NYFF 2011. Pedro Almodóvar's "The Skin I Live In"
David Hudson“Almodóvar’s most formally complex, bravura film since All About My Mother (1999).”
Pedro Almodovar
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Movie Poster of the Week: The Posters of the 49th New York Film Festival
Adrian CurryA look at the posters for the films in the main slate of this year’s New York Film Festival.
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In the UK. Pedro Almodóvar's "The Skin I Live In"
David HudsonAlmodóvar’s gothic horror opens in the UK before moving on to the Toronto and New York film festivals.
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Cannes 2011. Pedro Almodóvar's "The Skin I Live In"
David HudsonUpdated through 5/21. "It is almost a given that detractors of the newest from Pedro Almodóvar will blurt out the film's baroque twists in their contortions to craft the glibbest dismissal possible;
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In Theaters: "Bad Lieutenant," "Broken Embraces," "Twilight"...
David Hudson"The German" is returning to Germany. Even if only for a couple of weeks. "Werner Herzog, one of the most important filmmakers of Auteur Cinema, will be the President of the International Jury at the
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The Auteurs Daily: NYFF. Broken Embraces
David HudsonAs the New York Film Festival closes tonight with Pedro Almodóvar's Broken Embraces, I should note that there's still a handful of entries on films screened at this year's event in the works and that
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Video of the Day: Pedro Almodóvar Talks Penélope Cruz and "Broken Embraces"
NotebookBroken Embraces opens in U.K. theatres August 28.
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The Auteurs Daily: Women
David HudsonThis week's New York Times Magazine is a special issue devoted to an argument: "Women's Rights are the Cause of Our Time." On Tuesday, Criterionreleases Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman, 23
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Cannes 2009: Leave Her to Hell ("Abrazos Rotos," Almodóvar)
David PhelpsThere’s one great image in Abrazos Rotos, and it’s straight from Godard’s Prenom Carmen: a hand, in silhouette, hovers over a blue, static TV screen. It’s not a great image because it’s pretty. Almodóvar