What happens when you mix threads of The Shape of Water with economic European storytelling and pervasive sadness? You probably get something like Christian Petzold’s Undine, an update of the European mythology in which a…
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Is ‘Crimson Peak’ Guillermo del Toro’s Weakest Film?
by Steven Ruizby Steven RuizAcademy Award winner Guillermo del Toro has a special eye for horror/fairytale films, along with implementing drama involving love. For instance, both of his Hellboy films were love stories with comic book-isms attached. Guillermo does…
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The Finer Details of The Shape of Water Explain Why it’s Worthy of Best Picture (Watch)
by Nick Kushby Nick KushThe 90th Academy Awards have come and gone and Guillermo Del Toro’s The Shape of Water was awarded as the best movie of the year by the Academy of Arts and Sciences. However, the award was met with…
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More Oscar hopefuls continue to expand out into theaters around the country, bringing weird, awkward, and different stories that are rarely (if ever) seen on screen. Guillermo Del Toro’s The Shape of Water most identifies with…