Pedro Almodóvar is the kind of filmmaker who doesn’t just make movies; he makes emotional spectacles. If you have ever watched one of his films, you know exactly what we are talking about. The bold ...
Bitter Christmas' is mid-tier Pedro Almodóvar: immaculately art-directed and color-blocked, as per, and plenty enjoyable.
The melodrama, which premiered in competition at the French festival, marks the 76-year-old director's return to his native language after making his English-language debut with the Venice-winning ...
Pedro Almodóvar is known for mining his own personal experience, but Bitter Christmas (Amarga Navidad) explores this on a whole new level. His viewpoint is reflected in the film in two interwoven ...
A review of Bitter Christmas, which finds Pedro Almodóvar digs into his own profession again in a movie that explores ...
Pedro Almodóvar's latest movie at the Cannes Film Festival, Bitter Christmas, sored a 9-minute ovation after its premiere ...
A tortured filmmaker writes — and re-writes — a screenplay about a tortured filmmaker in this satisfying late-career gem from ...
Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Bitter Christmas’ is a witty, self-reflective tragicomedy that struggles to find its emotional center.
New films by Polish filmmaker Paweł Pawlikowski, Japanese writer-director Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Spain’s Pedro Almodovar will premiere at the 79th Cannes Film Festival next month. Organizers for the ...
The Spanish director, who will make his English-language feature debut with the upcoming 'The Room Next Door,' will be honored with the Donostia Award for his contributions to cinema. By Scott ...