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Film of the Week: Ad Astra

Child is father to the man: James Gray’s cosmic adventure flick is, at heart, a primal tale of a boy and his dad
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The Film Comment Podcast: Pedro Almodóvar and Pain and Glory

Man in the mirror: Michael Koresky and Eugene Hernandez join to discuss the Spanish filmmaker’s beloved career
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Willing Sinner: Pedro Almodóvar

With the autobiographical Pain and Glory on the horizon, revisit a 1988 interview with the Spanish auteur
Read Marcia Pally’s Feature

Interview: Kirill Mikhanovsky and Alice Austen

Risky business: the director and screenwriter behind Give Me Liberty on the difficult process of bringing their vision to the screen
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Willing Sinner: Pedro Almodóvar

By Marcia Pally
With the autobiographical Pain and Glory on the horizon, revisit a 1988 interview with the Spanish auteur