Bitter Christmas
Elsa is an advertising director whose mother dies during a long December holiday. She works non-stop and, without realizing, doesn’t give herself time to mourn her mother’s absence. After a crisis, Elsa decides to travel to the island of Lanzarote accompanied by her friend Patricia, who also needs to get away from the city. The story of these characters runs parallel to that of a screenwriter and film director,… From TMDB
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60 of 67 · most liked firstMy pre-Dead Northern film festival #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched 🍿🎬 I had so much fun with Resident Evil! Bitter Christmas was good, just a bit academic.
unlabelledView post →The unifying power of Dolly Parton is unmatched 💗 We remember her in this week's Take ⭐ + The usual movie madness & reviews 🍿 🐶 THE DOG STARS ✍️ BITTER CHRISTMAS 🫦 I WANT YOUR SEX + Michael Sarnoski on THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD 🏹 🎧 Listen pod.fo/e/584e91 📺 Watch on YT www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghsQ...
unlabelledView post →Got back from seeing Bitter Christmas A film maker writes a script which, although a work of fiction, is drawing on fact. Colourful comic melodrama by Pedro Almodóvar - once again I was gripped Two things… 1. I need to get to Lanzarote 2. I will never hear Libertango in the same way again 🔥🔥
unlabelledView post →46) Bitter Christmas. Beautiful but vapid film about film-making that has nothing to say. Stunning colours and interiors though. Featuring the laziest “a machine did this translation and no-one checked it properly” subtitles I have ever seen in a cinema.
unlabelledView post →Cannes jury member Ruth Negga wore another crazy frock to the premiere of BITTER CHRISTMAS. You make the call. Is she IN or OUT? tomandlorenzo.com/2026/05/cann...
unlabelledView post →"Bitter Christmas is not a bitter movie. Instead, this is a melodrama, infused with a Sirkian music score" Pedro Almodovar's latest creation is in cinemas tonight: dmovies.org/2026/05/19/b...
unlabelledView post →The poster for the new Almodovar film 'Bitter Christmas' is superb. Like Wittgenstein's duck/rabbit. It took a moment for the penny to drop.
unlabelledView post →Pedro Almodovar's new film BITTER CHRISTMAS is coming exclusively to cinemas in the UK & Ireland in 2026. The film stars Bárbara Lennie, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Victoria Luengo, Patrick Criado, Milena Smit, Quim Gutiérrez, Rossy de Palma, Carmen Machi and Gloria Muñoz.
unlabelledView post →I saw the new Almodovar film "Bitter Christmas" this week and was very distracted by the fact one of the leads looked strikingly similar to present day Woo Gary Davis #totp
unlabelledView post →#BitterChristmas may be the 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 Pedro Almodóvar film as its deconstruction of a director’s writing routine feels oddly comforting. Read @yesitsalistair.bsky.social's review ahead of the U.K. opening this week and U.S. release this November:
unlabelledView post →BITTER CHRISTMAS - My most anticipated film of #TIFF26 may not have lived up to my sky-high expectations, but any new Pedro Almodóvar movie is a vibrant, must-see event (even if minor). A fascinating exploration of creativity’s destructive nature and the cost of turning others’ lives into art. 📽️
unlabelledView post →A creatively challenged writer-director is writing a screenplay about a creatively challenged writer-director in an entertaining self-reflexive experiment from Almodóvar that feels like a bit of a stopgap. @jessicakiang.bsky.social reviews Bitter Christmas www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
unlabelledView post →My next most anticipated film of 2026 is BITTER CHRISTMAS (dir. Pedro Almodóvar). Manifesting a trip to Spain on May 19 for the premiere—unlikely, but a boy can dream. 📽️
unlabelledView post →MEPED Bitter Christmas... The film. youtu.be/aZepPYTpo84?... @wingloss.bsky.social @olivewood.bsky.social @antartica81.bsky.social @nootpinguwalda.bsky.social @fumingsouffle.bsky.social @bruja1.bsky.social @rhinomni.bsky.social
unlabelledView post →Went to see the new #Almodovar last night, Bitter Christmas, a film within a film it’s very good and clever #movies youtu.be/NmWRu7ktHXM?...
unlabelledView post →Pedro Almodóvar says film-makers have a ‘moral duty’ to speak out against the far right. ‘Europe must never be subjected to Trump’ says Spanish film-maker at a Cannes press conference for his new film, Bitter Christmas. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma...
unlabelledView post →Reviews are in from Cannes for Pedro Almodóvar’s Bitter Christmas. www.metacritic.com/movie/bitter... “The film is cooler emotionally than Almodóvar’s early work but full of wit and self-awareness.” - Ed Potton, The Times
unlabelledView post →I was pondering my festive viewing, moving DVD's from my TBW pile to my film shelves etc and wondered if any of my Pedro Almodóvar's might be Christmassy. JUST LOOK WHAT APPEARED WHEN I GOOGLED "Almodóvar and Christmas " HAPPY 2026! Bitter Christmas/ Amarga Navidad ! #Filmsky
unlabelledView post →David D'Arcy writes that three TIFF premieres — John Trengove’s "The Smell of Apples," Avi Nesher’s "Our Loves," and Pedro Almodóvar’s "Bitter Christmas" — locate private lives within political violence, historical memory, and the seductive artifices of storytelling. artsfuse.org/335067/film-...
unlabelledView post →Second 🏳️🌈 film today is Bitter Christmas. Not much to say as it didn’t have much to add to Almodóvar’s oeuvre. He’s reheating the same nachos thematically with his last few films, but I love his nachos so that’s fine Also the v v hot central male couple don’t make out once so points off for that
unlabelledView post →At 76, the Spanish auteur arrives in Cannes with an autofictional new film, “Bitter Christmas,” and the luxury of speaking his mind. Our columnist talks with Almodóvar, uncensored. www.latimes.com/entertainme...
unlabelledView post →www.indiewire.com/news/breakin... Pedro Almodóvar’s Next Movie ‘Bitter Christmas’ Set for Spanish Theaters and Streamer Movistar Plus+
unlabelledView post →Bitter Christmas has all the pleasures you expect of an Almodóvar film plus some next level knitwear
unlabelledView post →'Once more down the Almodóvarian rabbit hole of creativity' ★★★★ BITTER CHRISTMAS - #PedroAlmodóvar goes life-jacking, as the Spanish master asks - can a wilfully dull film be worth watching? James Saynor is intrigued @film.curzon.com www.theartsdesk.com/film/bitter-...
unlabelledView post →Happy to have received my comp copy of THE PEDRO ALMODÓVAR ARCHIVES—the updated edition has an additional 140 pages of NEW MATERIAL, including Pedro's new film BITTER CHRISTMAS. Order here direct from TASCHEN: www.taschen.com/en/books/fil... @agustinalmo.bsky.social
unlabelledView post →🎬 #Filmmaking #Interview ‘It is the riskiest #film I’ve ever made’: #PedroAlmodóvar on being the villain in his own movie As his #BitterChristmas is released, the legendary Spanish director turns his fire on Donald Trump, Will Smith, Netflix – and himself www.theguardian.com/film/2026/au...
unlabelledView post →On the new Almodovar film Bitter Christmas
unlabelledView post →Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Bitter Christmas’ Turns the Filmmaker’s Lens On His Own Process #Cannes2026 videogame.town/2026/05/26/p...
unlabelledView post →Pedro Almodóvar's BITTER CHRISTMAS will have its North American debut at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), ahead of its November 13 U.S. theatrical release. easternherald.com/2026/09/13/a...
unlabelledView post →Here's a review from The Hollywood Reporter. The film will be shown under the title 'Bitter Christmas' in North America: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
unlabelledView post →@enyamorricone.bsky.social - Saw the trailer for the new Almodovar film this afternoon. Bitter Christmas, I think, is the name. Yes, and yes. Opens in a week or two.
unlabelledView post →#NowWatching2026 Movies I saw this weekend at the cinema. Saturday: - Amarga Navidad (Eng: Bitter Christmas) (2026) - Sirāt (2025) Sunday: - Backrooms (2026) - Obsession (2025)
unlabelledView post →Pedro Almodóvar says film-makers have a "moral duty" to speak out against the far-right "Europe must never be subjected to Trump" says Spanish film-maker at a Cannes press conference for his new film, Bitter Christmas www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma...
unlabelledView post →First poster for Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘BITTER CHRISTMAS’. Expected to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. #BitterChristmas #PedroAlmodovar #Cannes2025
unlabelledView post →Thoughts on the NYFF film BITTER CHRISTMAS, the latest from Pedro Almodóvar. I like the film, but I think its a film that works better as pieces then as a whole unseenfilms.net/2026/10/bitt...
unlabelledView post →Come and see the new Pedro Almodovar film BITTER CHRISTMAS on Monday 5th at 7.30pm. buxtonfilm.org.uk/monday-05-oct/
unlabelledView post →BITTER CHRISTMAS 🎥 while better than THE ROOM NEXT DOOR (though that's not saying much) is neither good Almodóvar nor a good film on its own. His obsession clearly death instead of sex these days movieswetextedabout.com/bitter-chris...
unlabelledView post →Yesterday I saw the new Almodóvar picture, Bitter Christmas and I found it to be quite an interesting movie to think about. Its primary focus is on the creative process and the ethical limits of how much you can pull from life experiences of the ones around you to create your art.
unlabelledView post →Bitter Christmas https://freq.org.uk/reviews/bitter-christmas/ [a] complex comedy-drama about a film-maker struggling with problems both professional and personal, and all the while another film-maker is figuring out how to tell her story in a way that […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
unlabelledView post →We saw Bitter Christmas last night at the cinema, really good and the first-half a treat. Barbara Lennie is superb, never heard of her!, and the film slightly faded when we saw less of her second half. Well worth seeing though, and big screen obviously for those colours 💗. #FilmSky
unlabelledView post →Fine thanks. Going to watch the new film Bitter Christmas later, so chocolate time!
unlabelledView post →www.theguardian.com/film/2026/au... #PedroAlmodóvar #BitterChristmas #LoveCinema
unlabelledView post →Bitter Christmas is a good movie
unlabelledView post →Top 10 Most Anticipated Movies of 2026: 1. All of a Sudden 2. Kontinental 25 3. Miroirs No 3 4. Disclosure Day 5. Bitter Christmas 6. Untitled Mike Leigh Movie 7. Jack of Spades 8. Possible Love 9. Out of This World 10. I Want Your Sex
unlabelledView post →Sony to release “Bitter Christmas” movie in the US. As the title suggests, this is not a typical happy holiday film as it follows a workaholic whose mother dies in December. Bring the tissues. #MovieSky #FilmSky #ChristmasMovie deadline.com/2025/08/pedr...
unlabelledView post →Update on the filming of Pedro Almodóvar's BITTER CHRISTMAS (AMARGA NAVIDAD) in El Golfo, Spain. www.lavozdelanzarote.com/en/news/cult...
unlabelledView post →Pedro Almodovar's latest, Spanish-language movie, BITTER CHRISTMAS (AMARGA NAVIDAD), starring Victoria Luengo and Patrick Criado, starts filming later this month in Spain. www.hola.com/actualidad/2...
unlabelledView post →Split across two distinct timelines, this really quite messy and often almost incoherent drama tells us the story of the migraine-prone "Elsa" (Bárbara Lennie) as she recovers from the death of her mother - after a lingering illness - in 2004. She heads to the calm of the black-sanded Lanzarote to rejuvenate her writing career with her troubled friend "Natalia" (Milena Smit) whilst abandoning her hunky fireman/stripper boyfriend "Beau" (Patrick Criado) at home in Madrid. The later timeline…
neutral · AI labelView post →First up is Bitter Christmas which is the latest from Oscar winning auteur Pedro Almodóvar and it’s a Dramedy about artistic liberties. It does get a little self indulgent and the pacing is a little slow but the performances are great. 8/10 i enjoy it, The film releases in the US on November 25th
unlabelledView post →My bad run of films continued today with Almodóvar’s Bitter Christmas, a film about how it’s okay to steal people’s life story because it’s five years since your last film and something, something, art. Someone says to the Almodóvar character, “You’ve made your best films,” and this is correct.
unlabelledView post →Movie Number 1 for #NationalCinemaWeekend: Pedro Almodóvar’s BITTER CHRISTMAS
unlabelledView post →#BitterChristmas was excellent, albeit a bit late period for Almodovar. Absolutely stunning poster which is even better after the movie (I can totally see one of the BF's Trek posters coming down for it *ducks*).
unlabelledView post →Sorry to say but BITTER CHRISTMAS is a bit of a disappointment for me. Every shot is gorgeous but the film is, at best, slight. I don't think it has or ever had an ending. This "Lady or the Tiger" ending comes off as uninspired. I love you Pedro but I expected more.
unlabelledView post →Bitter Christmas is another great film by Almodóvar, in self-reflective mode (it would make a nice companion piece to 2019’s Pain & Glory) and with his usual flair for inserting some oft missing colour into contemporary cinema
unlabelledView post →Bitter Christmas review - Almodóvar's latest layered autofiction marks a resplendent return to form thelosthighwayhotel.com/2026/08/30/r...
unlabelledView post →#Almodovar's Bitter Christmas now showing at the Phoenix Picturehouse #Oxford: https://www.picturehouses.com/movie-details/014/HO00018329/bitter-christmas #cinema
unlabelledView post →BITTER CHRISTMAS (2026): Ah, the classic genre of a director or writer believing himself to be washed up makes a film about a washed-up writer and director, which directly involves a film in the film referencing this washed up status. This one belongs in with the funner, lighter Almodavar's....
unlabelledView post →Bitter Christmas review – grief, loss and artistic betrayal in Almodóvar’s film within a film www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma...
unlabelledView post →"The final act reminds us just how good Almodóvar can be, but viewers may struggle to engage his movie long enough to get to that point." BITTER CHRISTMAS is in UK/ROI cinemas from August 28th. Read Eric Hillis's review at www.themoviewaffler.com/2026/08/bitt... #BitterChristmas #Almodovar
unlabelledView post →I'm done with Almodovar. What an utterly disposable, self-indulgent, pointless pic. Not as embarrassing as "The Room Next Door," but close...so close. With 'Bitter Christmas,' Almodovar has reached a new peak of irrelevance. One big shrug of a movie. youtu.be/7PgPkSpuYpY?...
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