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2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Human Voice

October 17, 2020 by Shaun Munro

The Human Voice, 2020. Co-written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Tilda Swinton. SYNOPSIS: A woman watches time passing next to the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up, but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn’t understand that his master has abandoned him. Two living beings facing abandonment. All […]

Filed Under: London Film Festival, Movies, Reviews, Shaun Munro Tagged With: 2020 BFI London Film Festival, Pedro Almodóvar, The Human Voice, Tilda Swinton

Movie Review – Pain & Glory (2019)

October 31, 2019 by EJ Moreno

Pain & Glory, 2019. Directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Penélope Cruz, Julieta Serrano and Leonardo Sbaraglia. SYNOPSIS: A film director reflects on the choices he’s made in life as past and present come crashing down around him.   The title of Pain & Glory is a truly perfect way to describe […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Julieta Serrano, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Pain and Glory, Pedro Almodóvar, Penelope Cruz

Movie Review – Pain and Glory (2019)

August 27, 2019 by Matt Rodgers

Pain and Glory

Pain and Glory, 2019. Directed by Pedro Almodovar. Starring Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Penélope Cruz, Leonardo Sbaraglia, César Vicente, Asier Flores, Nora Navas, Julieta Serrano and Raúl Arévalo. SYNOPSIS: A legendary director, Salvador Mallo (Antonio Banderas) reflects on his distinguished life and career, taking in relationships with his mother (Penélope Cruz), problematic leading men (Asier […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Asier Flores, César Vicente, Julieta Serrano, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas, Pain and Glory, Pedro Almodóvar, Penelope Cruz, Raúl Arévalo

Movie Review – Pain and Glory (2019)

August 23, 2019 by Tom Beasley

Pain and Glory, 2019. Directed by Pedro Almodovar. Starring Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Penélope Cruz, Leonardo Sbaraglia, César Vicente, Asier Flores, Nora Navas, Julieta Serrano and Raúl Arévalo. SYNOPSIS: An ageing filmmaker is haunted by some of the ghosts of his past as he prepares for a restored screening of one of his most memorable […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Tom Beasley Tagged With: Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Asier Flores, César Vicente, Julieta Serrano, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas, Pain and Glory, Pedro Almodóvar, Penelope Cruz, Raúl Arévalo

UK poster and trailer for Pedro Almodovar’s Pain and Glory starring Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz

June 22, 2019 by Amie Cranswick

Pathe has released a UK poster and trailer for writer-director Pedro Almodovar’s upcoming drama Pain and Glory which reunites the acclaimed director with his frequent collaborators Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz alongside a cast that also includes Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas and Julieta Serrano Some of them in the flesh, others remembered: his […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Julieta Serrano, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas, Pain and Glory, Pedro Almodóvar, Penelope Cruz

Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz star in first trailer for Pedro Almodovar’s Dolor y Gloria

February 1, 2019 by Amie Cranswick

Sony Pictures has released the first trailer for Dolor y Gloria (a.k.a. Pain and Glory), the new film from Pedro Almodovar which reunites the director with his frequent collaborators Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz; watch it here… “Dolor y Gloria narrates a series of reunions of Salvador Mallo, a film director in his decline. Some of […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Antonio Banderas, Dolor y Gloria, Pedro Almodóvar, Penelope Cruz

Is Cinema Really Dead If Scorsese Says It Is?

January 22, 2017 by Henry Bevan

Henry Bevan on whether cinema is really dead… The ‘cinema is dead’ narrative has gone around for a while. It is normally spouted by some blogger who wants to get across their “hot take”. But, sometimes, someone of note joins in, and as 2016 came to a close, a director trifecta chimed in — Martin […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Henry Bevan, Movies Tagged With: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Captain America: Civil War, DC, DC Extended Universe, Deadpool, Doctor Strange, Martin Scorsese, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Pedro Almodóvar, Spider-Man 2, Suicide Squad, The Dark Knight, Zootopia, Zootropolis

Movie Review – Julieta (2016)

August 30, 2016 by Chris Haydon

Julieta, 2016. Directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Emma Suárez, Adriana Ugarte, Daniel Grao, Inma Cuesta, Michelle Jenner, Darío Grandinetti, Rossy de Palma and Mariam Bachir. SYNOPSIS: The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair and she is […]

Filed Under: Chris Haydon, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Adriana Ugarte, Daniel Grao, Dario Grandinetti, Emma Suárez, Inma Cuesta, Julieta, Mariam Bachir, Michelle Jenner, Pedro Almodóvar, Rossy de Palma

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