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'Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio' has a lot of style and heart, but wobbles on its path. Credit: Netflix How do we treat a miracle? This is the question that protrudes from the wooden heart of ...

With “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” we are warned right from the title that this is no merry, bright-colored fairy tale of a boy made from wood. The filmmaker behind “Pan’s Labyrinth,” “Crimson ...

Guillermo del Toro’s new Pinocchio is a haunting and beautiful instant classic that will leave you thinking about your mortality. Guillermo del Toro’s new Pinocchio is a haunting and beautiful instant ...

SAN ANTONIO — We might have wondered, once upon a time, what Guillermo del Toro’s foray into younger-leaning storytelling would look like. Given his fascinations with the dark, decadent and darkly ...

As a founding document of modern Italian literature, children’s literature and the Disney animation catalog, “Pinocchio” must have presented an irresistible challenge to an iconoclast like Guillermo ...

Why are filmmakers so enamored of “Pinocchio”? Yes, Carlo Collodi’s 1883 tale touches on some timeless themes, like love, loss and lies. But its goal is to teach children by terrifying them. From a ...

This may sound like heresy, but it is arguable that Shakespeare’s Globe produces some of its best work in the depths of winter. Perhaps the Wooden O is itself naturally suited to the rough magic of ...