Del Toro’s Pinocchio stands out because it couples existential issues with real-world historical catastrophes.
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Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio explores one of the filmmaker’s signature tropes – a child abandoned amid a fascist regime.
Latin American filmmakers wanting to alert the world to human rights abuses are turning to the supernatural to tell compelling stories
Netflix has chosen a high-quality Mexican arthouse movie as a flagship production for its new distribution model.
From Dundee to Dublin, horror spectaculars are springing up like zombies from the dead.
Not everyone can escape to the ocean’s depths to avoid the Trump presidency, but we can escape to the movies. ‘The Shape of Water’ reminds audiences of the humanity of those who are marginalized.
Mexican directors have won in their category four years out of the past five.
The Shape of Water is an entertaining movie, but it also has a timely, allegorical message about the challenges we may face with new scientific discoveries, and our willingness to accept difference.
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