Tag Archives: Guillermo del Toro

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Extraordinary! There are three—maybe four—Pinocchio films now in development or newly released. They all promise to reveal dark, hitherto unexplored aspects of the famous marionette’s saga. One is a Robert Downey Jr. project that’s been hemming and hawing since about 2012. Initially Downey was planning to play both Geppetto and the title role. Now he’s older, so he’ll just play Geppetto. A new live-action Pinocchio premiered last month in Italy. Read more …

Published: January 22, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, cartoons, children's literature, Disney, fascism, Italy, Margot Metroland, movie reviews, North American New Right, originals | 8 Responses

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Batman začíná

Trevor Lynch

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Film Inception režiséra Christophera Nolana mě ohromil, a tak jsem se rozhodl dát jeho staršímu počinu Batman začíná (2005) další šanci. Napoprvé se mi nelíbil. Vůbec. Musel jsem však být při sledování něčím rozptýlený, protože napodruhé mi přišel skvělý. Nolan odložil kýčovitý styl předchozích snímků o Batmanovi a soustředí se na vývoj postav a jejich motivace, což film Batman začíná a i jeho pokračování Temný rytíř dělá psychologicky temným a intelektuálně i emocionálně strhujícím. Read more …

Published: May 19, 2016 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Batman Begins, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, cyclical history, Hellboy, Hellboy II, in Czech, in translation, Julius Evola, Miguel Serrano, movie reviews, North American New Right, Rene Guénon, reprints, Savitri Devi, superheroes, Traditionalism, Trevor Lynch | Leave a comment

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The Multicultural Monster Movie
Pacific Rim Reviewed

Gregory Hood

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The “monster” movie is so simple that it begs for self-important critical analysis. Any first year film student can tell you about how films like Attack of the Giant Crab Monsters are actually ways Americans of the 1950s expressed their anxiety about nuclear weapons. Read more …

Published: September 10, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Gregory Hood, movie reviews, multiculturalism, North American New Right, originals, white dispossession | 4 Responses

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Batman Begins

Trevor Lynch

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Après avoir été bluffé par l’Inception de Christopher Nolan, j’ai décidé de donner à son Batman Begins (2005) une nouvelle chance. La première fois que j’ai vu ce film, je ne l’ai pas aimé. Pas un seul instant. J’ai dû être distrait, car cette fois je l’ai apprécié. Nolan rompt avec le style kitsch des premiers films de Batman, se concentrant sur l’évolution et les motivations du personnage, Read more …

Published: April 30, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Batman Begins, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, cyclical history, Dark Knight Trilogy, Hellboy, Hellboy II, in French, in translation, Julius Evola, Miguel Serrano, movie reviews, North American New Right, originals, Rene Guénon, Savitri Devi, superheroes, Traditionalism, Trevor Lynch | Comments closed

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Christopher Nolan’s Batman Movies:
Weaponizing Traditionalism, Transvaluing Values

Trevor Lynch

Christopher Nolan

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Editor’s Note:

Unless you’re living in Tora Bora, you probably know that Christopher Nolan’s third Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises, is coming out this week. Read more …

Published: July 16, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged artistocracy, Batman, Batman Begins, Batman movie review, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, cyclical history, Dark Knight Trilogy, death, egalitarianism, ethics, Friedrich Nietzsche, Heath Ledger, Hellboy, Hellboy II, humanism, Julius Evola, Martin Heidegger, Miguel Serrano, modernity, morality, movie reviews, North American New Right, originals, Rene Guénon, Savitri Devi, superheroes, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, The Dark Knight Rises review, the Joker, the League of Shadows, Traditionalism, Trevor Lynch | 22 Responses

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Batman Begins

Trevor Lynch

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After being blown away by director Christopher Nolan’s Inception, I decided to give his Batman Begins (2005) another chance. The first time I saw this film, I did not like it. Not one bit. I must have been distracted, because this time I loved it. Nolan breaks with the campy style of earlier Batman films, focusing on character development and motivations, which makes Batman Begins and its sequel The Dark Knight both psychologically dark and intellectually and emotionally compelling.

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Trevor Lynch

The Angel of Death

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Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) looks like director Guillermo del Toro’s audition for The Hobbit. (He got the job, but backed out because of scheduling problems with the studio.) The root mythology is Tolkienesque: In remotest antiquity, elves, trolls, and other beings shared the earth with mankind. The visual style is pure Peter Jackson: The elves look like Tolkien/Peter Jackson elves; the trolls look like Tolkien/Peter Jackson trolls; etc.

Hellboy

Trevor Lynch

Hellboy

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Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy (2004) is grounded in a highly entertaining fusion of occult history and lore—including elements of Traditionalism, Esoteric Hitlerism, and even H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos—although cut and pasted and juggled around without any regard for truth.

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Published: August 6, 2010 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Esoteric Hitlerism, graphic novels and comics, Hellboy, movie reviews, North American New Right, originals, superheroes, the Jewish question, the occult, Trevor Lynch | Comments closed

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The Spanish Films of Guillermo del Toro

Trevor Lynch

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Guillermo del Toro is a Mexican director whose films I have been watching since I learned he was directing The Hobbit, which is being produced by Peter Jackson, the director of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. As a LOTR fanatic, I wanted to get a sense of how Del Toro might handle The Hobbit. This is the first of three reviews I hope to write on his work so far.