La Mala Educacion / Bad Education


Run to the theater and see this film. I find it impossible to write anything about Pedro Almodóvar's movies, particularly this one, without resorting to hyperbole, ALL CAPS, and liberal use of the expression "OMGOMGOMG." That is because he is the greatest living director, and save your emails, this is not a point I care to debate. All I want to tell you is that this is a spectacularly beautiful, nuanced, and mature work. It's technicolor film noir. It is so good, you walk out of the theater glad to be alive because film exists, and it is possible for someone to make one so fine that it really does capture a little chunk of human soul. Also, Gael García Bernal plays a trannie.

La Mala Educación / Bad Education: Link to website, Link to trailer, Link to IMDB listing, Link to reviews and US showtimes. OMGOMGOMG.