Guillermo del Toro on the Crafts of ‘Nightmare Alley’

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This biweekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

The Searchlight Pictures noir drama Nightmare Alley is a Best Picture nominee, one of four noms for the film that stars Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara and an ensemble that includes Willem Dafoe, Ron Perlman, Toni Collette, David Strathairn, Richard Jenkins, Colt McCallany, Clifton Collins Jr, began its theatrical run as a color film, but now an atmospheric black and white version is in theaters. This is the first film del Toro has directed since The Shape of Water, which won him Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director. Before that, he was nominated twice for Pan’s Labyrinth. He wrote Nightmare Alley with Kim Morgan, adapting the William Lindsay Gresham novel.

Zack Sharf It’s a big month for streaming as Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch” and Guillermo del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley,” two of the most acclaimed 2021-22 awards contenders, both arrive on HBO Max. Their streaming arrivals couldn’t be better timed as Oscar nominations are right around the corner.

10 titles shortlisted in the Oscar category of Best Makeup and Hairstyling. Wigs of various lengths and colors were worn by main cast members Bradley Cooper (in selected scenes), Richard Jenkins, Mary Steenburgen and Toni Collette, in addition to dozens of background actors.Cate Blanchett, who nabbed a Screen Actors Guild nomination for her supporting performance, brought in her personal hair stylist. “Guillermo referenced Lauren Bacall for Cate’s hair and her stylist did a fantastic job,” said Furey.

When costume designer Louis Sequeira got the call from Guillermo del Toro to start working on “Nightmare Alley,” he didn’t have to go far to begin researching the 1930s set project. A self-described hoarder, he’d been collecting visual references for decades.

When costume designer Louis Sequeira got the call from Guillermo del Toro to start working on “Nightmare Alley,” he didn’t have to go far to begin researching the 1930s set project. A self-described hoarder, he’d been collecting visual references for decades.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentSearchlight’s “Nightmare Alley” takes place mostly in 1939-41, but its sensibility is contemporary. It’s a time-capsule movie: If future generations want to know what life was like in the 21st century, tell them to see this film.“Nightmare,” written by Guillermo Del Toro (who directs) and Kim Morgan, depicts a world of liars and charlatans who manipulate the truth to gain wealth and/or power.

Guillermo del Toro, Jane Campion, Nicole Holofcener, Danny Strong, Jeymes Samuel, and Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson are the honorees for screenwriting excellence at the 17th annual Final Draft Awards, which will be presented in a virtual ceremony March 16.

Guillermo del Toro, Jane Campion and Jeymes Samuel are among the honorees for this year’s Final Draft Awards recognizing achievements in screenwriting. Also being recognized at the 17th annual awards ceremony will be Nicole Holofcener, Danny Strong, Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson.

We all know Martin Scorsese is a film fan. Like many other filmmakers, the legendary director has an encyclopedic knowledge of the medium.

Excellence in Sci-Fi / Fantasy FilmDune – Jacqueline West & Robert MorganThe Green Knight – Malgosia TurzanskaThe Matrix Resurrections – Lindsay PughShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings – Kym BarrettSpider-Man: No Way Home – Sanja M. HaysThe Suicide Squad – Judianna MakovskyExcellence in Contemporary FilmComing 2 America – Ruth E.

The American Society of Cinematographers announced their 2022 nominees this morning and it was good news for Sci-Fi fans. Over six categories projects such as “Dune,” “Foundation,” “Titans,” “Snowpiercer,” “Superman & Lois” and “The Nevers” earned nominations.

The American Society of Cinematographers on Tuesday unveiled nominations for its 36th annual ASC Awards, honoring the year’s best in feature film, documentary and television cinematography.

Zack Sharf Bradley Cooper earned rave reviews for his lead performance in Guillermo del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley,” but the eight-time Oscar nominee was not necessarily the director’s first choice for the job. It was Leonardo DiCaprio, who del Toro originally cast in the role of Stanton Carlisle, a drifter and con artist who rises from lowly carnival worker to a renowned mentalist.

Bradley Cooper (“Nightmare Alley,” “Licorice Pizza”) and Mahershala Ali (“Swan Song”) sat down for a virtual chat for Variety’s Actors on Actors, presented by Amazon Studios. For more, click here.This season, both Bradley Cooper and Mahershala Ali are pulling off a double act. Cooper’s fans can see him in two period pieces: As the lead of “Nightmare Alley,” in which he plays a tormented mentalist desperate for validation in the 1940s traveling-carnival scene, and as a key supporting player in “Licorice Pizza,” in which he’s a deranged version of the producer Jon Peters.

Guillermo del Toro has reimagined the classic tale of Pinocchio! Netflix dropped on Monday a teaser for the Academy Award-winning filmmaker’s “whimsical, stop-motion musical,” which is scheduled to be released on the streamer this December. First look at Sofia Vergara in her new Netflix seriesEwan McGregor voices Sebastian J. Cricket in the film.

MPSE website.Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature AnimationEncantoLucaThe Mitchells vs. the MachinesRaya and the Last DragonSing 2Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature DocumentaryBillie Eilish: The World’s a Little BlurryFleeThe RescueSummer of Soul (or, when the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)VALThe Velvet UndergroundOutstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Foreign Language FeatureCliff WalkersThe Hand of GodA HeroTitaneA Writer’s OddysseyOutstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Dialogue / ADRDuneLast Night in SohoThe Matrix ResurrectionsNightmare AlleyNo Time to DieThe Power of the DogA Quiet Place Part IIThe Tragedy of MacbethOutstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Effects / FoleyBelfastDuneThe Matrix ResurrectionsNightmare AlleyNo Time to DieA Quiet Place Part IISpider-Man: No Way HomeOutstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature MusicDuneGhostbusters: AfterlifeIn the HeightsThe Matrix ResurrectionsNightmare AlleyA Quiet Place Part IItick tick…BOOM!West Side StoryOutstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Animation Series or ShortJurassic World – Camp Cretaceous: “Eye of the Storm”Love, Death + Robots: “Snow in the Desert”Star Trek: Lower Decks: “Strange Energies”Star Wars: Visions: “The Duel”Star Wars: The Bad Batch: “Reunion”Star Wars: A Galaxy of Sounds: “Excitement”Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Limited Series or AnthologyThe Book of Boba Fett                       Loki: “Journey Into Mystery”Mare of Easttown: “Illusions”The Underground Railroad: Chapter 9: “Indiana Winter”Wandavision: “The Series Finale”The White LotusOutstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical AnimationArcane – League of Legends: “When These Walls Come Tumbling

The Art Directors Guild has announced nominations for the 26th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards in theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos and animation features, with nominees in the top categories including Licorice Pizza, Cruella, Dune, In The Heights, The White Lotus and Encanto.

Netflix just dropped the first teaser for Guillermo del Toro‘s “Pinocchio”.