I'm So Excited! - "I'm Slightly Scared Shitless"
In this round, Nadeem wants to know if famed Spanish director, Pedro Almodóvar is hot or not. Starting this week with the 2013 comedy, "I'm So Excited!" for the next movie review. Mita and Nadeem try not to fight about Lindsay Clancy
The Greatest Films of Every 5 Years (part two - 1970-2024) | Jack and Milo’s Picks
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1970-1974
Jack's Pick: Amarcord, dir. Federico Fellini
Milo's Pick: Aguirre, the Wrath of God, dir. Werner Herzog
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503 Lola Montès (1955)
Her beauty brought powerful men down to their knees. Her freedom brought down nations. But how long can a woman flaunt the proprieties of Victorian Europe before she herself becomes a morality tale for the age? Max Ophüls' lavish biopic of legendary dancer, mistress, and all-together provocative ...
Penélope Cruz - 'La Bola Negra,' 'Bunker' & 'The Invite' [LIVE]
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In front of an audience at 1 Hotel Toronto during the Toronto International Film Festival, the first Spanish actress to win an Oscar reflects on her path to acting and Pedro Almodóvar, building a career on both sides of the Atlantic, and how she crafted award-worthy performances in no fewer than ...
376 - Great Expectations (1946)
A sumptuous period piece directed by David Lean and featuring noted star of stage and screen Alec Guinness? That must mean... Dickens? This is, apparently, one of the most beloved British films ever made. Well, let us be the judge!
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722 - Tie Me Up! You Me Down! (1990)
Pedro Almodóvar returns to the podcast for his final (for now?) directorial entree (that we've reviewed) to the Criterion Collection. Is his foray into psycho-thriller a welcome maneuver away from his female cast-led, queer-gaze, sexy, soapy, campy, farcical roots? Or… did he somehow just manage ...
Pedro Almodóvar and Milena Smit on Bitter Christmas
Welcome to the daily 64th New York Film Festival podcast. On today’s edition, Pedro Almodóvar and Milena Smit join NYFF programmer Florence Almozini to discuss Bitter Christmas. Special thanks to Carla Marcantonio for interpretation.
The incomparable Almodóvar explores the artist’s tenuous rela...
The Rape - Revenge Movies- Do You Even Binge? Ep 71
Do You Even Binge? Ep 71This week, we look at revenge movies and ask: What do we actually want from a revenge movie? Justice? Punishment? Catharsis? Or just to see the bad guy suffer?The Lineup:I Spit on Your Grave (1978):Writer Jennifer Hills leaves NYC for an isolated Connecticut cottage to wor...
14. Todo sobre mi madre (Pedro Almodóvar, 1999) (with Mark Allinson)
This week on Palomitas, we're diving into what many consider Pedro Almodóvar's masterpiece - and the film that made him a global name. Todo sobre mi madre (All About My Mother, 1999) won Best Director at Cannes and the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and remains one of his most emotionally ...
2006 - The Finale, Part I
Movie of the Year: 2006
The Finale, Part 1
Inside the 2006 Film Finale Podcast
The 2006 film finale podcast begins here, as Movie of the Year starts crowning the best film of 2006. Ryan, Mike, and Greg, better known as the Taste Buds, have spent months inside this bracket. Now the head-to-head ba...
