Tag: Nightmare Alley
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Oscars 2022: Best Sound Predictions
It’s a very competitive sound race, with frontrunner “Dune” being challenged from all sides by sci-fi (“The Matrix Resurrections”), horror, superheroes, spies, musicals, westerns, and film noir (“Nightmare Alley”).However, the sonic power and complexity of Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” (Warner Bros.) is going to be hard to beat. Its great achievement is creating a grounded reality…
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New Nightmare Alley Image Teases Bradley Cooper And Cate Blanchett In Guillermo Del Toro’s Dark Noir
If the idea of Guillermo del Toro tipping his toes into the water of film noir doesn’t excite you, then I’m afraid nothing will. The filmmaker with a deep and abiding love of movie monsters is taking a trip into uncharted territory, leaving creature features behind for a change to focus on something even scarier:…
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Oscars 2022: Best Cinematography Predictions
The good news for the cinematography race is that theaters have reopened, which means that the full spectacle of “Dune” and “No Time to Die” can be experienced on the big screen. But they are not alone — this season also boasts the visual splendor of “The Power of the Dog,” the romanticized nostalgia of…
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Disney Sets Dates For Movies Through 2024, Doubles Down On Theatrical
Today, Disney announced a torrent of updated release date information about several of the studio’s biggest upcoming films. Let’s take a look at these new dates, and then break down which ones will only be available to see in theaters.Ok, take a deep breath and let’s go through these one by one.Disney has moved “Nightmare…
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Nightmare Alley: Release Date, Cast and More
(Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) Nightmare Alley, Guillermo del Toro‘s first feature film since winning the Oscar for The Shape of Water, is almost here. Adapting the novel by William Lindsay…
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Willem Dafoe on How the Pandemic Impacted His Work and Committing to ‘Hair-Raising’ Abel Ferrara Movies
A year ago, while much of the world remained on lockdown, Willem Dafoe got to work. As film productions gradually started back up, the veteran actor was ready for them. The result is that the ever-versatile performer has a wide range of projects in the pipeline, from “The Northman” (Robert Eggers’ follow-up to “The Lighthouse”)…
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Tribeca Festival Took ‘Film’ Out of Its Name and Captured the Ambiguous State of the Industry
Tribeca may have been the first big in-person film event of 2021, but it wasn’t clear what it told us about the year ahead. From anticipated premieres to lower-profile films, ambiguity loomed large.The 20th edition launched June 9 with the world premiere in all five boroughs of Jon M. Chu’s movie of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical…
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How Bradley Cooper and Guillermo del Toro Bonded Over Dark Times and ‘Nightmare Alley’
Bradley Cooper and his “Nightmare Alley” director Guillermo del Toro got together Sunday for one of a series of Tribeca Talks. In a virtual conversation originally scheduled to be held live, the actor and director mostly talked about the film noir thriller adapted from William Lindsay Gresham’s pulpy 1946 novel, digging into a creative endeavor…
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Focus Features Sets December Release For George MacKay & Lily-Rose Depp Genre Pic ‘Wolf’
Focus Features will open Wolf starring George MacKay and Lily-Rose Depp in theaters on Friday, Dec. 3.The first weekend of December, following the five-day Thanksgiving frame, is notoriously one of the slowest at the box office in pre-pandemic times, however, arthouse and awards season fare always break through. Wolf will be on marquees with other…
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‘Nightmare Alley’: 9 Things to Know About Guillermo del Toro’s Big Return to Theaters
Guillermo del Toro’s boundless imagination hasn’t graced the big screen since 2017 with “The Shape of Water.” The Mexican filmmaker’s odd love story about a mute woman’s relationship with a water-dwelling creature won the Mexican filmmaker Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director, but the world was already acquainted with him as a director…