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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Guillermo del Toro</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/guillermo-del-toro/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:41 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>The Dead Boy, THE DEVILS BACKBONE: Top Five Scariest Living Dead</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dead-boy-the-devils-backbone-eduardo-noriega-del-toro/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dead-boy-the-devils-backbone-eduardo-noriega-del-toro/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:08:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35657</guid> <description><![CDATA[Junio Valverde, The Devil's Backbone Dead Man's Voice Recording, THE SIXTH SENSE: Top Five Scariest Living Dead Pt.5 When it comes to making my skin crawl while sitting in a movie theater, the pool sequence at the climax of Guillermo del Toro's The Devil's Backbone takes the top prize. As greedy, murderous villain Eduardo Noriega falls into a muddy, underground pool, a very young and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dead-boy-the-devils-backbone-eduardo-noriega-del-toro/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>COLOMBIANA, DON&#039;T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, MY IDIOT BROTHER Box Office: Blame It on Hurricane Irene?</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/colombiana-zoe-saldana-dont-be-afraid-of-the-dark/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/colombiana-zoe-saldana-dont-be-afraid-of-the-dark/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:59:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27646</guid> <description><![CDATA[Zoe Saldana, Colombiana Because of Hurricane Irene, which forced more than 1,000 movie houses to shut down in the Northeast this past weekend, it's hard to tell just how disappointing were the openings of three wide releases in North America: Olivier Megaton's girl-kicks-butt Colombiana, written by Luc Besson and starring Avatar's Zoe Saldana; Troy Nixey's horror thriller Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, written and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/colombiana-zoe-saldana-dont-be-afraid-of-the-dark/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>DON&#039;T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK Monster Photo</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dont-be-afraid-of-the-dark-monster-photo/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dont-be-afraid-of-the-dark-monster-photo/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 23:32:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27363</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ugly monster in Troy Nixey's Don't Be Afraid of the Dark A Prometheus alien? Wrong. Ralph Fiennes about to eat Daniel Radcliffe in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2? Nope. The face above belongs to one of the creatures found in the Guillermo del Toro-produced, Troy Nixey-directed Don't Be Afraid of the Dark. A remake of a 1973 made-for-television movie, Don't Be Afraid [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/dont-be-afraid-of-the-dark-monster-photo/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Guillermo del Toro &quot;Guest Director&quot;; Katie Holmes&#039; DON&#039;T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK Closing Night: LA Film Festival</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/guillermo-del-toro-katie-holmes-dont-be-afraid-of-the-dark/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/guillermo-del-toro-katie-holmes-dont-be-afraid-of-the-dark/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 18:29:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27035</guid> <description><![CDATA[Katie Holmes, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark The Los Angeles Film Festival has announced Guillermo del Toro as Guest Director of its 2011 edition. Del Toro will also introduce the festival's closing night film, Troy Nixey's Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, on June 26 at Regal Cinemas Stadium 14 L.A. LIVE. Del Toro co-wrote the horror film's screenplay with Matthew Robbins. Katie Holmes, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/guillermo-del-toro-katie-holmes-dont-be-afraid-of-the-dark/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>PAN&#039;S LABYRINTH Review Pt.3 &#8211; To Disobey or Not to Disobey</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/pans-labyrinth-review-sergi-lopez-doug-jones/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/pans-labyrinth-review-sergi-lopez-doug-jones/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 09:21:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26693</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sergi López in Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth PAN'S LABYRINTH Review Part II But Pan's Labyrinth belongs to Sergi López, whose military man is the epitome of the automaton that thrives in social systems demanding total obedience. Whether smashing the face of a handsome young peasant or sewing together his own sliced cheek (which makes him look like Conrad Veidt in The Man Who Laughs), [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/pans-labyrinth-review-sergi-lopez-doug-jones/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>PAN&#039;S LABYRINTH Review Pt.2 &#8211; Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/pans-labyrinth-review-maribel-verdu-ivana-baquero/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/pans-labyrinth-review-maribel-verdu-ivana-baquero/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 09:21:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26691</guid> <description><![CDATA[Doug Jones, Ivana Baquero in Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth PAN'S LABYRINTH Review Part I Now, I do agree that blind allegiance to authority figures &#8212; be they political, social, or cultural-religious &#8212; reduces human beings to lemmings (with my heartfelt apologies to lemmings everywhere). That said, all things being equal we should obey rules that are intended to preserve our own and others' well-being [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/pans-labyrinth-review-maribel-verdu-ivana-baquero/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>PAN&#039;S LABYRINTH Review d: Guillermo del Toro</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/pans-labyrinth-by-guillermo-del-toro/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/pans-labyrinth-by-guillermo-del-toro/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 09:20:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/pans-labyrinth-by-guillermo-del-toro/</guid> <description><![CDATA[EL LABERINTO DEL FAUNO / PAN'S LABYRINTH (2006) Direction and screenplay: Guillermo del Toro Cast: Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Doug Jones, Ariadna Gil, Álex Angulo, Manolo Solo Oscar Movies Recommended Ivana Baquero, Pan's Labyrinth &#34;If you expect to get laid after this screening,&#34; Guillermo del Toro told the midnight (actually, closer to 1 a.m.) audience at the AFI FEST Los Angeles 2007 premiere [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/pans-labyrinth-by-guillermo-del-toro/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Peter Jackson to Direct THE HOBBIT?</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/peter-jackson-direct-the-hobbit/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/peter-jackson-direct-the-hobbit/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:58:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24639</guid> <description><![CDATA[Saoirse Ronan, Peter Jackson, The Lovely Bones Peter Jackson &#8212; or Sir Peter Jackson since late '09&#8211; may end up directing The Hobbit. According to Mike Fleming at Deadline.com, &#34;Peter Jackson has decided to direct two installments of The Hobbit, trusted sources are telling me. His deal is being negotiated right now with Warner Bros , New Line, and MGM.&#34; Following Guillermo del Toro's departure [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/peter-jackson-direct-the-hobbit/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Guillermo del Toro Out. Who&#039;ll Direct THE HOBBIT?</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/guillermo-del-toro-the-hobbit-director/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/guillermo-del-toro-the-hobbit-director/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 02:35:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24389</guid> <description><![CDATA[Guillermo del Toro is out. Who will be directing The Hobbit when &#8212; or perhaps if &#8212; it goes into production, remains a mystery. Names mentioned as possibilities include Alfonso Cuarón, Sam Mendes, Darren Aronofsky, Tim Burton, and, of course, Peter Jackson. But that's all speculation and wishful thinking &#8212; until an official announcement is made. “We have been caught in a very tangled negotiation,” [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/guillermo-del-toro-the-hobbit-director/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Federico García Lorca&#039;s Remains to Be Exhumed</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/federico-garcia-lorca-exhumed/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/federico-garcia-lorca-exhumed/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:40:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18088</guid> <description><![CDATA[Javier Beltrán as Federico García Lorca, Robert Pattinson as Salvador Dali in Little Ashes According to reports, forensic experts have begun digging at a mass unmarked grave in search of the remains of poet and playwright Federico García Lorca (right), executed in the early days of Spain's bloody 1936-39 civil war. The work is taking place on a remote hillside area near Granada, in Spain's [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/federico-garcia-lorca-exhumed/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A Tribute to Dick Smith: The Godfather of Special Makeup Effects</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/tribute-to-dick-smith-makeup-effects/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/tribute-to-dick-smith-makeup-effects/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 08:29:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=11391</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Godfather: Dick Smith and Al Pacino (top); Smith, Marlon Brando, and Phil Rhodes (bottom) &#34;A Tribute to Dick Smith: The Godfather of Special Makeup Effects&#34; will be presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scienceson Wednesday, June 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Six-time Oscar-winning makeup artist Rick Baker will host the evening, which will be [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/tribute-to-dick-smith-makeup-effects/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ariel Awards 2007</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/ariel-awards-2006/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/ariel-awards-2006/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 07:35:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/ariel-awards-2006/</guid> <description><![CDATA[2007 Ariel Awards The Mexican Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 2007 Ariel nominations: February 21, 2007 2007 Ariel winners: Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City on March 20, 2007 (&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category) &#160; Doug Jones, Ivana Baquero in Pan's Labyrinth &#160; Best Film / Mejor película Crónicas / Chronicles by Producciones Anhelo * El laberinto del fauno / [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/ariel-awards-2006/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Goya Awards 2007 Winners</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/goya-awards-2007-winners/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/goya-awards-2007-winners/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2007 07:17:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2007/02/06/goya-awards-2007-winners/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Yohana Cobo, Penélope Cruz in Volver (top); Maribel Verdú, Ivana Baquero in Pan's Labyrinth (bottom) The Spanish Academy's Goya Awards were presented on Jan. 28. Although best picture winner Volver seemed like an easy pick, it actually faced stiff competition from both Agustín Díaz-Yanes' adventure period piece Alatriste and Guillermo del Toro's dark fantasy Pan's Labyrinth. Ultimately, Volver took home five Goyas: best film, best [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/goya-awards-2007-winners/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Palm Springs Film Festival Awards 2007</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/palm-springs-film-festival-awards-2007/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/palm-springs-film-festival-awards-2007/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 05:36:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/palm-springs-film-festival-awards-2007/</guid> <description><![CDATA[2007 Palm Springs Film Festival Awards 2007 Palm Springs Film Festival: January 4-15, 2007 2007 Palm Springs Film Festival Winners &#160; &#160; FIPRESCI Award Winner &#8211; Best Foreign Language Film of the Year: El laberinto del fauno / Pan's Labyrinth (Mexico / Spain / U.S.) directed by Guillermo del Toro &#160; New Voices New Visions Grand Jury Prize: Zemestan / It's Winter (Iran) directed by [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/palm-springs-film-festival-awards-2007/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2007 Palm Springs Film Festival Winners</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/palm-springs-film-festival-awards-2007-winners/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/palm-springs-film-festival-awards-2007-winners/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 05:03:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2007/01/16/palm-springs-film-festival-awards-2007-winners/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The 2007 Palm Springs Film Festival has announced its jury and audience winners. The New Voices New Visions Grand Jury Prize was given to Rafi Pitts' Iranian drama It's Winter, the story of a woman left behind in a small Iranian town after her husband travels abroad looking for work. The Special Jury Prize went to Verónica Chen's Agua, an Argentinean drama about two swimmers [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/palm-springs-film-festival-awards-2007-winners/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2006 National Society of Film Critics Awards Winners</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2006-national-society-of-film-critics-winners/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2006-national-society-of-film-critics-winners/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2007 15:41:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/nsfc-national-society-of-film-critics-awards-2006/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The National Society of Film Critics (NSFC), composed of 58 U.S. critics mostly based in New York City and Los Angeles, has chosen Guillermo del Toro's Spanish-language dark fantasy Pan's Labyrinth as the best film of 2006. Set in 1940s Spain, Pan's Labyrinth tells the story of a girl (Ivana Baquero) who finds herself living in two worlds: One of Fascist horror above ground, one [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2006-national-society-of-film-critics-winners/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Austin Film Critics Awards 2006</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/austin-film-critics-awards-2006/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/austin-film-critics-awards-2006/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2007 06:59:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
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