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Pedro Almodóvar and Jacques Audiard top nominations for European Film Awards

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Pedro Almodóvar and Jacques Audiard top nominations for European Film Awards

The nominations for this year’s European Film Awards have been announced, with Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Peréz and Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door leading the pack with four nominations each. The French and Spanish directors are up for best film, best director, and best screenwriter, among other categories. Trans actor Karla Sofía Gascón and Tilda … Read more

Review of Pedro Páramo – Mexican magic realism showcases time slippages and perspective shifts in film

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Review of Pedro Páramo – Mexican magic realism showcases time slippages and perspective shifts in film

Here is a new version of Juan Rulfo’s 1955 magical realist novel that later inspired Gabriel García Márquez and others. With a non-linear narrative that explores life, death, lost loves, and shattered ideals, this adaptation may have also influenced the fragmented films of the 2000s Mexican new wave written by Guillermo Arriaga. Directed by Rodrigo … Read more