Blog: Uprock Narratives and Unknown Pleasures

I was engaged by the feature film I watched last evening. S and I laconically strutted down Eastgate Street and, with not one backwards glance, entered Gloucester's Guildhall Arts Centre in order to view Broken Embraces , the recent motion picture directed by Pedro Almodóvar. I enjoyed the fellow's last feature, Volver, and its star Penelope Cruz sparkled again in Broken Embraces. Cruz plays a secretary-cum-call girl whose attempts to become an actress impact on a range of finely crafted characters. The plot is fascinating, full of twists and turns, while the varied personalities' idiosyncrasies and nuances entwine with [...]