A man comes up to me while I’m having breakfast in a bar. He tells me he’s seen “Bad Education” three times. I thank him, as I normally do. The first time I fell asleep, the stranger explains. Did it ...

Volver is the portrait of a dark, bleak Spain, which contrasts your colourful and passionate style. Did you want to use Franco’s "dark" Spain to then expose the passion of its people, despite the ...

In “Volver,” Pedro Almodóvar creates an impossibly beautiful film. He fuses themes of child abuse, deep superstition and female resilience, depicting something simultaneously powerful and surprisingly ...

Is there another male filmmaker who so celebrates the mystery of women as much as Pedro Almodovar? Only maverick director George Cukor similarly delighted in the intricacies and moods of the female ...

It's always unbridled fun, one of those don't-miss experiences I look forward to, approximately every two years: the new Almodovar movie. I refer to Pedro Almodovar, the flamboyant Spanish director ...