cruz, Candela Peña) – Classic Movie Review 3582
Spanish writer-director Pedro Almodóvar‘s 13th feature film is this triumphant Oscar-winning 1999 drama starring Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Antonia San Juan, Penélope Cruz and Candela Peña. The film is dedicated ‘To all actresses who have played actresses. To all women who […]
Labyrinth of Passion [Laberinto de Pasiones] **½ (1982, Cecilia Roth, Imanol Arias, Helga Liné, Antonio Banderas, Marta Fernández Muro) – Classic Movie Review 3578
Spanish enfant terrible cult director Pedro Almodóvar‘s 1982 second feature film arrived belatedly in Britain in 1992 on the back of his later hits. Almodóvar’s early, hesitant sex comedy is more oddball than screwball. Celia Roth stars […]
Live Flesh [Carne Trémula] **** (1997, Liberto Rabal, Javier Bardem, Francesca Neri, Ángela Molina, José Sancho, Penélope Cruz) – Classic Movie Review 3581
Spanish writer-director Pedro Almodóvar‘s sexy and thrilling 1997 12th feature film Live Flesh, or Carne Trémula in Spanish (literally ‘trembling flesh’), is a romantic drama thriller starring Liberto Rabal, Javier Bardem, and Francesca Neri. Almodóvar again successfully […]
Broken Embraces [Los abrazos rotos] **** (2009, Penélope Cruz, Lluís Homar, Blanca Portillo, José Luis Gómez, Tamar Novas) – Classic Movie Review 3580
Spanish writer-director Pedro Almodóvar‘s stylish 2009 17th feature film is a romantic thriller film starring Lluís Homar as blind screenwriter Harry Caine, who recalls his tragic love for Lena (Penélope Cruz), the deceased lead actress in his last film. Blanca Portillo […]
Volver **** (2006, Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Yohana Cobo, Blanca Portillo, Chus Lampreave) – Classic Movie Review 3579
This tantalising and sophisticated 2006 comedy crime drama is Spanish enfant terrible cult director Pedro Almodóvar‘s 18th feature film. Its star Penélope Cruz was Oscar nominated in 2007 for her performance here and became the first Spanish actress ever […]
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown [Mujeres al Borde de un Ataque de Nervios] **** (1988, Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, María Barranco, Rossy de Palma, Julieta Serrano) – Classic Movie Review 3577
This outrageous, stylised, dazzling 1988 Spanish screwball comedy deservedly made the international reputation of Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, turning him from enfant terrible into one of cinema’s biggest names. In a breakout crossover hit, it […]
Law of Desire **** (1987, Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Miguel Molina, Eusebio Poncela) – Classic Movie Review 3570
Writer-director Pedro Almodóvar’s amusingly provocative 1987 Spanish comedy drama about two male lovers and the sex-change sister (Carmen Maura) of one of them is a highly animated and deliciously extravagant movie. Eusebio Poncela stars as Pablo, who writes […]