A show home for the deviant and downtrodden, Pedro Almodóvar's films embrace humanity and indecency.

Women are strong and families are troubled, as sins haunt or desire takes control. 

So it is with this rousing melodrama, where a family's secrets pile up and flood out. The colourful plot is made credible thanks to Penélope Cruz as the steel-spined matriarch of the type once played by Carmen Maura, who instead is cast as the meddlesome spirit.

Four other great characters join them, with all six actors sharing the Best Actress prize at Cannes. Rolling Stone Magazine's reviewer joined the popular praise with a simple - and wholly accurate - warning: You do not want to miss this one.

'Mixes elements of Douglas Sirk and Alfred Hitchcock with the spirit of trash TV telenovelas and the eeriness of a supernatural love story.'

Stories of connection, resilience, and the ties that carry us through. 

Following some unexpected revelations, a celebration quickly takes a turn for the worse in Sally Potter's razor-sharp comedy.

A young couple take a road trip through the Californian desert towards a shocking climax in Bruno Dumont’s stripped-back horror.

Psychological Nordic noir starring Stellan Skarsgård as a detective losing his mind while investigating a murder in a town bathed in 24-hour daylight.

An English aristocrat is driven to despair over the effects of violence on her family.

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Richard Linklater recreates the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s seminal feature debut, Breathless.

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A woman battles addiction and abuse in Kristen Stewart’s uncompromising depiction of love, trauma and artistic self-expression.

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Rose Byrne gives a mesmerising, Golden Globe-winning performance as an overwhelmed mother, in Mary Bronstein’s nerve-shredding comedy-thriller-horror.

Céline Sciamma’s BAFTA-nominated film about the tentative love between a painter and her subject in 18th-century France.

A ménage à trois stirs passion and jealousy beside a secluded pool in this sultry, French cult-thriller.

Ondi Timoner’s cult music documentary returns after 20 years, remastered and extended, to explore rock’s most volatile friendship.

An extended Q&A with the film's co-directors Chris Petit and Emma Matthews, led by Rowan Woods. A wide-ranging exploration of family, memory, art and medicine, the film follows the trio on a road trip through their experiences as Louis’s attempts to reconnect with his childhood self.