Revered Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar's Volver (2006) is a beguiling study of life and afterlife--sometimes gentle, sometimes bracing--that casts luminous Penélope Cruz as one of two sisters who return to the town where their mother died. Complications arise when they discover that mama (Carmen Maura) is not quite dead. Rather, she is a ghost who is committed to helping her daughters, even when … Become a Mr Skin Member and get the full review