How do you build a universe fit for a Pedro Almodóvar film?

Bitter Christmas review: Pedro Almodóvar’s most introspective film yet is a rich experience

The 24th feature from the legendary Spanish director is a film to wrestle with.

Bitter Christmas Review: Pedro Almodóvar Explores His Creative Process In Comforting Metafiction

Bitter Christmas announces that Pedro Almodóvar has entered his late era, returning once again to the metafiction well for another structurally ambitious analysis of the creative process with at least one character to whom he bears a passing resemblance. It will be nobody’s favorite Almodóvar film, but offers some simple delights because it might be the most Almodóvar film; its deconstruction of a director’s writing routine feels oddly comfortin…

How do you build a universe fit for a Pedro Almodóvar film?

Through rich colours, vibrant decor and stylish couture, filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar has crafted a visual language over his five-decade career that now seems inextricable from contemporary Spanish identity. Interior design is sacred ground for the Madrid-based legend of world cinema, who constructs vibrant aesthetic landscapes in which equally rich stories unfold.His latest creation, 'Bitter Christmas' (out in UK cinemas from 28 August 2026), is a…