Pedro Almodóvar and Halina Reijn have a lot in common. They’re linked by Jean Cocteau’s 1930 play “The Human Voice,” which Almodóvar adapted into a short film (starring Tilda Swinton) as his first English-language production, while actor-turned-director Reijn starred in a touring production of the solo show. This year, the Spanish auteur and the Dutch filmmaker worked outside their native languages to make movies about transgressive topics: Almodóvar’s “The Room Next Door” intertwines a narrative about the intimacy of friendship (led by Swinton and Julianne Moore) with the hot-button subject of euthanasia. Reijn’s “Babygirl” stars Nicole Kidman as a high-powered CEO grappling with suppressed sexual desires. And as they
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