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Tribeca Film Festival Review: ‘Official Competition’ Satirizes the Bizarre Nature of Prestige Moviemaking
The world of prestige filmmaking is ripe for satire. Big egos, big budgets, and presumed importance are easy to make fun of. Now, to make a movie about those things? That’s proven harder than expected for the industry to pull off. So, it’s nice to see that the comedy Official Competition, playing at the 2022 […] More
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Joey’s Home Movies For the Week of April 4th – ‘Parallel Mothers’ and ‘Scream’ Lead the Way
Welcome back to my Home Movies! This week, we have two very different films fighting it out for top honors. There’s Penélope Cruz‘s Oscar nominated work in Parallel Mothers, as well as the supremely entertaining Scream sequel. Which one gets the top pick today? And what of another strong option in Jockey? Find out below… […] More
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in Editor, Interviews
Interview: Penélope Cruz Discusses Acting, Her Relationship With Pedro Almodóvar, and ‘Parallel Mothers’
Penélope Cruz gets to do some of the best acting of a given year when she’s paired up with her favorite filmmaker. Cruz gets to work with Pedro Almodóvar again and again, with results that consistently enthrall, often including Academy Award attention. This most recent time around, Cruz is again getting rightful Oscar buzz for […] More
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in Reviews
Film Review: ‘The 355’ Ruins An Interesting Premise With Messy Editing and Storytelling
The 355 is the latest project from Simon Kinberg, after his directorial debut with X-Men: Dark Phoenix. This time, it follows the story of Mason “Mace” Brown, played by Jessica Chastain, a CIA agent who goes rogue to avenge the murder of her partner Nick, played by Sebastian Stan. Along the way, Mace will have […] More
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NYFF Film Review: ‘Parallel Mothers’ Sees Pedro Almodóvar and Penélope Cruz Again Navigating Motherhood
Brace yourself for a bit of cinematic heresy: I run hot and cold on Pedro Almodóvar. Now, I always appreciate what he’s up to, but as often as I’m bowled over by him, I’m often left appreciating more than liking his films. Frankly, something like The Skin I Live In or I’m So Excited, decidedly […] More
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Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Parallel Mothers’ Gets a Trailer
Prolific Spanish film director Pedro Almodóvar has been working hard on his upcoming drama film, Parallel Mothers, for quite a while now. The film follows two women, Janis and Ana, who 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 […] More
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Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Madres Paralelas’ to Open the Venice Film Festival
It has been officially announced that Pedro Almodóvar’s latest feature Madres Paralelas will open the Venice International Film Festival. Almodóvar is no stranger to the film festival circuit, as his two previous films The Human Voice (a short film starring Tilda Swinton) and Pain and Glory (a feature film starring Antonio Banderas) both made the […] More
