Tag: Nightmare Alley
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‘Cruella,’ ‘Dune,’ & ‘Emily In Paris’ Among 2022 Costume Designer Guild Awards Winners
It’s that guild awards time of year. A period where every night Los Angeles has a guild or union handing out their peer-reviewed honors. Happily, this year’s ceremonies have (mostly) returned to in-person events and that was the case for the 2022 Costume Guild Awards where Jenny Beavan looks to propel herself to her third…
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‘West Side Story,’ ‘Snowfall’ Win Soc’s 2022 Camera Operator Of The Year Awards
During a virtual celebration on Saturday, the Society of Camera Operators (Soc) announced winners for the 2022 camera operator of the year awards in film and television categories.The recipients for camera operator of the year in film are Mitch Dubin and “B” camera operator John “Buzz” Moyer for “West Side Story.” Manolo Rojas and “B”…
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Indie Spirit, Ace Eddie and Art Directors Guild Awards Predictions: ‘Dune,’ ‘King Richard,’ ‘The Lost Daughter’ Could Triumph
Three awards ceremonies are taking place the weekend of March 5. On Saturday, a double dose of the Art Directors Guild (Adg) and American Cinema Editors Awards (Ace Eddies), and on Sunday, the Film Independent Spirit Awards, airing on IFC.Paying special attention to Adg and Ace Eddies since there’s Oscar crossover, we’re expecting a couple…
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Movies Like Nightmare Alley That Thriller Fans Really Need To See
“Nightmare Alley” will definitely go down as a film that audiences initially under-appreciated. Guillermo del Toro’s beautifully moody noir about a carnival “psychic” undone by his own greed got awards-show praise but flopped at the box office — perhaps partly due to resurgent Covid-19 fears.When I caught this dark and twisted tale at a gorgeous…
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Cate Blanchett to Receive Spanish Film Academy’s Inaugural International Goya Award
The Spanish Film Academy announced on Friday that its first-ever International Goya Award will be received by Cate Blanchett.Currently presided by Mariano Barroso, the Spanish Film Academy created the award to “honor artists that have contributed to cinema as a medium that brings together different cultures and people.” In Friday’s announcement, Blanchett was recognized for…
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The Daily Stream: Guillermo Del Toro’s Carnival Noir Nightmare Alley Is Now Streaming (In Two Places!)
(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)The Movie: “Nightmare Alley“Where You Can Stream It: HBO Max and HuluThe Pitch: Guillermo del Toro takes William Lindsay Gresham’s novel (previously adapted into an excellent film in 1947) and works…
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Why One Version of the ‘Nightmare Alley’ Remake Is on Two Competing Streamers Right Now
Days after Searchlight added black-and-white theatrical dates for Guillermo del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley” (along with some holdover color ones), his remake of the 1947 film noir classic debuted Tuesday on both Disney-owned Hulu and Warner Bros.’ HBO Max.Both streamers carry only the color version, perhaps because the monochrome cut just arrived in theaters. As for…
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‘Nightmare Alley’: Turning Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Spook Show’ Into a Fun House of Entrapment
Guillermo del Toro’s ghoulish “Nightmare Alley” was really two movies in one for Oscar-contending production designer Tamara Deverell with its carnival and Art Deco environments. But both were constructed as places of entrapment for Bradley Cooper’s ruthless grifter, Stanton Carlisle, who gets in over his head with his mentalist “spook show.”“Once you decide to build…
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‘Sing 2’ ends ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ reign at UK-Ireland box office
Universal animation has third-biggest opening since the pandemic began.Rank Film (distributor) Three-day gross (Jan 28-30)Total gross to date Week 1. Sing 2 (Universal) £6.8m £6.8m 1 2. Belfast (Univeral) £1.89m £6m 2 3. Spider-Man: No Way Home (Sony) £1.8m £89.9m 7 4. Scream (Paramount) £788k £6.15m 3 5. Nightmare Alley (Disney) £332k £1.2m 2After six…
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‘Nightmare Alley’ Goes Wide in Black-and-White After Box-Office Disappointment
As Searchlight buyers find Sundance films for Disney streamer Hulu, Guillermo del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley” will expand to about 1,100 screens this weekend — with 900 of them showing the film in black-and-white.This version saw strong reactions in multiple showings in Los Angeles and New York, but the color film proved to be a box-office…