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Pedro Almodovar

Film Review: Pedro Almodovar’s “Parallel Mothers” — Let It Bear You Away

Pedro Almodovar’s latest, Parallel Mothers, sets up a dialectic between women’s regenerative powers and the blood-soaked history of pre-WWII Spain.

By: Erica Abeel Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Erica Abeel, Parallel Mothers, Pedro Almodovar

Film Review: “Pain and Glory” — Almodovar’s Remembrance of Things Past

What remains so seductive about Almodovar is the way he replicates the movement of thought, creating a seamless weave between the story moving forward — rather minimal in this case — and the richer, more luminous past.

By: Erica Abeel Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Erica Abeel, Pain and Glory, Pedro Almodovar

Culture Vulture: 11 reasons to see “Broken Embraces”

By Helen Epstein “Broken Embraces” at Kendall Square and Embassy Cinemas 1: Pedro Almodovar, one of the most interesting directorial sensibilities of our time, whose films probe our infinite varieties of experience in love and work 2: Penelope Cruz, an original who also incarnates the best of the many movie stars — American and European […]

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Film Tagged: Broken Embraces, Culture Vulture, Film, Pedro Almodovar, Penelope Cruz, Spain

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