The Festival de Cannes loves Pedro Almodovar and audiences seem to love his new film. At this morning’s first screening of “Volver,” some journalists in the Lumiere Theater clapped when his name came ...

The pleasures of the new Pedro Almodovar film “Volver,” and they are many, have less to do with deep wells of feeling than they do with mastery of craft and a magnificent sort of artifice. It’s odd, ...

On almost every level, Pedro Almodovar’s “Volver” proves you can go home again. The title — “Volver,” or “Coming Back” — suits not only the writer-director’s rich, nuanced comic drama of women coping ...

Pedro Almodovar's "Volver" walked away with five top honors at the 21st Goya Awards ceremony Sunday, leaving rivals "Alatriste," "Pan's Labyrinth" and "Salvador" to divvy up the remainder of the ...

Pedro Almodóvar is the most prominent Spanish filmmaker currently working. With the release of Volver, which won best screenplay at Cannes last year, along with best actress award for the entire ...

Pedro Almodóvar is one of the only directors who, a quarter-century into his career, remains an international brand name, his every new film anticipated and talked about the way Bergman’s or Godard’s ...

Penelope Cruz calls it the hardest role she’s ever played, and if early reviews and award buzz hold up, her portrayal of an abused girl’s mom in ‘Volver’ could win Cruz the first-ever Oscar for a ...

Pedro Almodovar's "Volver" walked away with five top honors at the 21st Goya Awards ceremony Sunday. "Volver" star Penelope Cruz was the undisputed queen of the night. By Pamela Rolfe, The Associated ...

A man comes up to me while I’m having breakfast in a bar. He tells me he’s seen “Bad Education” three times. I thank him, as I normally do. The first time I fell asleep, the stranger explains. Did it ...

Penélope Cruz is almost absurdly beautiful in Pedro Almodóvar’s “Volver”; with her hair teased up and her eyes black-rimmed, she confidently totters through the movie in high heels and tight skirts, ...

Awards: Winner of European Film Award for “Volver” and of Goya kudos for “El caballero Don Quixote” (2003), “El pajaro de la felicidad” (1993), “Belle epoque” (1992) and “Mad Monkey” (1989). Tools: A ...