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We’re Getting a Criterion Edition of ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’
In 2006, Guillermo del Toro brought us Pan’s Labyrinth, a fantasy horror film that was rooted deeply in the drama genre. Telling the tale of Ofelia, a young girl who moves with her mother to her new stepfather’s army post after Spain’s civil war and retreats into her own imagination to avoid the horrors of the world around her, the film garnered near universal acclaim and became an instant classic, a film that will live well beyond its years, impacting and affecting all who see it.
On top of being a stunning piece of cinema, the movie is also, in my opinion, incredibly important as a piece of history. That’s why I’m thrilled to see del Toro announce that there will be a Criterion edition coming to home video this fall. No exact date has been set but I’m sure we’ll hear more about it as that time of the year draws closer.
Pan’s Labyrinth starred Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, and Doug Jones.
Street date for Pan's Labyrinth on Criterion will be this Fall. But we will have some nice things at the LACMA exhibit.
— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) June 27, 2016
Are you ready to go back?
After a record-breaking box office run and an extended cut re-release, A24 and director Kane Parsons’ Backrooms is heading home to Digital.
Backrooms will be available to rent or buy this Tuesday, July 14.
In the film, Chiwetel Ejiofor stars in Backrooms as the owner of Cap’n Clark’s Ottoman Empire, who discovers a strange doorway in the basement of the furniture showroom. He sets out to explore the mysterious, liminal space, walking headfirst into a creepypasta nightmare.
Renate Reinsve (A Different Man) also stars in Backrooms.
Will Soodik wrote the screenplay.
I wrote in my review, “Backrooms is at once complex and sparse, but never repetitive. It might be set in 1990, but it effectively captures modern anxieties and isolation in a way that frequently makes your skin crawl. While the journey ultimately loses steam by its cryptic end, Parsons’ visual representation of the human psyche disturbs like no other.”
YouTube prodigy Kane Parsons makes his feature directorial debut based on his creepypasta-inspired video series, which debuted in 2022 and has amassed over 190 million views to date.