![Guillermo del Toro: Monster maker Guillermo del Toro: Monster maker](https://bookanista.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/The_Shape_of_Water_feature.jpg)
Guillermo del Toro: Monster maker
Alongside compatriots Alfonso Cuarón, Alejandro González Iñárritu and Carlos Reygadas, Guillermo del Toro emerged as one of the most visible and distinctive artists in modern Mexican cinema. A major contributor to the critical and commercial renaissance cinema from Mexico enjoyed on an international scale, the universal acclaim generated by Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) (which won a...
![Faith, grief and passion Faith, grief and passion](https://bookanista.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Jackie_slider-290x290.jpg)
Faith, grief and passion
As 2017 kicks off with two stunning but radically different novel-inspired blockbusters in the shape of Silence and A Monster Calls (with Liam Neeson looming large in both), we launch a regular round-up of unmissable literary adaptations and biopics coming soon to UK cinemas. Here are our picks for January. Silence Martin Scorsese’s epic adaptation...
![Phyllis Nagy: Carol and me Phyllis Nagy: Carol and me](https://bookanista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Carol_slider-290x290.jpg)
Phyllis Nagy: Carol and me
Yes, there was a scheduling conflict. That’s often code for somebody got dumped, but this time there really was a scheduling conflict, and again I thought, “OK, here it goes again, terrible, terrible.” And then Todd agreed to do it. I don’t think anyone was certain that he would because he’d never directed anything he...