PREVIEW: Nightmare Alley (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born), Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine), Toni Collette (Hereditary), Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse), Richard Jenkins (The Shape of Water), Rooney Mara (Carol), Ron Perlman (Hellboy), Mary Steenburgen (Book Club), David Strathairn (Godzilla), Holt McCallany (Wrath of Man), Clifton Collins Jr. (Triple 9), Tim Blake Nelson (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs), Jim Beaver (Crimson Peak), Mark Povinelli (Water for Elephants), Romina Power (Carnal Circuit), Paul Anderson (The Revenant), David Hewlett (Rise of the Planet of the Apes), Lara Jean Chorostecki (Antiviral)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water), director, writer, producer; Kim Morgan (The Forbidden Room), writer; Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born) and J. Miles Dale (Mama), producers; Nathan Johnson (Knives Out), composer; Dan Laustsen (Crimson Peak), cinematographer; Cam McLauchlin (The Kindness of Strangers), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In the early 20th century, Stan Carlisle (Cooper) takes a job at a travelling carnival, where he flexes his natural talent for manipulating people with a few choice words. Soon, his ambitions lead him to psychiatrist Lilith Ritter (Blanchett), who may prove to be even more dangerous than he is..

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Visionary filmmaker Guillermo del Toro adapts the classic 1946 novel into a spellbinding film noir set within the world of the ambitious carnies, played by an all-star cast including Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett and Willem Dafoe.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 21ST JANUARY 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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