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...bond between mother and child. The film, which makes clear allusions to J.M. Barrie’s “Peter Pan,” becomes, at its finest, a potent fairytale for adults. “Pan’s Labyrinth,” anyone? Producer Guillermo del Toro??s fingerprints are evident throughout the entire film. Catapulted by its successes across the Atlantic, “The Orphanage” will play in American theaters after Christmas. Not only is the motion picture produced by del Toro, but “The Orphanage?...
...speed, read on, and drink up! TAKE A SHOT… 1. One shot if you can understand Johnny Depp. Cease all play immediately if you begin to sympathize with him. You’ve already had enough. 2. Take two shots every time Depp refers to Benicio del Toro??s ethnicity as a handicap or a hurdle, and three shots every time he calls him Samoan. 3. Negative two shots every time a character vomits—it’s only fair. 4. Rejoice and drink when Gary Busey appears as a cop and asks Johnny...
...Fighters: The Spanish Civil War on Film.” The film series marks the 71st anniversary of the conflict. Comprised of factual and fictional films, it includes dramatic renderings of the civil war, such as “Pan’s Labyrinth” director Guillermo del Toro??s “El Espinazo del Diablo” (“The Devil’s Backbone”) as well as documentaries such as “El Perro Negro: Stories from the Spanish Civil War” and “The Good Fight...
...from the languages of some of the best movies at the 79th annual Academy Awards, a motley group of international films that have largely blown the English-language competition out of the water. Why the Spanish? “Pan’s Labyrinth,” Guillermo del Toro??s Best Foreign Film shoo-in recently eclipsed Alfonso Cuarón’s “Y Tu Mamá También” as the highest-grossing Mexican film in the U.S. For all those hoping to pass as film buffs during the award...
...seen beheadings firsthand can conceive of the film’s imagery. In “Pan’s Labyrinth” all cinematic elements work together so seamlessly that the actors and the effects eventually merge. The dramatic finesse of the ensemble cast build upon del Toro??s vision, although no one person outshines it. Through diverse aesthetic orchestration—adulthood and childhood, violence and peace, reality and fantasy—del Toro has achieved the unheard-of: a film that satisfies viewers’ various tastes without compromising artistic vision. —Staff...