I was curious to see what Pedro Almodóvar would do differently in his first non-Spanish-language film, built around two of the most talented actors working today. The answer, alas: it's disappointing. There are many ways in which "The Room Next Door" lacks what makes Almodóvar's work ...
Who could blame Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door for being more interested in its leading ladies than in contemplating death? Photo: Sony Classics This article originally ran on September 7, 2024 out of the Venice Film Festival. We are recirculating it timed to The Room Next Door’s...
“The Room Next Door,” the title of which plays off Virginia Woolf’s “A Room of One’s Own,” is about finding dignity and contentment with death as a natural part of life, and, perhaps, the mystery of the relationships that end up mattering the most. The one thing Martha ...
If you know nothing about The Room Next Door beyond its co-stars, Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore, you might understandably assume the film would be a heart-wrenching drama like We Need to Talk About Kevin and Magnolia or a brilliantly offbeat comedy like Problemista and The Big Lebowski. ...
“I think I deserve a good death,” Martha laments to her friend and fellow writer Ingrid in “The Room Next Door,” a film fixated on the end — of a life, of a relationship, maybe even of the planet itself. Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar’s first Engl...
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Review The Room Next Door 5 out of 5 stars Pedro Almodóvar takes his bold and beautiful cinema to America for a glorious rumination on mortality Film Recommended Tuesday 3 September 2024 Share Written by Kaleem Aftab Time Out says Many famous international directors have ventured to America to...
Much of what makes a great Pedro Almodovar film can be found in The Room Next Door: a layered narrative, a thoughtful color scheme, a focus on women, and an intense interest in sex and/or death. But a certain vitality is strangely missing, and not because of the subject matter. Tilda...
ROME, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- The film "The Room Next Door" by Spanish director Pedro Almodovar won the Golden Lion at the 81st Venice Film Festival on Saturday. The movie is the first ever English-language movie for the acclaimed filmmaker. The drama develops around the friendship between two...
Like his acclaimed films Parallel Mothers, Talk to Her, and Volver — to name a few —The Room Next Door is a beautifully crafted drama that continues Almodóvar’s perceptive, emotional exploration of women’s inner lives. Featuring luminous performances by Moore and Swinton and his signature ...