Tag: guillermodeltoro
Screen Anarchists On Guillermo del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN
While Guillermo del Toro's adaptation of Frankenstein passed me by during its limited theatrical run, it sure arrived on Netflix pretty fast. I checked it out, discussed it with colleagues, and noticed there were many different opinions on it,...
Now Streaming: GOOD BOY, SANGRE DEL TORO, TRAIN DREAMS
Plus: 'After the Hunt' and 'The Roses.'
Playback: Guillermo del Toro, Monstrous Beauty from CRONOS to FRANKENSTEIN
Guillermo del Toro treats fear as a form of faith. His stories believe in what frightens us because it's often what defines us. The Mexican director builds ornate, allegorical worlds where the monster is never merely monstrous. His films are...
Now Streaming: ABRAHAM'S BOYS, Human Monsters, FRANKENSTEIN, The Real Monster
Beyond the monsters, 'Materialists,' 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps,' and 'Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale' are now streaming, plus: #Noirvember!
Toronto 2025 Review: FRANKENSTEIN, Guillermo del Toro's Handsome, Empathetic Monster
“Can you contain your fire, Prometheus, or will you burn your hands?” The line is spoken by Christoph Waltz’s polymath gentlemen of curiosities, a 19th century military-industrial baron who got rich off the Crimean War, and whose hobbies get in...
Criterion in October 2025: Cronenberg, del Toro, Lynch, EYES WITHOUT A FACE, ALTERED STATES
To call the Criterion Collection's October 2025 lineup anything less than masterful would be doing the films and the label a disservice. It's more like: wow! The official announcement is bookended by David Cronenberg: first, a 4K of A History...
GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S PINOCCHIO 4K Review: An Honest to Goodness Great Film
Ewan McGregor, Gregory Mann, Tilda Swinton, David Bradley, and Christoph Waltz star in the award-winning stop-motion take on the dark fairy tale.
Criterion in December 2023: Guillermo del Toro's PINOCCHIO, Plus BLAST OF SILENCE
Also: 'The Red Balloon and Other Stories.'
Review: GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S PINOCCHIO, Stunningly Realized Stop-Motion Animation
There’s a moment in the stunningly realized Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio where the familiar title character (winningly voiced by Gregory Mann), newly granted a semblance of animated life by a compassionate supernatural spirit, attempts to greet his new “father,” Geppetto...
Review: GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S CABINET OF CURIOSITIES, Superlative Horror in an Anthology Format
Despite winning a Best Director Oscar five years ago for The Shape of Water — what many filmmakers would consider the culmination of their artistic careers — Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth, The Devil's Backbone, Cronos) shows little, if any,...
Mexico Maleficarum: Program Devoted to Mexican Horror Cinema at The Academy Museum Next Month
If you're in the Los Angeles area and feel you are due for a extensive lesson on the history of Mexican horror cinema then you need to get to Mexico Maleficarum: Resurrecting 20th Century Mexican Horror Cinema at the Academy...
Review: NIGHTMARE ALLEY, A Beautiful Ride That's Missing the Heart
Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara and more star in Guillermo del Toro's horror noir
Book Review: Guillermo del Toro: The Iconic Filmmaker and his Work
Guillermo del Toro is an endlessly fascinating filmmaker and human being. His films are phantasmagorical and meticulous in their details, particularly the art direction. The fantasies he brings to screen — both his big-budget studio films and more personal, artistic...
Guillermo del Toro Biography Out This Fall
I've written about del Toro here before, several of us have; he's an absolute master of modern cinema. The worlds he creates are often intricate, unsettling, and evoke deep emotions within heady atmospheres with insane creature design. (Check out his...
Interview: Michael Shannon Talks THE QUARRY and Religion, Plus Lessons From Scorsese, Herzog, del Toro
Michael Shannon is, absolutely, one of the very best actors working right now in cinema, television and theater. A versatile performer, he has been a leading man (take his collaborations with director Jeff Nichols, Take Shelter and Midnight Special, for...
Review: SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK Delivers A Solid Spook Show
I was a scared little kid. Traumatized by a viewing of Plan 9 From Outer Space at seven (I know, I know), I steered clear of anything horror related until well into my adolescence for fear of causing my psyche...
Friday One Sheet: SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK
Uncluttered concept, unconventional placement of credit blog, and pastel pink horror - The latest anthology film has a suite of posters that know the value of negative space, but none quite as striking as this bathroom nightmare. Does it get...
Big Game Spots: Tracking All The Spots, AVENGERS ENDGAME, CAPTAIN MARVEL And More...
If you would rather be anywhere than in front of the television watching the Big Game tonight but you still want to see all those famous 'Spots' that have become synonmous with the event then check in here. Some of...
Eric Ortiz's Favorite Movies Of 2018
After watching 133 new releases over the past 12 months, it’s certainly time to chime in, for what it’s worth, with my list of personal favorites. I live in Mexico City, therefore several 2017 titles are here. On the other...
Interview: Ron Perlman on ASHER, Evoking 70s American Cinema, HELLBOY Reboot
Ron Perlman says: "Acting is like a drug, like shooting heroin and getting this incredible sensation”. In recent years, however, the star of such magnificent films as Cronos, The City of Lost Children and, certainly, Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy diptych,...
