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telegraph.co.uk - 5/19/2009

Broken Embraces at Cannes 2009 review

— telegraph.co.uk — Spain: Pedro Almodóvar; Penelope Cruz Lluis Homar. Rating (more) Broken Embraces at Cannes 2009 review

Pedro Almodovar

Penelope Cruz

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weblogs.variety.com - 5/13/2009

Cannes: The Night Before

— weblogs.variety.com — One tried-and-true Cannes ritual is the Tuesday night dinner at La Pizza. With many travelers admonished by their bosses to watch their expenses this year, La Pizza is a relatively inexpensive option. Hollywood Elsewhere's Jeff Wells rounded up a ... (more) Cannes: The Night Before

Pedro Almodovar

Penelope Cruz

Lars von Trier

Jane Campion

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entertainment.timesonline.co.uk - 5/19/2009

Broken Embraces at the Cannes Film Festival

— entertainment.timesonline.co.uk — Full Cannes Film Festival coverage Films about filmmaking are almost invariably deeply personal works for their director. Fellini s 8 , Truffaut s Day For Night : both movies contain the creative essence and the artistic insecurities of the filmmaker ... (more) Broken Embraces at the Cannes Film Festival

Pedro Almodovar

Cannes Film Festival

Penelope Cruz

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Cannes Roundup: Day Six
The Screengrab — ... . The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw finds it “a richly enjoyable piece of work, slick and sleek, with a sensuous feel for the cinematic surfaces of things and, as ever, self-reflexively infatuated with the business of cinema itself. Yet I wonder if Almodóvar isn't in danger of retreading old ideas.” ...

Caness 2009: Broken Embraces Trailer, Photos, Poster And Reviews
FilmoFilia — ... …The film-within-a-film motif is head-spinningly sophisticated, though the theme of cinema itself within cinema (traditionally rather overrated by cinephiles in terms of interest and importance) is kept fresh and alive through Almodóvar’s sheer energy.” Guardian ...

ROUND UP V: Pedro on Pedro, “Vincere” Premieres, and Sundance in Cannes
indieWIRE Recent — ... today, noting that “Almodovar offers nothing new.” “With solid performances and a script that’s never too hard on the ears,” Kohn writes, “Spain’s superstar director merely repeats the themes and conflicts of his greatest hits. With secretive family issues, tortured artists, melodramatic events and slight humor all in play, Almodovar dutifully plays to his base.” The Guardian‘s Peter Bradshaw is similarly unsure of the film, also wondering “if Almodóvar isn’t in danger of retreading old ideas,” and stating that film “is always conspicuously concerned with passion, but ...

Cannes 2009 Scorecard - Day 7
DAILY FILM DOSE: A Daily Film Appreciation and Review Blog — ... Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian UK, loves it, "a richly enjoyable piece of work, slick and sleek, with a sensuous feel for the cinematic surfaces of things and, as ever, self-reflexively infatuated with the business of cinema itself." ...