With gorgeous, vivid stop-motion animation overseen by co-director Mark Gustafson, this inspired collaborative effort carves its own lane among the many adaptations of the oft-told story.
Guillermo Del Toro
Television Review: Guillermo del Toro’s “Cabinet of Curiosities” — Well Worth Opening
This is a terrific start for a series that may live up to the promise of The Twilight Zone: it will take you “on a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination.”
Film Review: “Nightmare Alley” — The Greatest Con on Earth
With Nightmare Alley, Guillermo del Toro once again proves to be an unparalleled cinematic visionary whose commitment to craftsmanship continues to amaze.
Film Review: “The Shape of Water” — A Dissenting View
Del Toro creates a visually intriguing world, but the story’s premise is too farfetched to work.
Short Fuse: Drac Attack, or Why Vampirism Won’t Go Away
Oddly, not everyone is concerned with vampires. A friend tells me he finds them overdone, ornate, weighed down with baroque bells and whistles. His vote goes to zombies. I reply that zombies are one-trick monsters. They don’t even suck, only bite. That, he says, is what he likes about them; they are stripped down, perfect […]