Movies
Spanish Civil War setting adds to the sense of dark foreboding in Guillermo del Toro’s ambitious ‘Devil’s Backbone.’
Dec. 14, 2001
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* New This Week: Director Guillermo del Toro (who did “Cronos,” “Mimic” and “Blade II”) sets the fable “The Devil’s Backbone” in a remote, fortress-like boys’ school in the waning days of the Spanish Civil War.
June 27, 2002
Entertainment & Arts
8pm Music Freebie Hear Joseph Haydn the way he heard himself.
Dec. 13, 2001
New releases: In ‘Passion,’ a war of wits turns deadly
July 28, 2013
Brian De Palma’s film stars Rachel McAdams. Also: ‘Touchy Feely’ from Lynn Shelton, ‘Black Rock’ from Katie Aselton and ‘The Devil’s Backbone’ from Guillermo del Toro.
‘Devil’s Backbone’ director Guillermo del Toro prefers horror films: They show outcasts sympathetically.
Dec. 9, 2001
Wednesday THE WASH Comedy Lions Gate With: Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, George Wallace.
Nov. 11, 2001
California
The good news: More pregnant women in the San Fernando and Santa Clarita valleys are receiving adequate prenatal care, the infant death rate is down and in the last two years, fewer people have died at the hands of gang members.
Sept. 8, 1996
Berman, Anna R., 97, of North Hills, retired hairdresser. San Fernando Mortuary, San Fernando.
Feb. 27, 1999
Poor Fernando. And I don’t mean Valenzuela. This is another Fernando.
Aug. 10, 1995