Tag: Cronos
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Guillermo del Toro Is Right About ‘No One Will Save You’s Catholic Message
Guillermo del Toro is one of our modern film masters. While he can’t simply be labeled as just a horror director, most of his films find at least some of their roots in the genre. You could go on and on about classic films such as Cronos, The Devil’s Backbone, Hellboy, and Crimson Peak, but…
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Who Are the Directors of Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities?
This October, there are more than enough new movies and shows to get you into the Halloween spirit. Of course, if there’s enough room in the proverbial stomach for more spooky treats, this Netflix anthology could be the one to satisfy. The title is decadent in of itself: Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities. Releasing…
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Guillermo del Toro: ‘I could tweet 20 times a day – I’m very careful not to’
The 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…
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Cool Stuff: A Tarot Card Deck Inspired By the Films of Guillermo del Toro Knows Your Past, Present & Future
Guillermo 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…
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Guillermo del Toro: It’s the Director’s Duty to Always ‘Exceed the Budget’
As you can imagine, Guillermo del Toro has some unique insights on what it means to be a director. Speaking to Alec Baldwin as part of the Tribeca Film Festival’s Director Series, he shared one that his financiers might not be especially happy about: “As a director, it is your duty to always responsibly exceed…
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The Shape of Water review – a seductively melancholy creature feature
Guillermo del Toro’s magical movie, a cold war thriller, is underpinned by a superb cast and knowing nods to Hollywood classicsIn my opinion, the 21st century has produced no finer movie than Pan’s Labyrinth, Guillermo del Toro’s 2006 masterpiece, which acts as a sister picture to his 2001 Spanish civil war ghost story, The Devil’s…