‘Bitter Christmas’ Review: Pedro Almodóvar’s Playful New Film Nests Stories Within Stories, and Alter Egos Within Alter Egos

Bitter Christmas' is mid-tier Pedro Almodóvar: immaculately art-directed and color-blocked, as per, and plenty enjoyable.

Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Bitter Christmas’ Receives Warm Response at Cannes

The melodrama, which premiered in competition at the French festival, marks the 76-year-old director’s return to his native ...

‘Bitter Christmas’ Review: Pedro Almodóvar’s Elegant Rumination on Art and Ethics Is Intensely Personal but Emotionally Unyielding

Gijón and Bárbara Lennie star in this semi-autobiographical meta-fiction about a film director whose screenplay violates a ...