Pedro Almodóvar’s BITTER CHRISTMAS opens at The Ross on November 27 and we’re celebrating the Spanish auteur’s singular filmography with special screenings of THE SKIN I LIVE IN (Nov 22), ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER (Nov 23), VOLVER (Nov 24), and WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN (Nov 25). All screenings begin at 7:15pm.

Tickets: $10 GENERAL ADMISSION | $5 MEMBERS & UNL STUDENTS

No one makes films quite like Almodóvar. Embracing the thriller, melodrama, screwball comedy, farce, film noir, sci-fi, and western, Almodóvar has forged a genre all his own — what the Cuban writer Guillermo Cabrera Infante termed “Almodrama”. He has conjured daring narratives blending the comic and the tragic to powerful effect, realized visionary production designs that seem as alive and dynamic as any one of his characters, and created a gallery of wild and wonderful characters that live on in the viewer’s imagination long after the final credits have rolled. (Maria Delgado / Toronto International Film Festival)