Bitter Christmas' is mid-tier Pedro Almodóvar: immaculately art-directed and color-blocked, as per, and plenty enjoyable.

The chief lesson of Talk to Her, Pedro Almodovar’s meandering and disappointing new film, might be an unintentional one: Beware of films that do your llorando (crying) for you. The film opens, after a ...

An official synopsis for the film, translated from Spanish, reads: “Elsa is an advertising director whose mother dies during a long December holiday weekend. She throws herself into work as a form of ...

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 ...

The Spanish auteur's next Cannes title, 'Bitter Christmas,' is just the sixth feature film for Smit. It also happens to be the first time she's had a character written just for her: "I'm in a dream!" ...

Pedro Almodóvar’s film about two fictional directors ends up brutally interrogating the Spanish auteur’s own work ...

Bitter Christmas is the latest movie from master craftsman, Pedro Almodóvar, and the new picture has scored some very positive reviews thus far. While it is expected to potentially play at Cannes, ...

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 ...

Pedro Almodóvar has never shied away from making movies close to himself and the act of making movies themselves. With his ...