Curzon has shared a first teaser trailer for Bitter Christmas, the latest offering from acclaimed Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, which features a cast that includes Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Milena Smit, Carmen Machi, Bárbara Lennie, Rossy de Palma and Leonardo Sbaraglia. Check it out below… After her mother dies in December, advertising director Elsa immerses herself in […]
Movie Review – The Room Next Door (2024)
The Room Next Door, 2024. Written and Directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Tilda Swinton, Julianne Moore, John Turturro, Alessandro Nivola, Juan Diego Botto, Raúl Arévalo, Victoria Luengo, Alex Høgh Andersen, Esther-Rose McGregor, Alvise Rigo, Melina Matthews, Sarah Demeestere, Anh Duong, Antonios Antoniadis, Francesc Tort, and Paolo Luka Noé. SYNOPSIS: Ingrid and Martha were close friends […]
2024 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Room Next Door
The Room Next Door, 2024. Directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton, John Turturro, Alessandro Nivola. SYNOPSIS: Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation. Pedro Almodóvar […]
Tilda Swinton & Julianne Moore star in the trailer for Pedro Almodóvar’s critically acclaimed The Room Next Door
Warner Bros. has released the official trailer for Pedro Almodóvar’s feature-length English Language debut, The Room Next Door, which stars the powerhouse duo of Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore as two-friends reuniting under difficult circumstances. The film has been wowing audiences on the festival circuits and screens as part of this year’s BFI London Film […]
Trailer for Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton
Sony Pictures has shared a trailer for The Room Next Door, writer-director Pedro Almodóvar’s first English language feature. Based on Sigrid Nunez’s novel What Are You Going Through, the drama stars Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton are two friends that lost contact due to the circumstances of life, who are brought back together through an […]
Movie Review – Carmen (2023)
Carmen, 2023. Directed by Benjamin Millepied. Starring Melissa Barrera, Paul Mescal, Rossy de Palma, Elsa Pataky, Nicole da Silva, Tara Morice, Benedict Hardie, Kaan Guldur, Pip Edwards, Nico Cortez, Kevin MacIsaac, Richard Brancatisano, Ryan Oliver Gelbart, Corey London, Alejandro Corsino, Marina Tamayo, and Sadie Thornton. SYNOPSIS: Benjamin Millepied’s complete reimagining of Carmen tells a story […]
Movie Review – Parallel Mothers (2021)
Parallel Mothers, 2021. Written and Directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Penélope Cruz, Milena Smit, Israel Elejalde, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Rossy de Palma, Daniela Santiago, Julieta Serrano, Ainhoa Santamaría, Adelfa Calvo, and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón. SYNOPSIS: Two unmarried women who have become pregnant by accident and are about to give birth meet in a hospital room: Janis, middle-aged, […]
Pedro Almodóvar would like to make a Batgirl movie
Recently, it has been a trend for journalists to ask every director possible whether they would be interested in potentially directing a superhero movie in the future – which has received mostly negative results. However, during an AFI Fest screening of Parallel Mothers (via Variety), director Pedro Almodóvar (Pain and Glory) has gone the other way […]
Where to start with Pedro Almodóvar
Chris Connor on Pedro Almodóvar… Pedro Almodóvar has been at the forefront of European cinema for five decades, starting with his early eccentric comedies like Pepi, Luci, Bom, Matador and Law of Desire. With his latest Parallel Mothers featuring prominently on the autumn festival circuit and earning positive early reviews from its Venice premiere, now […]
Trailer for Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers starring Penelope Cruz
Sony Pictures Classics has released a trailer for Parallel Mothers, the new film from Pedro Almodóvar which sees Penelope Cruz leading a cast that includes Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Milena Smit, Israel Elejalde, Julieta Serrano and Rossy de Palma. Check it out below, along with the NSFW poster… Two women, Janis and Ana, coincide in a hospital […]
