Witness This Weekend's Recommended Arts and Culture Events

Sarah Silverman, 80s Night, sustainable sculpting, and more

"...screening of the film comes courtesy of Bergman stan Pedro Almodóvar, whose first English-language film sits beside it on..."

Jan. 3, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Party People, Zines, Sharks, and More Events for the Week Ahead

Don't wait for the weekend!

"...down the bold delirium that defined his early work, Pedro Almodóvar delivered a personal best in 1999 with this..."

June 7, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Penélope Cruz Enters the Rehearsal Room for Official Competition

The Spanish actress gets inside the head of the dictator director

"...want to rehearse at all, I've had some, like Pedro [Almodóvar, with whom she has made seven films], who..."

July 1, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Exhorder, Lera Lynn, Sobbrs, a Tom Waits tribute, and more shows worth seeing

"...and a wardrobe exploding with rouge-infused color like a Pedro Almodóvar film come to life, Sobbrs puts himself forward..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

AFS Asks You to Love Film

Special cinematic treat for Valentine's Day week

"...• Pedro Almodóvar's kinky classic Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Remembering the Classics

Texas Film Hall of Famer Michael Barker reflects on Austin's film scene

"...played a key role in bringing modern giants like Pedro Almodóvar, Michael Haneke, Wim Wenders, Ken Loach, Mike Leigh,..."

March 4, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Vulcan (Video) Mind Meld

Staking out the store’s new North Loop location

"...late Nineties is akin to calling Jacques Demy or Pedro Almodóvar austere. A decade and a half removed from..."

May 30, 2014 Screens Post by Raoul Hernandez

FilmCraft: Directing

'FilmCraft: Directing' is fun reading for future filmmakers

"...The book's chapters are presented alphabetically from Pedro Almodóvar to Zhang Yimou. In addition to the interview..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Screens Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Event Menu

Something's fishy about the Kocurek's latest class, but there's nothing to wine about at the Front Porch

"...courses of Spanish tapas complemented by a screening of Pedro Almodóvar's Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown..."

May 20, 2011 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Take 10

The annual 10 Under 10 showcase spotlights collegians with cameras

"...don't sacrifice substance for style, like John Cameron Mitchell, Pedro Almodóvar, Wes Anderson, and Sofia Coppola...."

May 7, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Sex, Thugs, and Thanatos

The mad, bad bounty of Fantastic Fest 2009

"...feminine icon. Some would argue that Franco's fellow countryman Pedro Almodóvar has given the godfather of exotic erotica a..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Cine las Americas Previews

"...former. Leonardo (a flawless Martínez) and Martha (Roth of Pedro Almodóvar's All About My Mother) have been married for..."

April 17, 2009 Screens Feature

'My First Movie: Take Two' and 'Cinema of Obsession: Erotic Fixation and Love'

Take Two is the sequel to My First Movie, a collection of interviews with now-successful directors discussing their first feature films. Sexy subject aside, Cinema of Obsession barely even manages to simmer.

"...giants like the Coen brothers, and foreign-language favorites like Pedro Almodóvar. Volume two keeps with the winning formula and..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Screens Review by Josh Rosenblatt

A Decade of Cine

El Violín kicks off the 10th Cine Las Americas Film Festival

"...of film from Latin America (perhaps with Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar thrown in for good measure) would be incomplete...."

April 13, 2007 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Days of de la Iglesia

Sept. 21-28, Alamo Drafthouse Downtown

"...described as the unholy love child of his friend Pedro Almodóvar and Lenny Bruce by way of Quentin Rodriguez:..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Scary Stories for the Thinking Man

Director Guillermo del Toro keeps company with the undead in two new films, Blade 2 and The Devil's Backbone.

"...GDT: Pedro Almodóvar and I were talking recently, and I was..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A Full Color Palette

Painter-Director Julian Schnabel's 'Before Night Falls'

"...unknown here (with the exception of a role in Pedro Almodóvar's Live Flesh), Bardem is certain to become a..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Sidney Moody

Coming Soon

The Most Memorable Sex Scenes in Film

"...than her saintly turn in All About My Mother, Pedro Almodóvar regular Cruz (Live Flesh, The Hi-Lo Country) represents..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

They Could Be a Contender

Who's Ahead in the Race for Oscar?

"...would be nice to see Cecilia Roth nominated for Pedro Almodóvar's All About My Mother or Julianne Moore (The..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Austin Heart of Film Festival Schedule (Revised)

"...Noah Fleiss, and Ethan Hawke; the regional premiere of Pedro Almod—var's Cannes winner (for Best Director) All About My..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Screens Feature

Austin Heart of Film

Screenwriters Conference and Festival Schedule

"...Noah Fleiss, and Ethan Hawke; the regional premiere of Pedro Almodóvar's Cannes winner (for Best Director) All About My..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Screens Feature

Wild Tales

Anthology film from Argentina finds the dark humor in six revenge stories

"...filmmakers to watch. (It’s not surprising the Almodóvar brothers, Pedro and Agustín, co-produced this film. The same kind of..."

March 27, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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