Pain and glory (original title: Dolor y gloria) is the latest film by the Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar. Released in 2019, it stars Antonio Banderas as the protagonist accompanied by a series of great-caliber actors and actresses (and mostly old acquaintances of Almodóvar) such as Penélope Cruz, Cecilia Roth, Leonardo Sbaraglia… In my opinion, either … More Pain And Glory: Movie Review
Asghar Farhadi is a young (46 years old) and talented Iranian director: two of his movies have won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, not to mention his countless other awards. It’s easy to understand why for his first Spanish production (actually, it’s a collaboration between Spain, France, and Italy) he managed to work with … More Everybody Knows: Movie Review
I finally saw what’s almost unanimously considered an excellent Spanish horror movie: [Rec], the 2007 film directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza (I recently saw Verónica directed by the latter and I must admit that it didn’t impress me) with Manuela Velasco. Long story short, I liked [Rec]! Here’s my two cents on it. … More [Rec]: Movie Review
And by now I’ve already seen four movies by Pedro Almodóvar, after this one, this one and this one. And maybe the time has come to stop, I thought while watching Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown… Let me explain. This 1988 movie was the first great critical and box office success of … More Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown: Movie Review
After 25 years (“of making… and unmaking”), at last Terry Gilliam made The man who killed Don Quixote, and it’s in theaters now! The protagonists of this successful attempt are Adam Driver (that is Kylo Ren in the new Star Wars movies) and Jonathan Pryce (an old acquaintance of Gilliam who worked with him in … More The Man Who Killed Don Quixote: Movie Review
And here I am with my second review of a film by Almodóvar after the one I wrote on All about my mother. This time I watched Volver (2006), another movie with an almost all-female cast where Penelope Cruz and Lola Dueñas stand out. Did I like it? Let’s say that I was entertained thanks … More Volver: Movie Review
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