Posts tagged guillermo del toro
'Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio' Review: A Profound Portrait of Life, Death, and Patriarchy

Sure, there is a talking cricket and a compendium of other colorful characters, but Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is totally - and tonally - different from any of the other adaptations, which is possibly why it is one of the best films of the year.

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‘Nightmare Alley’ Review: Guillermo Del Toro’s Noir is an Endlessly Beguiling and Magical Beast

Hot off his Oscar win, Guillermo Del Toro is back with a new, expectedly dark and alluring film in the form of ‘Nightmare Alley’. Based on the novel, of the same name, and inspired by the Edmund Goulding 1947 film, del Toro has mustered up a strikingly atmospheric noir that effortlessly transports spectators into the filmmaker’s dark vision.

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‘Antlers’ Review: Scott Cooper’s Sharp Horror was Worth the Wait

Whether it’s a spiritual appreciation for the animal, the urge to hang one up above a fireplace, or the fear of becoming a victim on its kill list, there is a very real American fixation with deer; it’s a twisted, overly-serious obsession with of the horned animal that serves as the central terror Scott Cooper’s widely anticipated “Antlers”.

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