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 […]
Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz star in first trailer for Pedro Almodovar’s Dolor y Gloria
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 […]
Is Cinema Really Dead If Scorsese Says It Is?
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 […]
Movie Review – Julieta (2016)
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 […]