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Unlocking The Secrets Of Almodovar
![The nine-disc "Viva Pedro: The Almodovar Collection" ($117.95) from Sony Pictures Classics is an excellent passport to that witty, campy, involving land of filmmaker Pedro Almodovar. It contains eight of the Spanish director's best films, two of which -- <i>Law of Desire</i> and <i>Matador</i> -- are new to DVD. All are in Spanish with English subtitles. Three excellent featurettes are included as well: "Experiencing Almodovar," "Viva Pedro" and "Deconstructing Pedro." An added, albeit small, touch is a set of eight well-designed Almodovar postcards.](http://www.zap2it.com/media/thumbnails/story/2007-02/27706892.jpg "The nine-disc "Viva Pedro: The Almodovar Collection\" ($117.95) from Sony Pictures Classics is an excellent passport to that witty, campy, involving land of filmmaker Pedro Almodovar. It contains eight of the Spanish director's best films, two of which -- <i>Law of Desire</i> and <i>Matador</i> -- are new to DVD. All are in Spanish with English subtitles. Three excellent featurettes are included as well: \"Experiencing Almodovar,\" \"Viva Pedro\" and \"Deconstructing Pedro.\" An added, albeit small, touch is a set of eight well-designed Almodovar postcards.")
Zap2It.comThe nine-disc "Viva Pedro: The Almodovar Collection" ($117.95) from Sony Pictures Classics is an excellent passport to that witty, campy, involving land of filmmaker Pedro Almodovar. It contains eight of the Spanish director's best films, two of which --...Tags: Cinema Industry, Drama (genre), Death, Academy Awards, Crimes
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'The Science of Sleep'
Zap2It.comMaybe I should confess that if Michel Gondry's next directing project involved rerouting traffic, I'd buy a ticket with my own money. "The Science of Sleep," Gondry's third feature, follows the under-loved "Human Nature" and the much more successful,...Tags: Foo Fighters (music group), Emma de Caunes, Spike Jonze, Mexico, Children
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11 buzz films
![The world premiere of Ron Howard's shrouded-in-secrecy "The Da Vinci Code" has created something of a smokescreen effect at the 59th Cannes Film Festival, which opens here Wednesday evening.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2006-05/23443992.jpg "The world premiere of Ron Howard's shrouded-in-secrecy "The Da Vinci Code\" has created something of a smokescreen effect at the 59th Cannes Film Festival, which opens here Wednesday evening.")
The world premiere of Ron Howard's shrouded-in-secrecy "The Da Vinci Code" has created something of a smokescreen effect at the 59th Cannes Film Festival, which opens here Wednesday evening.
Usually in the days and hours leading up to the festival,...Tags: Robert Downey Jr., Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Ethan Hawke, Entertainment
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Gothams go Indie
![When the nominations for this year's IFP Gotham Awards were announced there was widespread criticism and head-scratching as to how the traditionally indie-oriented organization had found a way to include such relatively big-budget, studio-released films as "Marie Antoinette" and "The Departed."](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2006-11/26667389.jpg "When the nominations for this year's IFP Gotham Awards were announced there was widespread criticism and head-scratching as to how the traditionally indie-oriented organization had found a way to include such relatively big-budget, studio-released films as "Marie Antoinette\" and \"The Departed.\"")
When the nominations for this year's IFP Gotham Awards were announced there was widespread criticism and head-scratching as to how the traditionally indie-oriented organization had found a way to include such relatively big-budget, studio-released films...Tags: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Alfonso Cuaron, Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Adriana Barraza
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'Sleep' Speaks the Language of Dreams
Zap2It.com"Last night I dreamt that 60 homeless prostitutes were invited to my apartment," says writer-director Michel Gondry, known for his critically acclaimed "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." "It was ... a representation of the spam mail I receive -- the...Tags: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Charlie Chaplin, Arts and Culture, Michel Gondry, Death
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'Bourne' Sequel Finds Baddie
Zap2It.comGiven that production has been underway for a while now, it's good that "The Bourne Ultimatum" has finally found its big villain. After an extended flirtation with Gael Garcia Bernal, the "Bourne" sequel has at least stayed in the Spanish-speaking world,...Tags: Diplomacy, Politics, Paul Greengrass, Joan Allen, The Hollywood Reporter
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'El Crimen del Padre Amaro'
![The words on the American poster for the Mexican film "El Crimen del Padre Amaro (The Crime of Father Amaro)" say it all: "Love. Lust. Sin." Of the many kinds of movie love, forbidden love gives off the greatest charge, and what could be more forbidden than the love of a handsome young Catholic priest for a 16-year-old parishioner? You can almost feel the College of Cardinals reaching for its collective smelling salts.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2002-11/5454777.jpg "The words on the American poster for the Mexican film "El Crimen del Padre Amaro (The Crime of Father Amaro)\" say it all: \"Love. Lust. Sin.\" Of the many kinds of movie love, forbidden love gives off the greatest charge, and what could be more forbidden than the love of a handsome young Catholic priest for a 16-year-old parishioner? You can almost feel the College of Cardinals reaching for its collective smelling salts.")
Times Staff WriterThe words on the American poster for the Mexican film "El Crimen del Padre Amaro (The Crime of Father Amaro)" say it all: "Love. Lust. Sin." Of the many kinds of movie love, forbidden love gives off the greatest charge, and what could be more forbidden...Tags: Mexico, Christianity, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Health
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'Y Tu Mama Tambien'
Times Staff WriterOutrageous without being offensive, provocatively and unapologetically sexual, alive to the possibilities of life and cinema, Alfonso Cuaron's "Y Tu Mama Tambien" is a sophisticated film happily masquerading as something off the cuff. Nominally a...Tags: Alfonso Cuaron, Mexico, Cinema Industry, Clubs and Associations, Society
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Amores Perros
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday April 13, 2001 "Amores Perros" is in every way a major work, yet it is so automatically controversial in one crucial aspect that this must be dealt with before the film can be considered as a whole. Director Alejandro Gonzalez...Tags: Dog (animal), Cinema Industry, Mexico, Death, Crimes
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Movie review: 'Bad Education'
TRIBUNE STAFF REPORTER2 ˝ stars (out of 4) Spain's cinematic toreador Pedro Almodovar returns with "Bad Education," a deeply personal, sharply realized film that shrouds itself in film noir sensibilities and the recent Catholic Church sex abuse scandals. While Almodovar...Tags: Christianity, Sexual Assault, Pedro Almodovar, Spain, Sony Corp.
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Cannes tries to put 'Bunny' hop behind it
Chicago Tribune movie criticCan Cannes bounce back from "The Brown Bunny"? Or will Michael Moore's already controversial "Fahrenheit 9/11" dominate the international movie showcase, which begins again Wednesday on the southern coast of France? Last year's Cannes Film Festival --...Tags: Quentin Tarantino, John Leguizamo, Clint Eastwood, Brad Pitt, Michael Moore
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