Photo by Nobuhiro Hosoki Acclaimed Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar has announced that he’s withdrawing from further work on what would have been his first English-language feature, A Manual for Cleaning Women, starring Cate Blanchett. According to Deadline, Almodóvar made his decision after he realized he was not ready to continue with the project, though in…
Cate Blanchett will star in A Manual for Cleaning Women, the first English-language feature by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar. The film, now in the early stages of development, is based on Lucia Berlin’s 2015 short-story collection about women working in subservient jobs, such as laundresses, switchboard operators, and housecleaners. During her career, Blanchett captured two…
Pedro Almodóvar is a filmmaker who has been regaling audiences with his fantastical and deeply engrossing stories for decades. Among his most celebrated works are Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, All About My Mother, Talk to Her, and Volver. His ability to flesh out the inner thoughts and characteristics of seemingly ordinary…
Synopsis : Two women, Janis and Ana, coincide in a hospital room where they are going to give birth. Both are single and became pregnant by accident. Janis, middle-aged, doesn’t regret it and she is exultant. The other, Ana, an adolescent, is scared, repentant and traumatized. Janis tries to encourage her while they move like…
PARALLEL MOTHERS A film by Pedro Almodovar Sony Pictures Classics will release the film in theaters on December 24, 2021 Starring Penélope Cruz, Milena Smit, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, and Israel Elejalde, with Julieta Serrano and Rossy de Palma. Synopsis : Two women, Janis and Ana, coincide in a hospital room where they are going to give birth. Both are single and became pregnant by accident. online…
Acclaimed filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar will be back at the Venice Film Festival this year, with his latest, Parallel Mothers, opening the fest on September 1st. This film reteams Almodóvar with actress Penélope Cruz, who earned her first Oscar nomination for his 2006 entry Volver, and also stars Milena Smit, Israel Elejalde, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Julieta Serrano…
Pedro Almodóvar is back at the 62nd New York Film Festival with his first English-language feature film, The Room Next Door, adapted from the novel by Sigrid Nunez, who also wrote the book on which The Friend is based. (You can watch my review of the movie adapting that other book, which also played NYFF,…
©Courtesy of The Cannes Film Festival Today, the 2026 Cannes Film Festival lineup was revealed, with Cristian Mungiu and Hirokazu Kore-eda as well as two-time Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi and veteran American indie director Ira Sachs as the main names to debut new works. The competition lineup features a plethora of auteurs with a…
©Courtesy of Film at Lincoln Center / MOMA Film at Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art today announced the 55th edition of New Directors/New Films (ND/NF), taking place from April 8 through April 19, 2026, with filmmakers scheduled to attend in person. With a focus on innovative cinema that sets the stage for the future of…
Film at Lincoln Center (FLC) announced today that George Clooney will receive the 51st Chaplin Award at a gala evening on Monday, April 27, 2026. One of Hollywood’s most influential figures, Clooney is widely admired for his multifaceted career as an actor, director, and producer, as well as for his global humanitarian work and reputation for humility, quick…
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