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America has seduced many of our greatest international filmmakers – but it can come at a cost

INSIDE FILM: The psychodrama ‘Die My Love’, starring Jennifer Lawrence, is the latest trip to the US for Scottish director Lynne Ramsay, of ‘You Were Never Really Here’ fame. But, like Pedro Almodovar and Wong Kar-Wai before her, leaving her homeland has slightly sanded off her edges, argues Xan Brooks

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France brings Putin thriller to the screen at Venice Film Festival

The Venice Film Festival opened on Wednesday, with Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Cate Blanchett and Emma Stone among the stars walking the red carpet. France is strongly represented this year with three films in the main competition, including The Wizard of the Kremlin by Olivier Assayas, starring Jude Law as…

Radio France Internationale

Pedro Almodovar launches scathing attack on 'catastrophe' Donald Trump

Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar launched an excoriating attack on US president Donald Trump as he was honoured with the Chaplin award in New York on Monday (28.04.25).

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Somerset House announces special year of programming to mark 25-year anniversary

Among the luminaries celebrating the anniversary was Spanish director Pedro Almodovar and beloved children’s TV presenter Baroness Floella Benjamin.

The Independent UK

Notable Deaths Of 2024

From Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to British actress Maggie Smith and US music titan Quincy Jones, here are some of 2024's most notable deaths.

International Business Times

Pedro Almodóvar: 'We felt death's presence very strongly while shooting The Room Next Door'

The legendary Spanish director on what he learnt about mortality from his new film, why he loves working with Tilda Swinton and how he has to cast Penélope Cruz in his next film

Evening Standard

Feel like a movie? The top 50 films of all time according to Marcio Kogan

Marcio Kogan's top 50 films of all time; the architect taps into his passion for the moving image and shares with us his recommendations

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Pedro Almodovar: Chronicler Of Modern Spain Crowned In Venice

Born during the dark days of dictatorship, Pedro Almodovar -- awarded the top prize in Venice Saturday -- chronicled in vivid colour the reopening of Spanish society, and has come to embody his country's cinema.

International Business Times

Friendship Trumps Death In Almodovar's English-language Feature At Venice

Spain's Pedro Almodovar has a problem wrapping his head around death. Working in English for a full-length feature posed little problem, said Almodovar, who acknowledged he had initially been wary.

International Business Times

George Clooney, Brad Pitt Are Lone 'Wolfs' At Venice

Hollywood's two top leading men -- George Clooney and Brad Pitt -- promise to set the Venice Film Festival alight on Sunday with the premiere of their new film "Wolfs".

International Business Times

Loewe, Hermes And Goodbye To Van Noten At Paris Fashion Week

There was a surprising lack of leather at Hermes, a restrained but celeb-packed Loewe show, and a farewell for fashion great Dries Van Noten at Paris Fashion Week on Saturday.

International Business Times

Amid Israel’s onslaught of Gaza, Spain’s leader shows empathy for Palestine

Spain, which has long supported Palestine in the ongoing conflict, has upset Israel with its consistent condemnation.

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Strange Way of Life: Where to watch as film hits cinemas for one day only

The highly anticipated movie is finally being released in the UK

Evening Standard

Movie Review: 'Cassandro,' with Gabriel Garcia Bernal as a liberated luchador, is a winner

Anyone who has eagerly followed Gabriel Garcia Bernal since his breakthrough roles in “Amores Perros” and “Y tu mamá también” likely never foresaw him one day in the world of lucha libra wrestling

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Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke’s queer cowboy movie gets theatrical release

Pedro Almodóvar’s Strange Way Of Life is headed to the big screen

Boston Herald

Movie review: De Niro meets the parents — again — in ‘About My Father’

Although its title evokes Pedro Almodovar’s 1999 Oscar-winner “All About My Mother,” Robert De Niro’s comedy vehicle “About My Father” is more like a variation on a theme of the 2000 De Niro-starring hit “Meet the Parents.” Featuring De Niro as Chicago hairdresser Salvo Maniscalco, a part played by Tony…

Bangkok Post

Gay cowboys and glorious flesh

After the lukewarm opening film -- Maiwenn's Jeanne Du Barry, a fluffy costume drama starring Johnny Depp as King Louis XV -- the 76th Cannes Film Festival had its hottest ticket in a short film. Not just any short though: it's Pedro Almodovar's queer cowboy movie Strange Way Of Life,…

France 24

Cannes 2023: Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones on the red carpet

"A forever star and an illuminating artist": those were the words of actress Uma Thurman as she presented Michael Douglas with his Cannes lifetime achievement award. The 78-year-old actor was first at the festival with "The China Syndrome" in 1979 – but probably his most famous film presented was "Basic…

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Screen goddess Catherine Deneuve adorns Cannes Festival poster

The official poster for the Cannes Film Festival has been unveiled. In elegant black and white, it features the French actress Catherine Deneuve on a film shoot in 1968. Her daughter, Chiara Mastroianni, has been chosen to host the opening and closing ceremonies of the 76th edition which runs from…

Los Angeles Times

Pedro Almodovar steps away from his first English-language feature film

Spanish director Pedro Almodovar is going to wait a while longer before tackling a feature film in English.

The Hindu

‘Parellel Mothers’ movie: Digging up uncomfortable truths

Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar’s Parallel Mothers makes a political statement

Asharq Al-Awsat

How Spanish Cinema Hit the Big Time

With a Golden Bear for Spanish director Carla Simon and four compatriots nominated for Oscars, including superstars Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz, Spanish cinema has now begun to captivate a global audience. When Bardem and Cruz, who have been married for over a decade, were both tapped for Oscars, the…

Salon

Penélope Cruz: "I decide with my heart"

The "Parallel Mothers" star spoke to Salon about her fourth Oscar nod and the scene she was "terrified" to shoot

Tribune News Service

'Parallel Mothers' review: Pedro Almodovar, Penelope Cruz deliver another beautiful winner

Pedro Almodovar and Penelope Cruz make beautiful movies together. You watch their latest collaboration, "Parallel Mothers," with simultaneous joy and regret: the former for the way in which the film creates its rich world, the latter for the fact that by necessity it must eventually end. It has numerous Almodovar…

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