From Parallel Mothers to Francis Bacon: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Whether it’s Spanish melodrama or beastly visions you’re after, our critics have your plans for the week coveredParallel Mothers
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Penélope Cruz (above) is on luminous form in her latest collaboration with the Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, a unique blend of outrageous soap opera and melancholy meditation on the legacy of the Spanish civil war, also starring Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, stealing every scene as Cruz’s would-be actor mother. Continue