STORYLINE: The world of Raimunda (Penelope Cruz) and her family is turned upside down when long-dead mother Irene (Carmen Maura) returns to rake up old coals. ABOUT THE SCRIPT: Almodovar calls it “a ...

Before he was one of cinema’s finest dramatists (All About My Mother, Talk to Her, Volver, Broken Embraces), writer-director Pedro Almodóvar was a provocateur and a satirist. The 63-year-old filmmaker ...

Men are literally disposable in Pedro Almodóvar’s Volver. But the film, particularly for fans of the gynophilic, flamboyantly color-coordinating maker of loco melodramas, is essential. The title ...