Tag Archives: Pedro Almodovar

DVD review | The Skin I Live In – Almodóvar and Banderas, back together and as provocative as ever!

Posted on 22 December 2011 by Jason Best

Arch provocateur Pedro Almodóvar reunites with his 1980s leading man Antonio Banderas for the dark thriller The Skin I Live In, the first time the pair have worked together since the heady days of such films as Law of Desire, … Continue reading →

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Win the DVD and book of Pedro Almodóvar’s thriller The Skin I Live In

Posted on 15 December 2011 by peter

Academy Award winning director Pedro Almodóvar is back with the frightening, yet captivating, high-class thriller The Skin I Live In, which comes to Blu-ray and DVD on 26 December from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. Based on Thierry Jonquet’s bestselling … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | Broken Embraces – Pedro’s camera adores luminous Penélope

Posted on 1 February 2010 by Jason Best

Pedro Almodóvar lush romantic melodrama Broken Embraces doesn’t find the director at the very top of his game – it’s just a little too self-indulgent and self-referential to match such triumphs as Talk to Her and Volver – but even … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Broken Embraces – Penélope Cruz lights up Pedro Almodóvar’s lush romantic melodrama

Posted on 28 August 2009 by Jason Best

Pedro Almodóvar reunites with favourite leading lady Penélope Cruz for the first time since their triumph with 2006’s tragic-comic melodrama Volver. Broken Embraces, their new movie, doesn’t scale its predecessor’s heights but still contains much to delight fans of both … Continue reading →

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Cannes Lifts Off – but the world’s most glamorous film festival tones down the glitz

Posted on 13 May 2009 by heidi

The 62nd Cannes Film Festival lifts off today with the world premiere of Pixar’s Up, but as the red carpets are rolled out, reports are circulating that the Festival’s trademark glitz has been toned down from blinding to merely squint-worthy thanks to the … Continue reading →

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