Penélope Cruz will be honored at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival with the 2022 Montecito Award, which recognizes an actor’s career achievements and is named for one of the beautiful and stylish areas in Santa Barbara.Cruz was recently nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Supporting Actress category for her work in Pedro Almodovar’s “Parallel Mothers.”“In the most complex role written by the master Almodovar, Penelope Cruz delivers the best performance of her career and a master class in calibration and detailed acting,” SBIFF’s executive director Roger Durling said in a statement. “In my book, she’s one of the great performers of our time.”In “Parallel Mothers,” two women, Janis (Cruz) and Ana (Milena Smit), meet in a hospital room where they are going to give birth.
Pedro Almodovar on Creating ‘Rapid and Tense’ Storytelling Through Editing in ‘Parallel Mothers’
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Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorWomen have always been in the center of Pedro Almodovar’s films, driving his narrative. For the past few years, a woman has also been in the editing chair. For years, José Salcedo Palomeque was his go-to editor, until Palomeque died in 2017.
Since then, Teresa Font has been working by the filmmaker’s side, on set and cutting dailies — she cut his latest film, “Parallel Mothers,” where emotion was imperative to the storytelling.Almodovar says, the two didn’t preestablish what rhythm the editing would take. “The film itself calls for how it wants to breathe. The important thing is that we agree on how we evaluate the shot,” he says.
Additionally, when it came to coverage, Almodovar, who often could attempt 30 takes, confesses he used fewer takes than ever for this. “It was not necessary to repeat takes because one or two captured what I wanted.” “Parallel Mothers” stars Almodovar’s muse, Penelope Cruz, and follows two single women who meet in a hospital room where they are both going to give birth. One is middle-aged and doesn’t regret it, while the other is adolescent and scared.
The two women form a strong bond with one another as they both confront motherhood.When it came to the film’s rhythm, Almodovar says, “The pacing of the film is a very abstract and personal thing, it is driven by whatever a director’s ideas are about narration and by the genre of the film. The idea is to hold on to a shot until it becomes expressive, at the moment when it ceases to be, is when one must cut. Font concurs that to help with that emotion, she put herself in the actor’s position — in this case Cruz’s shoes.
Penélope Cruz To Receive Montecito Award At Santa Barbara Film Festival
The Santa Barbara Film Festival said Thursday that newly minted Oscar nominee Penélope Cruz has been chosen to receive the Montecito Award at the festival’s 37th edition next month.
Javier Bardem, ‘The Good Boss’ Top Spain’s 2022 Goya Awards
Javier Bardem at Saturday’s Goya prize ceremony. The prizes marked both Leon and Bardem’s seventh Goya wins. Produced by El Reposado and The Mediapro Studio, and a workplace dramedy skewering the abuse of power practised by a seemingly benign factory owner, “The Good Boss” also won best director and original screenplay for León, as well as best score and editing.Blanca Portillo beat out “Parallel Mothers’” Oscar-nominated Penélope Cruz, thanks to Portillo’s powerful performance as Maixabel Lasa, the real life widow of former Basque Country governor Juan Mari Jauregui who agreed in 2011 to meet one of his ETA killers. Her forgiveness, and Portillo’s portrait, has touched a large nerve in Spain.
Penelope Cruz & Javier Bardem Arrive in Style for Goya Cinema Awards 2022 Alongside Cate Blanchett
Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem are stepping out in style!
‘The New Boy’: Cate Blanchett To Star In Warwick Thornton’s New Drama
If you’re a reader of this website, you probably are of the same mind as us that anything Cate Blanchett chooses to appear in is something we want to watch. Film, TV show, or if she decides to moonlight as a stand-up comedian, we’re down to give her the benefit of the doubt.
Cate Blanchett Will Play a Renegade Nun In New Movie, 'The New Boy'
Cate Blanchett is adding one more movie to her upcoming project list.
‘The New Boy’: Cate Blanchett To Star In Warwick Thornton’s New Drama
If you’re a reader of this website, you probably are of the same mind as us that anything Cate Blanchett chooses to appear in is something we want to watch. Film, TV show, or if she decides to moonlight as a stand-up comedian, we’re down to give her the benefit of the doubt.
Javier Bardem Calls His & Her Oscar Noms With Penélope Cruz ‘Extraordinary’
assure you.”The possibility of his and hers nominations – his for playing Desi Arnaz in “Being the Ricardos,” hers for starring in Pedro Almodovar’s “Parallel Mothers” – made for an eventful morning in the Bardem/Cruz household. “It’s been a beautiful day at home,” he said with a big grin.
Oscars: Academy Resumes In-Person Screenings for Members After Nominations
In a move that came on the same day that Oscar nominations were announced, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed plans to resume in-person screenings for members in Los Angeles. The screenings, in the past a central part of every awards season for L.A.-based Oscar voters, were suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic, but they will start up again on Monday, Feb.
These Two Real-Life Couples Could Win All the Acting Categories at the Oscars
Times. (See of 2022 Oscar nominations, as well as our guide to where to watch all .)This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Bardem is being honored for his role as, well, the actor husband of an A-lister, playing Desi Arnaz opposite Nicole Kidman as Lucille Ball in . We'd like to think Bardem is a better partner to Cruz than Desi was to Lucy.
Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz Celebrate Each Other's Oscar Nominations
2022 Oscar nominations were announced on Tuesday — and it was a big day for Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz!The two were nominated for top acting awards, with Bardem earning his third career Best Actor nod for his performance as Dezi Arnaz in and Cruz garnering her second Best Actress nomination for her role in Pedro Almodóvar's The pair, who married in 2010 and share a son, Leo, and a daughter, Luna, are the first married couple to both be nominated for the Academy's top acting awards since Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were nominated together in 1967 for (Taylor won, Burton didn't, and they would divorce a few years later.)However, they're not the only acting couple to be nominated together this year. Jesse Plemons and Kirsten Dunst, who announced their engagement in 2017 and share two children together, both scored supporting nods for Bardem and Cruz are each one-time Oscar winners; Bardem won Best Supporting Actor in 2008 for his role as assassin Anton Chigurh in and Cruz won Best Supporting Actress the following year for in which Bardem was her co-star.Following his nomination, Bardem released a statement to ET, which reads, «To embody Desi Arnaz’s spirit was a privilege and an honor and to be connected to his energy and legacy is something I will never forget.
Academy Creates Chaotic Best Actress Race, Embraces Latinos and Gives Netflix ‘Power’ for Best Picture
Clayton Davis Streamers, jaw-droppers, Princess Diana and heartbroken Little Monsters sum up the 2022 Oscar nominations.It’s unclear what was more shocking — the snub of Lady Gaga or the over-performance of Netflix’s “The Power of the Dog,” which has put the streaming giant in the best position to nab its first best picture trophy, something its been seeking for years.For the second year in a row, the best actress is completely wide open and turned upside down, even more than last year’s race that had a different winner at all the televised award ceremonies. This year, only Gaga’s turn in “House of Gucci” was nominated at the BAFTA, Critics Choice, Golden Globes and SAG Awards, leaving many to assume that she would be walking away with her first acting Oscar.
Cate Blanchett to Receive Spanish Film Academy’s Inaugural International Goya Award
Wyatte Grantham-Philips editorThe Spanish Film Academy announced on Friday that its first-ever International Goya Award will be received by Cate Blanchett.Currently presided by Mariano Barroso, the Spanish Film Academy created the award to “honor artists that have contributed to cinema as a medium that brings together different cultures and people.” In Friday’s announcement, Blanchett was recognized for her impactful work both on and off the screen worldwide — as an award-winning actor, producer, artistic director and humanitarian. She will receive the award at a gala ceremony on Feb.
Oscar Nomination Predictions: Expect ‘Dune’ to Dominate in Another Weird Year
BEST PICTUREYes, the Motion Picture Academy membership is becoming more international, but the Hollywood guild awards are still the strongest indicators of what will do well with Oscar voters. And those guilds have been reinforcing what we suspected when “The Power of the Dog” premiered in Venice and “Belfast” followed in Toronto.
Final Oscars Predictions: Lady Gaga, Will Smith and Other A-Listers Expected to Land Noms
Clayton Davis Ballots are in, and the nail-biting portion of Oscar season has begun. Nominations for the 94th Academy Awards will be revealed on Feb.
BAFTAs 2022 Nominations - Full List of Nominees!
The full list of nominees for the 2022 BAFTAs have finally been revealed!
BAFTA Nominations: ‘Dune’ Leads All Films With 11
BEST FILMBELFAST Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik, Tamar ThomasDON’T LOOK UP Adam McKay, Kevin MessickDUNE Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Denis VilleneuveLICORICE PIZZA Sara Murphy, Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam SomnerTHE POWER OF THE DOG Jane Campion, Iain Canning, Roger Frappier, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile ShermanOUTSTANDING BRITISH FILMAFTER LOVE Aleem Khan, Matthieu de BraconierALI & AVA Clio Bernard, Tracy O’RiordanBELFAST Kenneth Branagh, Laura Berwick, Becca Kovacik, Tamar ThomasBOILING POINT Philip Barantini, Bart Ruspoli, Hester Ruoff, James CummingsCYRANO Joe Wright, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Guy Heely, Erica SchmidtEVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE Jonathan Butterell, Peter Carlton, Mark Herbert, Tom MacRaeHOUSE OF GUCCI Ridley Scott, Mark Huffam, Giannina Scott, Kevin J Walsh, Roberto Bentivegna, Becky JohnstonLAST NIGHT IN SOHO Edgar Wright, Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner, Nira Park, Krysty Wilson-CairnsNO TIME TO DIE Cary Joji Fukunaga, Barbara Broccoli, Michael G.
‘The Farewell’ Producer Kindred Spirit Hires Sam Intili As Head Of Creative, Ups Caroline Clark
EXCLUSIVE: The Farewell and Honey Boy producer Kindred Spirit is expanding with the appointment of Sam Intili who joins the company as Head of Creative after departing Animal Kingdom.
Penélope Cruz Once Waxed Salma Hayek’s Legs
Penélope Cruz is giving credit to her mom for her hair and makeup skills.
‘Sing 2’ Dethrones ‘Spider-Man’ at U.K. Box Office
Naman Ramachandran The reign of Sony’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home” atop the U.K. and Ireland box office has finally ended with Universal’s animation sequel “Sing 2” claiming the throne.“Sing 2,” directed by Garth Jennings and featuring a stellar voice cast of Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson and Taron Egerton among many others, debuted in pole position with £6.8 million ($9.2 million), according to numbers released by Comscore. Another Universal release, Kenneth Branagh’s awards season favorite “Belfast,” retained its second position from last week with £1.8 million and now has £6 million after two weekends.After six weeks as box office champion, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” placed third with £1.7 million.