Pedro Almodovar's Bitter Christmas and Peter Farrelly's I Play Rocky are dramas that depict filmmakers creating films. Though different in style, they have much in common.

Pedro Almodovar's Bitter Christmas and Peter Farrelly's I Play Rocky are dramas that depict filmmakers creating films. Though different in style, they have much in common.

In this film-within-a-film, Almodóvar explores how the closest pals can suddenly become bitterly estranged — and all the ways that art imitates life (and vice versa).

In this film-within-a-film, Almodóvar explores how the closest pals can suddenly become bitterly estranged — and all the ways that art imitates life (and vice versa).

Route 66 is celebrating 100 years of being the country's most famous highway. This icon of American culture passes through eight states — and has shown up for decades in movies, books, music and art.

(Image credit: Eric Baradat)

Route 66 is celebrating 100 years of being the country's most famous highway. This icon of American culture passes through eight states — and has shown up for decades in movies, books, music and art.

(Image credit: Eric Baradat)

Buscemi worked as a NYC firefighter for four years while he was getting his start in theater and stand-up comedy. He's appearing in two new films: The Only Living Pickpocket in New York and Wild Horse Nine.