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Jan 13, 2017

Almodovar’s Stylish ‘Julieta’ Lacks Substance

The director’s adaptation of Alice Munro’s short stories is unsatisfying.

Jul 05, 2013

Out of Frame: I’m So Excited

I’m So Excited will leave you anything but.

Oct 21, 2011

Out of Frame: The Skin I Live In

Pedro Almodóvar’s window into his work of art turns out to be no less obsessive, meticulous and distanced than his character’s attitude towards his own creation.

Dec 18, 2009

Out of Frame: Broken Embraces

Everybody’s cup of tea: Penélope Cruz acts as an actor in a film within a film. Nearly every movie Pedro Almodóvar makes is a gift to cinema lovers, but that’s especially true of Broken Embraces. The film continues the director’s streak of reliably elegant, original works, making the case, once again, that there are few, if any, other European directors working today who can match his particular blend of thought-provoking, artful, yet wholly accessible…

 
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