" two men who are surely among the most daring, original and accomplished filmmakers in the compe***on, or anywhere else: Spain's Pedro Almodóvar, with his Penélope Cruz romantic drama Broken Embraces"
Y'know, I haven't seen Broken Embraces, but if it's anything like Talk to Her or All About My Mother, well it's well made and affecting enough, but hardly orignal. The filmmaker of Matador, Dark Habits, he was original; this is just Douglas Sirk with the melodrama and performances and color palette but without the mis en scene.
And even then I prefer Joey Gosiengfiao.