(Writer-director and producer Guillermo del Toro and writer Kim Morgan at the premiere of “Nightmare Alley” at Alice Tully Hall in New York Evan Agostini / Invision / AP)

Interview with Mark Olson at the LA Times for Nightmare Alley:

"Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro’s last movie, “The Shape of Water,” was a box-office hit that won four Academy Awards, including director and best picture. The film was a delicate, delightfully weird love story between a cleaning woman and a fish-man kept at a top-secret government facility. His follow-up, “Nightmare Alley,” is a bleak tale of carnies, grifters and a dishonest society that creates a far more despairing portrait of the world.

With a similar visual style to Del Toro’s previous work, beautifully lit and finely crafted, “Nightmare Alley” steers the veteran filmmaker into new territory. The departure includes the fact that Del Toro co-wrote the screenplay with film journalist and historian (and new wife) Kim Morgan."

Read the interview here: