Tag: Guillermo del Toro

At Home with Guillermo del Toro’s Monsters at the AGO

At Home with Guillermo del Toro’s Monsters at the AGO

December 29, 2017 | By

As Guillermo del Toro’s At Home with Monsters exhibit nears its end at the AGO next week, here’s a personal narrative on this must-see pilgrimage for fans of horror culture.

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Podcast with Mama’s composer Fernando Velazquez, and Nostalgic Shockers

Podcast with Mama’s composer Fernando Velazquez, and Nostalgic Shockers

February 8, 2013 | By | Add a Comment

Just uploaded is a podcast with Fernando Velazquez, the lauded Spanish composer of the current box office hit Mama. Also new: Editor’s Blog on nostalgic horror, plus reviews of Joe Dante’s underrated and very badly treated The Hole (Alliance / EOne), and the underrated Devil (Universal), the latter featuring a terrifying score by Velazquez.

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Soundtrack Reviews & Sundry

Soundtrack Reviews & Sundry

October 25, 2011 | By | 1 Comment

Reviews of Silva Screen’s compilation series, featuring Music from the Transformers Trilogy by Steve Jablonsky, The Music of Michel Legrand, and The Music of James Horner, plus La-La Land’s complete presentation of James Horner’s Commando. Also: gorgeous Rue Morgue poster art, Julian Roffman’s The Mask + Guillermo del Toro in person at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, and David Cronenberg’s Shivers at The Revue. Sometimes I love my city. Sometimes.

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