Feb 18th, 2007 · In this series on Oscar-nominated scores, NPR's movie-film expert Andy Trudeau takes Liane Hansen through two more of the nominees: Javier Navarrete for Pan's Labyrinth and Thomas Newman for The Good German.
Feb 15th, 2007 · Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro talks about his Oscar-nominated film Pan's Labyrinth. The movie creates a fantasy world filled with grotesque creatures and soul-wrenching adventure set in 1944 post-Franco Spain.
Jan 24th, 2007 · Director Guillermo del Toro's film, Pan's Labyrinth, is up for six Academy Awards this year, in categories including original screenplay and foreign language film. Del Toro, who grew up in Mexico, wrote and directed the film.
Jan 23rd, 2007 · The nominations for the 79th Academy Awards were announced today. The musical Dreamgirls garnered eight nominations -- but not for best picture or best director. The film Babel netted seven nominations, followed by Pan's Labyrinth and The Queen, with six nominations each.
Dec 30th, 2006 · Mexico's top three filmmakers have had successful careers in Hollywood, but Bob Mondello says that their latest works Pan's Labyrinth, Children of Men and Babel are more social commentaries than Hollywood blockbusters.
Dec 29th, 2006 · What Guillermo del Toro has accomplished in Pan's Labyrinth cannot easily be put into words. That's because the Mexican-born director is a master creator of images, atmosphere and mood who uses his gifts as a fantasist to do make imaginary worlds seem realer than reality itself.
Oct 16th, 2006 · Refined Elizabethan music might not come to mind when you think of Sting. Think again. The rock star has released Songs of the Labyrinth, a new CD of songs for voice and lute by John Dowland, one of that era's most important composers.