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Venom: The Last Dance | The Room Next Door | Dahomey

On Truth & Movies this week there are three very dif­fer­ent new releas­es being dis­cussed. First up, Tom Hardy returns for Ven­om : The Last Dance. We then talk all things Pedro Almodovar’s The Room Next Door and Mati Diop’s Dahomey.
Two women sitting on a teal sofa, engaged in conversation, surrounded by books and other items on a coffee table.
Review

The Room Next Door review – something is missing

by Hannah Strong

Pedro Almod­ó­var makes his Eng­lish-lan­guage debut with an adap­ta­tion of Sigrid Nunez’s What Are You Going Through, star­ring Julianne Moore and Til­da Swin­ton as old friends who reunite in a time of crisis.

5
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Long Read

The irrelevance of gender in the films of Pedro Almodóvar

by Meghana Kandlur

In the cin­e­ma of Pedro Almod­ó­var, gen­der proves more flu­id and arbi­trary than in much of con­tem­po­rary cinema.
A woman in a blue coat and scarf stands next to another woman in a red top, surrounded by plants and cityscape at night.
Festivals

The Room Next Door – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Pedro Almod­ó­var makes his Eng­lish-lan­guage fea­ture debut with an adap­ta­tion of Sigrid Nunez’s What Are You Going Through, star­ring Julianne Moore and Til­da Swin­ton as old friends who reunite in a time of crisis.
Truth & Movies - A Little White Lies Podcast
Podcast

Dumb Money + Craig Gillespie | Strange Way Of Life | Brokeback Mountain (2005)

On Truth & Movies this week, we take a look at stranger-than-fic­tion tale of Red­dit vs Wall Street in Dumb Mon­ey and spoke to it’s direc­tor Craig Gille­spie. We also review Pedro Almodovar’s high­ly antic­i­pat­ed short film Strange Way Of Life star­ring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pas­cal for­mer lovers in the wild west. And for film club it is more cow­boys and for­bid­den love in Ang Lee’s Broke­back Mountain.
Older man in cowboy hat holding a gun
Interviews

Pedro Almodóvar: ‘Chemistry is a mystery’

by Anna Bogutskaya

The Span­ish film­mak­er reflects on the romance at the heart of his new queer west­ern, Strange Way of Life, and the free­dom of work­ing in a short­er format.
Two men in a dimly lit room, one wearing a red shirt and the other a suit. Vintage-style lamps and antique furnishings can be seen in the background.
Review

Strange Way Of Life review – characteristically Almodóvarian queer western

by Hannah Strong

An age­ing gun­slinger and the sher­iff of a small town reunite after many years in Pedro Almod­ó­var’s sweet short film.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Elderly man wearing glasses and a suit, hands clasped in prayer, serious expression on face against a dark background.
Festivals

Croisette wishes: 20 films we’d like to see at Cannes in 2023

by Charles Bramesco

Mar­tin Scors­ese, Wes Ander­son, and Pedro Almod­ó­var num­ber among the heavy hit­ters expect­ed on the red carpet.
Two people embracing in a kitchen, a man and a woman with distinctive hairstyles.
Review

Parallel Mothers

by David Jenkins

Fem­i­nin­i­ty, pathos, gen­er­a­tional trau­ma and col­lec­tive mem­o­ry con­verge in Pedro Almodóvar’s lat­est masterpiece.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Competitions

Post a cinematic ode to your mother and win a signed Pedro Almodóvar poster

by Little White Lies

Cel­e­brate Pedro Almodóvar’s aston­ish­ing new film Par­al­lel Moth­ers with our lat­est cre­ative competition.