Nightmare Alley: Vision In Darkness And Light

Nightmare Alley: Vision In Darkness And Light

2022, R, 140 min. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Starring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Toni Collette, David Strathairn, Willem Dafoe, Mary Steenburgen, Ron Perlman, Paul Anderson, Richard Jenkins, Holt McCallany, Clifton Collins Jr., Tim Blake Nelson.

REVIEWED Fri., Jan. 21, 2022

Del Toro leans even heavier into film noir conventions with this black-and-white transfer of his new adaptation of William Lindsay Gresham's sideshow chiller. Read our full review at austinchronicle.com/screens.

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