DARK SECRETS: 17 - The Real Truth

'Pinocchio' vs. 'Pinocchio': Guillermo del Toro exposes the hollow truth of Disney's remakes

How this year's wildly different Pinocchios represent the best and worst of the state of animation.

Inverse · Dec 10, 2022

In new ‘Pinocchio,’ puppet owes its life to grief and alcohol

Co-director Guillermo del Toro (‘The Shape of Water’) says the stop-motion film is ‘about things that hurt as a child and as a parent.’

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 9, 2022

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio review: The most beautiful stop-motion animation film in years

The director of ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ returns to one of his most prominent themes: the searing inhumanity of fascism and its rigorous ideas of conformity and masculinity

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2022

5 years ago, Guillermo del Toro turned his love of cinema into a sci-fi masterpiece

In 2017, Guillermo del Toro made his love letter to the movies the only way he could. Here's why 'The Shape of Water' remains a moving, exuberant celebration of the power of cinema.

Inverse · Dec 1, 2022

Pinocchio on Netflix – release date, cast and everything you need to know

Guillermo del Toro’s stop-motion reimagining of a classic tale is coming to Netflix

Manchester Evening News · Nov 29, 2022

Guillermo del Toro's 'Pinocchio' review: A dark and twisted masterpiece

Guillermo del Toro brings a dark humanity to the tale of a disobedient wooden puppet with Netflix's 'Pinocchio.'

Inverse · Nov 29, 2022

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio review: This tale of a lost child is the filmmaker’s destiny

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is a culmination of the director’s artistic preoccupation with the abandoned and unwanted child.

The New Daily · Nov 27, 2022

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio review – a superbly strange stop-motion animation

The director of the Oscar-winning The Shape of Water has turned the timeless fable into a magical Mussolini-era parable

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2022

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio review: this tale of a lost child is the filmmaker’s destiny

That Guillermo del Toro would eventually create a version of Pinocchio feels something like cinematic destiny. The overriding theme of his cinematic vision is, afterall, a love for those others would see as freaks, outcasts or misfits.

The Conversation · Nov 25, 2022

Pinocchio review – Guillermo del Toro’s dark, sombre riff on the Disney-sweet fairytale

The wooden puppet-boy turns fascist in a Mussolini-era, fantasy-horror rework of the classic tale

The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2022