Posts Tagged ‘Pedro Almodovar’
Film Review – My Policeman
There is one glaring omission with My Policeman (2022), and it is passion. Forbidden love, social conventions, guilt, and forgiveness are all key ingredients for a romantic drama. While those elements are certainly here, the final product is undercooked. This is a stuffy affair. Its languid approach…
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Top 15 Films of 2021 – Allen’s Picks
2021 felt like a year that was in a constant state of limbo. The Covid-19 pandemic has gripped the world for nearly two full years, and while some parts of society have started adjusting to a new way of living, it always felt like a…
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Film Review – Parallel Mothers
Pedro Almodóvar is one of the few filmmakers in the world who can depict melodrama with such precise observation. Others would steer away from the genre, thinking it too schmaltzy or overdramatic. That is not the case with Almodóvar. His stories involve love, deception, sex,…
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Episode 71 – Army of the Dead
For this week’s podcast, we review the ups and downs of Zack Snyder‘s Netflix original movie, Army of the Dead. We also discuss JJ Abrams‘ recent admission that the latest Star Wars trilogy was ill-conceived. Before the reviews, we retool classic movie plots in a…
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Top 15 Films of 2019 – Allen’s Picks
2019 was such an excellent year in film that I seriously debated pushing this list out to 25, maybe even 30 entries. There was such an abundance of quality work that whittling it down to a small grouping is about the equivalent of a parent…
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Film Review – Pain and Glory
Pedro Almodóvar has too much he wants to talk about and that keeps the film from reaching great status, which is a shame because what he wants to discuss is really fascinating. In Pain and Glory Salvador (Antonio Banderas), a stand-in for Pedro Almodóvar, is…
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Film Review – Submergence
Melodrama, when done well, draws our empathies so effectively that seeing the lives of characters play out is as suspenseful as an action film. Of all the genres in cinema, melodrama – often dealing with the ups and downs of romance – is so closely…
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Blu-Ray Review – The Executioner
It is hard to review the work for a company like Criterion, without just handing out universal praise. Their movie releases tend to be so far past most of the industry the only real way you can fairly compare them is against themselves, and it is…
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