Pedro Almodóvar’s conflict of interests
The Room Next Door resolves the Spanish director’s struggle between black comedy and bookish melodrama.
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The Room Next Door resolves the Spanish director’s struggle between black comedy and bookish melodrama.
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With Pain and Glory, Pedro Almodóvar brings his tally of movies to 21 – a coming-of-age, you might say –…
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