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Forty years from now when we'll look back at Penelope Cruz's career, we'll say that her best work was with Spanish maestro Pedro Almodovar, and yet despite her brilliant turns in Live Flesh, All About My Mother, Volver and now Broken Embraces, I predict that there is much more richer, grandeur performances to unearth from this pairing's vault.

Pedro Almodovar has done it again. His most latest oeuvre Volver has conquered the soul of moviegoers and critics alike, as it happened before with cinema darlings Talk to Her and All About My Mother, among others. As usual, he opened in Spain in the early spring and he started collecting awards all over the world. Landing in American theaters in November it’s also part of the ritual: oscar season is up and running and once again, Almodovar and his movie are strong contenders for nominations. This 57 year-old Spanish director is among the few foreigners that has not only won (All About My Mother) and been nominated (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown) for the Oscar in the foreign language feature category but has also been a contender (and a winner) for best screenwriter and director for Talk to Her.

The first batch of titles were announced in August, and now with Locarno and Venice firming up the selection process, we now have our...

Sundance has Sebastian Silva. Cannes has the Dardenne Bros. And at this point, we can call him a VIP guest at Toronto Intl. Film...

Almost a full year before it likely premieres In Comp at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival (where it will surely compete against his produced...