A mother-daughter bond shines through stark black-and-white cinematography and surreal humor in “El Planeta.” The debut feature from writer/director/star Amalia Ulman recalls the scrappy, low-budget look and feel of the movies that marked the indie film explosion of the early ‘90s, but its dialogue and details are unmistakably personal. My review,...
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I’m So Excited!
Sony Pictures Classics Rated R for strong sexual content including crude references, and drug use. Running time: 95 minutes. Three stars out of four. In theory, any new Pedro Almodovar film, even a fluffy, silly one, is better than none at all _ a notion that the Spanish master pushes...
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It’s sky-high hijinks in Pedro Almodovar’s latest, a throwback to his earliest work....
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