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Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'pedroalmodovar'

September 7, 2006

Secrets. Incest. Ghosts. A troublesome dead body. These elements and more form the basis of "Volver", Pedro Almodovar's stunning new film that has its North American premiere here at TIFF. You'd expect nothing less than a masterpiece when you take one of the world's best directors (Bad Education, Talk to Her, All About My Mother) and reunite him with some of his most-beloved cast members of films past. With Volver, which means "to return", Almodovar......

Continue Reading "TIFF 2006 Preview: Gala: Volver"

August 10, 2006

Couple of big, big press releases from the hard working TIFF press office today, with a slate of film announcements in their Gala and Special Presentation programmes. The big announcement in the Gala programme is undoubtedly the world premiere of For Your Consideration, Christopher Guest’s latest moc-moc-a-doc. A comedic look at the film industry featuring all the Guest regulars (plus, urgh, Ricky Gervais), we hope to see Toronto’s own Catherine O’Hara and (co-writer) Eugene Levy......

Continue Reading "Toronto International Film Festival 2006: Galas, Special Presentations announced"

January 14, 2005

They've made this movie a million times over, and they'll make it again. Samuel L. Jackson will no doubt bring home the bacon when Coach Carter, yet another in the 'whip these inner city kids into shape by showing there's more to life than sports and violence' genre, dribbles onto screens today. Meanwhile, a slightly less mainstream, but no less melodramatic offering from Pedro Almodovar, Bad Education, galumphs onto screen, replete with boy heartthrob du......

Continue Reading "Friday Film Face Off: Jackson in a Mess, Bernal Cross-Dressed."

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