Tag: Penélope Cruz
Ferrari | Review
I Got a Fast Car: Mann Gets Glossy with Longstanding Labor of Love
For his first theatrical release in eight years and his second biopic...
2023 Gotham Awards: All of Us Strangers Leads Noms, but it’s a “Past Lives” vs. “A Thousand and One” Event
In what is an increasingly convoluted ceremony (remember that each category is determined by a mere five individuals), All of Us Strangers takes the...
35th European Film Awards: A Cannes Comp rematch for Ali Abbasi, Lukas Dhont & Ruben Ôstlund
Three huge winners at this year's Cannes Film Festival lead the noms for the 35th European Film Awards. Lukas Dhont’s Close, Ali Abbasi’s Holy...
L’immensità | 2022 Venice Film Festival Review
This Boy’s Life: Crialese Cuts Corners in Well-Meant Trans Coming-of-Age Drama
Director Emanuele Crialese explores the slow disintegration of a dysfunctional family in 1970s Rome...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #93. Emanuele Crialese’s L’immensità
L'immensità
Working at a pace that hovers around one feature per five years, Emanuele Crialese took a longer than usual "sabbatical" after Terraferma premiered at...
Parallel Mothers (Madres paralelas) | Review
The Lives of Mothers: Almodovar’s Melodrama Mines the Personal and Political
Coincidences abound in Parallel Mothers, the latest soap dish from Spain’s perennial auteur, Pedro...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #19. Pedro Almodóvar’s Madres paralelas
Madres paralelas
Produced by Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Written by Pedro Almodóvar
Starring: Penélope Cruz
Release Date/Prediction: If production does get greenlight in the1st quarter...
2019 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 5 – Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain and Glory
Pedro Almodóvar's Pain and Glory becomes the auteur's eighth trip to the Competition and already, comes positive buzz from way back in March having...
Everybody Knows (Todos Lo Saben) | Review
Iran So Far Away: Farhadi Stumbles with Spanish Soap Opera
Two-time Oscar-winning Iranian auteur Asghar Farhadi (A Separation; The Salesman) makes his Spanish-language debut with...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #4. Pain and Glory (Dolor y Gloria) – Pedro Almodóvar
Pain and Glory (Dolor y Gloria)
One of the most influential Spanish auteurs of all time, Pedro Almodóvar will be set to unveil his 21st...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #20. Wasp Network – Olivier Assayas
Wasp Network
French auteur Olivier Assayas (partner to Mia Hansen-Løve who we find on our list as well) shows no signs of slowing down (or for hopping...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #32. Todd Solondz’s Love Child
Love Child
A curious thing happened, and...didn't happen. The paired duet in Todd Solondz's Love Child did get together -- but it was for The...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #18. Asghar Farhadi’s Everybody Knows
Everybody Knows
Asghar Farhadi has quickly become the most prominent Iranian filmmaker over the past decade. After winning the Golden Bear at the 2011 Berlinale...
The Brothers Grimsby | Blu-ray Review
Not even the promise of a highly touted pachyderm gang bang was enough to generate box office appeal for Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest vehicle,...
Ma Ma | Review
Soap on a Rope: Medem Returns with Malignant Cancer Drama
It’s becoming harder and harder to remember the relevancy of Spanish filmmaker Julio Medem, a...
The Brothers Grimsby | Review
This is England: Leterrier Transports Raunchy, Nonsensical Comedy
If Adam Sandler was still interested in generating laughs, he might have eventually turned out something as...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #30. Pedro Almodóvar’s I’m So Excited
I’m So Excited
Director/Writer: Pedro Almodóvar
Producer(s): Agustín Almodóvar
U.S. Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Cast: Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, Paz Vega, Blanca Suárez, Lola Dueñas, Hugo Silva, Javier...