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I’m So Excited Review

I'm So Excited

Pedro Almodóvar, one of Spain’s most internationally acclaimed directors (he’s won two Academy Awards to date), returns to familiar territory with I’m So Excited, his first out-and-out comedy since Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown was released some twenty three years ago. Gone are the somewhat sombre explorations of dark, labyrinthine subjects found [...]




Six of the Best – The Directors: Pedro Almodóvar

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Writer, producer and director Pedro Almodóvar is arguably the most well-known and well-regarded Spanish filmmaker in the country’s colourful history. With eighteen feature films under his belt, and another currently in post-production, Almodovar has gone from strength to strength in his 30-odd year career, creating films that not only entertain, but also educate and captivate. Whether [...]




Trailer and Poster for Almodóvar’s I’m So Excited

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Sony Pictures Classics have unleashed an all singing, all dancing trailer for I’m So Excited. Written and directed by Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar (his 19th feature), I’m So Excited is an ensemble comedy about an impending plane crash that leads various passengers to confess their darkest secrets. The film, which is said to be more in line [...]




HeyUGuys World Cinema Trailer Park – Week Ending Sunday 28th August

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HeyUGuys brings you the latest in World Cinema film trailers in association with Film Dates UK. Each week we’ll be showcasing some of most anticipated foreign releases as well as highlighting a few hidden gems which may have fallen off your radar. It’s no surprise that Hollywood has turned to World Cinema for inspiration in [...]




The Skin I Live In Review

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Antonio Banderas is Robert Ledgard (straight from the Seth Brundle school of deranged genius), a driven scientist who is on the cusp of perfecting a tough and durable synthetic skin compound. At his country house (which also acts as his own private laboratory) he keeps a young woman (Elena Anaya) captive and wrapped up in [...]




New Spanish Trailer Is Weirdest Yet For The Skin I Live In

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A new Spanish trailer for Pedro Almodóvar’s The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito) has landed online at Bloody Disgusting and it’s…well, it’s something. Lacking subtitles and practically devoid of dialogue anyway, the film is equally enigmatic when it comes to the consistently striking but borderline incomprehensible visuals. Charting Antonio Banderas’ plastic surgeon’s hunt [...]




UK Trailer and Poster for The Skin I Live In

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20th Century Fox have unveiled the official UK trailer and poster for Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar’s The Skin I Live In. Based on Thierry Jonquet’s novella Mygale, The Skin I Live In stars Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet, Roberto Álamo, Blanca Suárez, Eduard Fernández, Bárbara Lennie and Fernando Cayo. Ever since his wife was burned in a car crash, Dr. [...]




Genius New Teaser Trailer for The Skin I Live In

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Pathé have released a brand new French teaser trailer for The Skin I Live In. Directed by Spanish visionary Pedro Almodóvar, The Skin I Live in stars Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Bárbara Lennie, Blanca Suárez and Fernando Cayo. Ever since his wife was burned in a car crash, Dr. Robert Ledgard (Banderas), an eminent plastic surgeon, has [...]




Precious Director’s Lee Daniels Takes On The Paperboy With Big Cast Attached

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THR is reporting that Lee Daniels, director of 2009’s Academy Award-winning Precious, is going to be directing Matthew McConaughey, Tobey Maguire, Zac Efron, and Sofía Vergara in upcoming thriller, The Paperboy, the film adaptation of the 1995 book of the same name by Pete Dexter. Pedro Almodóvar (The Skin I Live In, All About My [...]




Eerie Teaser Trailer for Pedro Almodóvar’s The Skin I Live In

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Sony Pictures Classics have released the first teaser trailer for The Skin I Live In, and it packs an unsettling punch. The Skin I Live In marks the return of visionary Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar, and stars Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Bárbara Lennie, Blanca Suárez and Fernando Cayo. Ever since his wife was burned in a car crash, Dr. Robert Ledgard [...]




The Beloved (Les Bien-aimés) to Close the 64th Cannes Film Festival

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The Beloved (Les Bien-aimés) has been selected to close the 64th Cannes Film Festival on Sunday May 22, Deadline has discovered. Directed by Christophe Honoré, The Beloved (Les Bien-aimés) stars Catherine Deneuve, Ludivine Sagnier, Chiara Mastroiani, Milos Forman, Louis Garrel, Michel Delpech and Paul Schneider. Cannes representatives describe the film as embodying “characters that draw us into Prague [...]




Pedro Almodóvar’s The Skin I Live In Gets Autumn UK Release Date

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20th Century Fox have announced that The Skin I Live In will be released in the UK on August 26, 2011. Directed by Pedro Almodóvar (Volver, All About My Mother), The Skin I Live In stars Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Bárbara Lennie, Blanca Suárez and Fernando Cayo. Ever since his wife was burned in a car crash, Dr. Robert Ledgard (Banderas), an eminent [...]




Three Brand New The Skin That I Inhabit Images

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Sony Pictures Classics have released three new images from horror-drama The Skin That I Inhabit. Directed by acclaimed Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar (Volver), The Skin That I Inhabit stars Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Blanca Suárez, Bárbara Lennie, Fernando Cayo and José Luis Gómez. A plastic surgeon (Banderas) extracts revenge on the man who raped his daughter. The Skin That I Inhabit [...]




Four Spanish Posters For The Skin That I Inhabit

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El Deseo have released four new macabre posters for The Skin That I Inhabit. Directed by Pedro Almodovar (All About My Mother), The Skin That I Inhabit is inspired by the novel Tarantula by Thierry Jonquet, and stars Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet, Roberto Álamo and Blanca Suárez. The Skin That I Inhabit, which [...]




Teaser Poster For Almodovar’s The Skin That I Inhabit

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El Deseo have unveiled the first teaser poster for The Skin That I Inhabit (La Piel Que Habito). Directed by acclaimed Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar (Volver, All About My Mother), The Skin That I Inhabit stars Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet, Roberto Álamo and Blanca Suárez. Inspired by the novel Tarantula by Thierry Jonquet, [...]




Pedro Almodovar To Direct Mina Biopic

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ScreenDaily have announced that Pedro Almodovar will next direct Mina, a biopic about the life of the Italian singer. The film will be based on a novel by Paolo Limiti, and will center on a talented singer who stirred up controversy when she had a child with a married man, forcing her to withdraw from [...]




First Look at Pedro Almodóvar’s The Skin That I Inhabit

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ThePlaylist have posted the first image of Antonio Banderas and Elena Anaya in Pedro Almodóvar’s new film The Skin That I Inhabit. The Skin That I Inhabit is based on Theirry Jonque‘s 2005 crime novel Tarantula about a plastic surgeon’s (Banderas) revenge on the man who raped his daughter. The film c0-stars a host of Spanish [...]




Masters of Cinema Book Review

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Cahiers du cinema should need no introduction and this new series of books come to us under their banner from Phaidon Press; ten books, ten directors named Masters of cinema and a more perfect Christmas present for the cinephile in your life I could not imagine. I’m familiar with each of the ten directors here [...]




Antonio Banderas to Direct and Star in Solo

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Antonio Banderas (Frida) has signed on to direct and star in a new psychological thriller titled Solo, Variety are reporting. Solo – from a script penned by Erik Jendresen (The Big Bang) - is a sci-fi thriller about a colonel (Banderas) suffering from post-conflict trauma. Banderas’ production company Green Moon will fund the project, with filming expected to commence next [...]




Sony Picture Classics Acquire Pedro Almodovar’s The Skin I Live In

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Sony Pictures Classics have acquired the US distribution rights to Pedro Almodovar’s The Skin I Live In. The film, which is expected to start filming soon, is loosely based on Thierry Jonquet’s novel Mygale, and is a revenge tale telling the story of a plastic surgeon hunting down the men who raped his daughter. Antonio [...]