Part of a string of late-career Pedro Almodóvar films that aren’t as dazzling as his early work but feel deep and profound, “Bitter Christmas” is a Russian nesting doll of a movie. It’s a layered ...

Bitter Christmas' is mid-tier Pedro Almodóvar: immaculately art-directed and color-blocked, as per, and plenty enjoyable.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pedro Almodóvar is known for mining his own personal experience, but Bitter Christmas (Amarga Navidad) explores this on a whole ...

A tortured filmmaker writes — and re-writes — a screenplay about a tortured filmmaker in this satisfying late-career gem from the Spanish giant.

The melodrama, which premiered in competition at the French festival, marks the 76-year-old director’s return to his native language after making his English-language debut with the Venice-winning ...

Despite its name, this is less a holiday movie and more of a Pirandello-inflected meditation on storytelling, creativity and the sometimes morally dubious origins of inspiration. Courtesy Cannes Film ...

Gijón and Bárbara Lennie star in this semi-autobiographical meta-fiction about a film director whose screenplay violates a close friend’s privacy.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Bitter Christmas" (Sony Pictures Classics) Part of a string of late-career Pedro Almodóvar films that aren’t as dazzling as his ...

The Spanish auteur, wearing a "Free Palestine" pin, was the recipient of a round of applause from international journalists at the Cannes press conference for his newest film, 'Bitter Christmas.' ...

From Almodóvar to a new generation of auteurs, Spain has arrived at Cannes 2026 in historic fashion — and the industry behind ...

A Tuesday evening press screening in Cannes of Pedro Almodovar‘s “Bitter Christmas” was temporarily evacuated after a medical emergency, Variety has confirmed. The screening in the Bazin theater in ...