Poor Crimson Peak. Although critics praised its art direction and moody atmosphere, Guillermo del Toro’s lavish gothic romance earned only 75 million against its 55 million budget. It faced tough box office competition and in all likelihood suffered from poor marketing choices, which depicted it as an indie horror film rather than the love story […]
Continue reading[Editor’s note: The following gallery was originally published in July 2019. It’s been updated multiple times since.]Guillermo del Toro’s boundless imagination, from the gothic horrors of “Crimson Peak” to the creature-feature-inspired “The Shape of Water,” has been cultivated by a lifelong love of cinema. The Mexican filmmaker proudly wears his influences on his sleeves, while […]
Continue readingTom Hiddleston can do just about anything. He can play an Asgardian god who started his time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a villain before becoming one of the franchise’s most beloved anti-heroes. He can play a man haunted by the past, trapped in a crumbling Victorian mansion, like in Guillermo del Toro’s “Crimson Peak.” He can […]
Continue reading“I hope I don’t disappoint,” Dan Laustsen said. He doesn’t, on the big screen or in person. After years of hearing directors sing the praises of Laustsen, one of the great cinematographers working today, it was a pleasure finally speaking to the man himself. Especially about a film such as Guillermo del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley,” which, […]
Continue readingThe director has a new novel out, an animation series on Netflix and two films in the pipeline – and still had time to watch three films a day in lockdownA specialist in fantasy and the supernatural, Mexican film-maker Guillermo del Toro was born in Guadalajara in 1964. He worked as a special effects makeup […]
Continue readingGuillermo del Toro has never shied away from the spiritual, supernatural, and strange. Movies like Pan’s Labyrinth, The Shape of Water, Cronos, Crimson Peak, The Devil’s Backbone, and features ghost stories, fantasy fables, unconventional romances, and more, all in a mesmerizing macabre canvas. Now the films of Guillermo del Toro are being repurposed for Tarot […]
Continue readingBruce Greenwood (The Post, The Resident), Leslie Hope (24, Crimson Peak), and Jeff Kober (Sully, Sons of Anarchy) will topline the indie drama, Exposure, directed by Jerry Ciccoritti. The story centers around Melanie (Hope), who is many years sober and contentedly married to Frank (Greenwood) until a sudden terminal diagnosis leads her to leave everything […]
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