Deborah Ross

Great knits – shame about the film: Almodovar’s The Room Next Door reviewed

Tilda Swinton's character is selfish and tiresome and you'll wish she would hurry up and die

The sensational knitwear cannot offset the flaws of Pedro Almodovar’s latest: Tilda Swinton as tiresome Martha [© El Deseo, photo by Iglesias Más]
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