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Cate Blanchett to Star in Pedro Almodóvar’s First English Film, “A Manual For Cleaning Women”

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…

Film Review – ‘Parallel Mothers’ is a Dependably Involving and Resonant Story from Pedro Almodóvar

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…