Review: 'Pain and Glory' is Pedro Almodóvar at his best
A surprise in all ways except its surpassing quality, "Pain and Glory" reveals master Spanish director Pedro Almodovar forging dazzling new paths while being completely himself.
Dramatic rather than melodramatic, autobiographical but only around the edges, using Antonio Banderas in unexpected ways but skillfully enough to win him the best actor prize at Cannes, Almodovar takes delight in contradicting whatever you might be expecting.
Yet on the other hand this at times austere story of an aging filmmaker ("a director with his aches and pains" in Almodovar's words) at a
