Example sentences for: almodóvar

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  • Almodóvar's movies are the transparent reveries of a gay, star-struck adolescent.

  • Not to take anything away from his movie--it's a lovely work--but Almodóvar arrived as a world-class director 15 years ago, when his silly, campy, and impassioned melodramas were like joyous dances on Gen.

  • Live Flesh , about a man who accidentally shoots his lover's husband, is deemed the director's "most mature film yet" (Jack Mathews, Newsday ). While the critics like Almodóvar's foray into political commentary--he indicts the Franco regime and Spain's ruling conservative party--they wax most enthusiastic over his signature touch: kinky sex scenes.

  • After winning Best Director at Cannes and making a splash at the New York Film Festival, Pedro Almodóvar's ode to women opens to gushing praise: "the most moving film of his career" (David Ansen, Newsweek ). A single mother whose teen-age son is suddenly killed makes a pilgrimage to track down the boy's father and in the process encounters women from all walks of life--transsexuals, pregnant nuns, divas, and more.

  • Reviewers praise Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar for abandoning his campy proclivities to make a film noir with social bite.


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