Loosely adapting "A Short Film About Love" into a long film about nothing, Asghar Farhadi's cramped and tedious "Parallel Tales" forfeits the sordid humanity of Krzysztof Kieślowski's masterpiece in ...

'Parallel Mothers' is notable storytelling from Pedro Almodóvar. Performances by Penélope Cruz and Milena Smit shine bright in a soap opera with significantly dramatic moments. Janis Martinez (Cruz) ...

Parallel Mothers debuts in theaters on Dec. 24. As is the case with most Pedro Almodóvar movies, Parallel Mothers is an unexpected, sometimes crazy ride that keeps you off-kilter to the very end. A ...

Countless exceptional films have been made in which voyeurism — whether practiced by the protagonist or the audience — is a significant component. Think Hitchcock's Rear Window, Polanski's The Tenant, ...

Sylvie (Isabelle Huppert), the pivotal figure in Asghar Farhadi's "Parallel Tales," is a French novelist whose better days are behind her. She lives in a stately old Paris apartment that's starting to ...