Film
Nightmare Alley (15)
Dir. Guillermo del Toro, Canada/Mexico/US, 2021, 150 mins. Cast. Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Rooney Mara.
Bradley Cooper stars in a career-best role as the charismatic but down-on-his-luck Stanton Carlisle, who endears himself to clairvoyant Zeena and her has-been alcoholic husband Pete at a travelling carnival. Stan becomes intoxicated with the power that mind tricks and illusions can bring and crafts a golden ticket to success, using this newly acquired knowledge to grift the wealthy elite of 1940s New York society. Step right up and immerse yourself in the ramshackle life of the travelling carnival and the sophisticated art deco trappings of 1940s Buffalo, New York - this is a visually stunning, engrossing yet disturbing journey into the psyche of a tragic swindler whose own nature seals his fate.
Bradley Cooper stars in a career-best role as the charismatic but down-on-his-luck Stanton Carlisle, who endears himself to clairvoyant Zeena and her has-been alcoholic husband Pete at a travelling carnival. Stan becomes intoxicated with the power that mind tricks and illusions can bring and crafts a golden ticket to success, using this newly acquired knowledge to grift the wealthy elite of 1940s New York society. Step right up and immerse yourself in the ramshackle life of the travelling carnival and the sophisticated art deco trappings of 1940s Buffalo, New York - this is a visually stunning, engrossing yet disturbing journey into the psyche of a tragic swindler whose own nature seals his fate.
