The Room Next Door

Once again, the great Pedro Almodóvar bravely plunges into a sea of estrogen in this, his first English-language movie. It stars Tilda Swinton as a war correspondent and deeply flawed mother, and Julianne Moore as her writer friend. The film touches on war, death, and waking up to birdsongs in upstate New York. The Room Next Door, won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and was the centerpiece of this year’s New York Film Festival.