Baroquely sinister and grotesquely funny, the latest overstimulated bout of dark comic mayhem from writer-director Álex de la Iglesia (Common Wealth, The Day of the Beast), The Last Circus is a ...

Over the last 30 years, Spain has stood out in Europe for its smart genre output: Think "The Orphanage," "Pan's Labyrinth" ...

I’ve been meaning to watch Pan’s Labyrinth, Guillermo del Toro’s dark fairy tale set in fascist Spain, since the film was released to critical acclaim in 2006. I finally got around to the winner of ...

There's nothing better than some scary magic. Even nearly two decades later, director Guillermo Del Toro's masterful blend of historical fiction and dark fantasy in Pan's Labyrinth stands the test of ...

Early in Guillermo del Toro’s “Pan’s Labyrinth” (2006), ten-year-old Ofelia (Ivana Baquero) tells her soon-to-be-born brother a fairytale. In it, a blue rose that grants immortality grows at the peak ...

"El Laberinto del Fauno" ("Pan's Labyrinth") is a modern fairy tale - not a neutered Disney story, but rather a violent, very adult tale worthy of the Brothers Grimm. Written and directed by Guillermo ...