Originally Posted by Turnbull
Nightmare Alley (2021)
This remake of a 1947 classic stars Bradley Cooper as Stanton Carlisle, a drifter who connects with a traveling carnival, learns the ropes of grifting, and rises to become a "mentalist" with plenty of money and a following. He meets his match in Dr. Lilith Ritter (Kate Blanchette), a sinister psychiatrist who's intent on ruining him. Cooper is excellent, and so is the rest of the cast, which includes Willem Dafoe, Toni Collette, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, David Strathairn and Mark Povinelli. The filming in the second half shows some of the most gorgeous Art Deco I've ever seen.


I enjoyed this so much more than I thought I was going to. I am not a fan of Guillermo del Toro at all but I think this is his best film (and I'm not a fan of the noir genre either). Great film that I can't wait to see again!