A man comes up to me while I’m having breakfast in a bar. He tells me he’s seen “Bad Education” three times. I thank him, as I normally do. The first time I fell asleep, the stranger explains. Did it ...

In “Volver,” Pedro Almodóvar creates an impossibly beautiful film. He fuses themes of child abuse, deep superstition and female resilience, depicting something simultaneously powerful and surprisingly ...

STORYLINE: The world of Raimunda (Penelope Cruz) and her family is turned upside down when long-dead mother Irene (Carmen Maura) returns to rake up old coals. ABOUT THE SCRIPT: Almodovar calls it “a ...

Before beginning work on the score for “Volver,” director Pedro Almodovar gave this advice to composer Alberto Iglesias: “Just be as close as possible to the main character, Raimunda (Penelope Cruz).

Is there another male filmmaker who so celebrates the mystery of women as much as Pedro Almodovar? Only maverick director George Cukor similarly delighted in the intricacies and moods of the female ...

Volver is the portrait of a dark, bleak Spain, which contrasts your colourful and passionate style. Did you want to use Franco’s "dark" Spain to then expose the passion of its people, despite the ...