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The Death Labyrinth in ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’

The Death Labyrinth in ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio gives lessons in mortality from death creatures possibly more unsettling than those in Hellboy II and Pan’s Labyrinth.

The Revulsion Should Not Be Televised: On ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities’

The Revulsion Should Not Be Televised: On ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities’

H.P. Lovecraft’s masterful method of telling a horror story eludes “Pickman’s Model” and “The Dreams in the Witch House” from Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities.

The Flipside #10: The 2018 Oscar Nominations

The Flipside #10: The 2018 Oscar Nominations

With the Academy Awards upon us, the Flipside examines whether the world's biggest platform for movie recognition might actually get it right this year, and avoid any, let's say, giant televised mishaps.

Guillermo del Toro Redefines the Love Story in Underwater Fantasy-Thriller ‘The Shape of Water’

Guillermo del Toro Redefines the Love Story in Underwater Fantasy-Thriller ‘The Shape of Water’

The Shape of Water is a plea to stop seeing the "other" in people, while masterfully remaining more charming than didactic.

2017 Fall Film Preview: At Last, the Film Industry Awakens From Its Slumber

2017 Fall Film Preview: At Last, the Film Industry Awakens From Its Slumber

From Gary Oldman in The Darkest Hour to James Franco's meta-experiment Blade Runner: 2049 and Daniel Day-Lewis's final role, here are the movies you'll want to watch ... and a couple you might not.
‘Blade II’ Pioneers the Marvel Sequel Yet Remains Hopelessly Outdated

‘Blade II’ Pioneers the Marvel Sequel Yet Remains Hopelessly Outdated

If Blade reflected its time in 1998, Blade II, despite of-the-moment visual effects dazzling action, feels like a film from an earlier era.
Tricks or Treats? Ten Halloween Movies That May Disrupt Your Life

Tricks or Treats? Ten Halloween Movies That May Disrupt Your Life

The best of this stuff'll kill you.
The Three Amigos of Mexican Cinema See the Global in the Local

The Three Amigos of Mexican Cinema See the Global in the Local

Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and Alfonso Cuarón – the “Three Amigos” of Mexican cinema – use their masterpieces to examine the global through the lens of the local.

Coen Brothers, Sophie Marceau, and Guillermo Del Toro All Feature in the Cannes Jury

Coen Brothers, Sophie Marceau, and Guillermo Del Toro All Feature in the Cannes Jury

The 2015 Cannes Film Festival has a veritable who's-who on its jury this year, headed up by brother directors Joel and Ethan Coen.
What Happens When an Interactive Horror Experience Figures Out the Fourth Wall?

What Happens When an Interactive Horror Experience Figures Out the Fourth Wall?

P.T. has the digital world bleeding out into the real, hands flailing in search of something to hold onto so it can pull itself out of the game and into your living room.
Guillermo del Toro’s Vampires in ‘The Strain’ Create a Familiar Nightmare

Guillermo del Toro’s Vampires in ‘The Strain’ Create a Familiar Nightmare

People must make nightmarish choices in Guillermo del Toro’s vampire series ; choices that seem too familiar.

‘The Devil’s Backbone’ Is Guillermo del Toro’s Most Haunting Tale