Penelope Cruz

Horrific Inquiry: GOTHIKA (2003)

While Gothika may not have stood the test of time, or have the most plausible horror narrative, it delivers an eerie watch.

THE 355 Trailer
THE 355 Trailer

When a top-secret weapon falls into mercenary hands, a wild card CIA agent joins forces with three international agents on a lethal mission to retrieve it.

NYFF 2021: PARALLEL MOTHERS
NYFF 2021: PARALLEL MOTHERS

In using the medium of melodrama for Parallel Mothers to convey such a message, Almodóvar has given us one of his best films in years. 

PARALLEL MOTHERS Trailer
PARALLEL MOTHERS Trailer

The story of two mothers who give birth the same day.

WASP NETWORK: All Dressed UP With Nowhere To Go
WASP NETWORK: All Dressed UP With Nowhere To Go

This slick spy story has too many tricks up its sleeve, leading more to confusion than thrills.

TIFF 19: Beautiful Traitors in Assayas' WASP NETWORK
WASP NETWORK: Assayas’ Spy Thriller Bites Off More Than It Can Chew

Wasp Network’s bites off far more than it can chew, there’s no denying this all-star cast makes up for what is lost in plot.

EVERYBODY KNOWS: A Compelling, Visceral Nightmare
EVERYBODY KNOWS: A Compelling, Visceral Nightmare

Everybody Knows may be a little overlong, but it’s frequently compelling due to a powerhouse performance by Penélope Cruz.

DOLOR Y GLORIA Trailer
DOLOR Y GLORIA Trailer

In Dolor Y Gloria (Pain & Glory), a film director reflects on the choices he’s made in life as past and present come crashing down around him.

EVERYBODY KNOWS Trailer
EVERYBODY KNOWS Trailer

In Everybody Knows, a woman returns to her hometown with her two children to attend her sister’s wedding. However, the trip is upset by unexpected events that bring secrets into the open.

EVERYBODY KNOWS Trailer
EVERYBODY KNOWS Trailer

In Everybody Knows, a woman returns to her hometown outside Madrid with her two children to attend her sister’s wedding. However, the trip is upset by unexpected events that bring secrets into the open.

Cannes Review: EVERYBODY KNOWS: A Multi-Tasking Kidnap Drama One Sud Short Of Soap Opera
Cannes Review: EVERYBODY KNOWS: A Multi-Tasking Kidnap Drama One Sud Short Of Soap Opera

Asghar Farhadi’s Everbody Knows is a melodrama that takes itself too seriously – one that pulls in each and every direction to try and find some thematic footing, and ends up not saying too much about anything.

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS: Losing Steam To The Big Screen
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS: Losing Steam To The Big Screen

Though containing some elegant set design and impressive cinematography, Murder on the Orient Express can’t quite intrigue you to the potential that it could’ve, due to underdeveloped characters and an anticlimactic final reveal.

Thriller In Vanilla Or Red Sky In The Morning? Crowe's VANILLA SKY Gets The Take Two Treatment
Thriller In Vanilla Or Red Sky In The Morning? Crowe’s VANILLA SKY Gets The Take Two Treatment

In the next of our Take Two series, we tackle Cameron Crowe’s Vanilla Sky, which may not be quite as remarkable as initially remembered.