06.18.2012 | By Jack Rico |
To Rome with Love is unequivocally a perfectly imperfect Woody Allen comedy that uses four very funny Italian vignettes to convey distinct reflective lessons on life. With his expected all star cast, including Spanish actress Penélope Cruz, Allen extracts all the beauty and charm of Rome, while injecting his indelible quirky, witty, and yes, outlandish humor to his latest narrative. Read More
11.19.2009 | By Jack Rico |
One of Spain’s most talented sons gives cinema a new work titled ‘Broken Embraces’. Pedro Almodóvar reunites with Penélope Cruz to once again give us a visually sensual and beautiful, bold and impressive theater of the mind, but one that regrettably doesn’t break new ground. It is not his best film and thus the reason it wasn’t selected to participate in Spain’s Oscar selections for this upcoming ceremony. It is by no intention a bad film, it simply isn’t overwhelming. Were we asking for too much? Was that the problem? Read More
08.13.2008 | By Alex Florez |
*Updated December 2025
Not so long ago, New York-based director Woody Allen confessed to us that the reason there are never any prominent Hispanic characters in his films is because he sticks to what he knows. Woody Allen usually focuses on old Jewish families, upper-class Manhattanites, and chaotic love affairs that flirt with death. Read More
08.7.2008 | By Jack Rico |
*Updated 2026
This 2008 Elegy movie review lands differently in 2026 because the film’s central anxiety, an older man terrified that youth and beauty will leave him behind, still feels painfully current. The original review’s point is simple: Isabel Coixet’s drama is worth slowing down for.
