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...arguing that this movie reaches the sublime (or muy Espanol) blackness that Pedro Almadovar attains at his best. But farce depends on solipsism and paranoia for its effectiveness. Its characters need to get lost in their own misunderstandings of a situation and then act out of them, in highly physical, door-slamming ways, causing a certain amount of physical - but not deadly - pain in the process. You'll amazed, I think, at just how much silliness clever filmmakers can cram into such a short time, just how how logically you can develop a variety of illogical premises before something akin...
...private media exploded in India, before the government even recognized filmmaking as a legitimate industry. Armed with just good wishes and some telegrams from family and friends, we spent a riotous few days in the luxury of the Beverly Wilshire, being taken to lunch by Billy Wilder, joking with Pedro Almodóvar and his transgendered entourage, gate-crashing Spanish and Danish parties, not really minding that we were neglected by our own country. When it came time for our award, Jacqueline Bisset and Candice Bergen tripped and stuttered through the foreign names. As Jackie and Candy announced the winner...
...that we have to make sure our fiscal and economic policies are in line with Brussels," says Antonio Argandoña, professor of economics at the Barcelona campus of the iese business school. "There's a consensus on these questions to the point that there's no real discussion." Pedro Solbes, Zapatero's Minister of Economics and Finance, established a reputation for fiscal probity both as a Minister in previous Socialist governments and as European Commissioner for Economics. His presence has helped the government shore up support from Spanish businesses that might otherwise think themselves better served by conservatives. What...
...swells went off to their parties, and the critics slumped away to write their regretful pans. Though we didn't know it then, The Da Vinci Code experience would turn out to be Cannes 2006 in miniature: great hopes for films that mostly underachieved. The big-name items - Pedro Almodóvar's Volver, Alejandro González Iñárritu's Babel and Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette - all had their adherents, but many others who expressed disappointment or derision. This was a festival with no consensus masterpiece. A few smaller movies got high praise, perhaps because they...
...showplace for art films and movie glamour, had a Hollywood accent this year as the host to world premieres of The Da Vinci Code and X-Men: The Last Stand. But its usual fare is provocative or perplexing films from top directors. Three of the attention-grabbing entries: Volver Pedro Almodóvar blends ghost story, revenge drama and all-girl comedy in a tale of courageous, if loco, sisterhood. Lovely Penélope Cruz and spectral Carmen Maura merit laurels, maybe Oscars...