Guillermo del Toro was born on October 9, 1964 in Guadalajara, Jalisco in Mexico. He was raised in a Catholic household and described his first years in life as “morbid”, stating that they made him absolutely intolerant of authoritarian figures. Del Toro developed an interest in making short dark fantasy films with his father’s Super …
Director: Alfonso Cuarón Many directors have portrayed the near or distant future in their films. Some have done it with optimism, others with pessimism, but very few have dared to analyze the social, political and catastrophic repercussions of a collapsed present that is totally devoid of a promising future. Apparently, the Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón …
Director: Alfonso Cuarón Throughout the history of cinema, some of the most acclaimed directors have given in to the temptation of capturing their childhood memories on celluloid. That’s the case with François Truffaut and his The 400 Blows (1959), Ingmar Bergman with Fanny and Alexander (1982) or Federico Fellini with Amarcord (1973). In 2018, the …
10. Mommy (2014 / directed by Xavier Dolan)In a fictitious Canada, a new law allows parents to lock their problematic children inside a special center. But Diane “Die” Despres (Anne Dorval), a widowed mother, decides to educate her hyperactive and violent teenage son Steve (Antoine Olivier Pilon) herself. Steve has insanely violent episodes and suffers …
