Tag: parallel mothers
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Academy Awards- Last Minute Predictions and Preferences: Expect Major Victories for “Power of the Dog” and (sigh) “CODA”
By Christian DiMartino As someone who, for whatever reason, cares about the Oscars, I gotta say that I’m not really having much interest in the outcome of the 94th Academy Awards, which airs this evening. This was a fine year in movies- the ones I loved were pretty great, and honestly I didn’t seek out…
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Review: Parallel Mothers
I’m not an expert on the work of Pedro Almodovar, but what I can tell you is that the man is a phenomenal storyteller. From the handful of films of his I’ve seen, I’ll say that each time I go into one, I go in expecting one thing, and leaving with another. I had the…