Tag: Pedro Almodóvar
Change Your Gender, (Maybe) Change Your Life: Emilia Pérez
If some story aspects of Emilia Pérez seem familiar, it’s because writer-director Jacques Audiard was inspired by a particular chapter in Boris Razon’s 2018 novel, [Read More…]
Without Dolor, There Can Be No Gloria
If anyone was fated to play Pedro Almodóvar’s mother in a meta biopic of his life, it could have been none other than Penélope Cruz, [Read More…]
Uffie’s New Song “Drugs” Follows A Lily Allen Path of Lyrical Evolution
In terms of mid-00s gems we thought we’d lost forever (including Lady Sovereign), Uffie was at the top of the list until about a week [Read More…]
I Can’t Make You Love Me If You Don’t–Unless You’re Antonio Banderas in Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
At the outset of every relationship, he who is least attracted/into it starts with the upper hand. It is a simple mathematical formula for enchantment [Read More…]
Not Mad About Penelope Cruz Being Cast as Donatella in Versace: American Crime Story
After the bullet of Lady Gaga trying to inhabit the fabuloso essence of Donatella Versace got nixed because of her “busy schedule,” many in the [Read More…]
Julieta: Like A More Intense Version of Gilmore Girls
When it comes to exploring the relationship between mothers and sons, Pedro Almodóvar has well covered the territory. Mothers and daughters, on the other hand, [Read More…]
The New Girlfriend: Part The Danish Girl, Part Almodóvar
When it comes to pop culture’s recent obsession with the plight of a cross-dressing man or trans woman (one always leads to the other it [Read More…]
Wild Tales Channels The Absurdist Drama of Iñárritu & Almodóvar
Damián Szifron, who dabbled in short film before his debut feature, El Fondo Del Mar, was released in 2003, has quickly asserted himself as a [Read More…]
The Five Best Penelope Cruz Movies
Although Penelope Cruz’s career kicked off long ago (circa 1991), it has largely been her more recent film choices that have led her to transcendence. [Read More…]
