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GORGEOUS

Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton Face a Beautiful Death

Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language feature is a tender two-hander between two Oscar-winners at the top of their acting game, holding hands as they contemplate the end.

Barry Levitt

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WILD WEST

The Almodóvar Gay Cowboy Movie at Cannes Is Just So Hot

Almodóvar’s “gay cowboy” short film stars two beautiful men (Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal), features beautiful horses, and is shot in a way that is just so… beautiful.

Esther Zuckerman

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PEDRO, I SWEAR

Almódovar’s Finally Making His Take on ‘Brokeback Mountain’

Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke will star in this sure-to-be-steamy Western, one of Almódovar’s rare English-language works.

Fletcher Peters

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SUPERHERO TEAM-UP

Pedro Almodóvar and Tilda Swinton on Their Pandemic Triumph

The Spanish auteur and the Scottish screen icon talk to Carlos Aguilar about the dazzling, Oscar-worthy short that they made under COVID-19 lockdown.

Carlos Aguilar

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SOME BIRTHDAY GIFT

Antonio Banderas Has COVID-19, Is ‘Confident’ He’ll Recover

The Spanish actor shared a message with his fans on his 60th birthday, revealing his diagnosis and assuring fans he’s “relatively OK, just a little more tired than usual.”

Laura Bradley

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CH-CHECK IT OUT

The 10 Best Movies of 2019

There were a lot of good movies that came out this past year. Here are the very best.

Marlow Stern

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AWARDS HOPEFUL

How Banderas and Almodóvar Made the Year’s Most Tender Movie

The acclaimed director-actor duo sat down with Marlow Stern in New York to discuss their eighth collaboration, which both admit is their most personal work yet.

Marlow Stern

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Laws of Desire

The Queer Heart of Pedro Almodóvar

The Spanish director’s films are famed for their insane plots, bright colors, and high emotions—and a radical queer sensibility, even when the protagonists are straight.

Jay Michaelson

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Fashion Icon

Jean Paul Gaultier’s Legacy

A new exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum honors the designer’s more than 30-year, quirky fashion career.

Lori-Lee Emshey

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ARCHIVES

Almodóvar Through the Years

Sex, passion, high drama—the director relives his works in The Pedro Almodóvar Archives. View photos.

Nina Strochlic

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Is Pedro Almodóvar a Fraud?

U.S. critics think he’s a genius, but even his fellow Spaniards say he’s a fraud. Constantino Diaz-Duran on how the Golden Globe-nominated filmmaker dupes his fawning American fan base.

Constantino Diaz-Duran

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