To help get you ready for it, Insight Editions has released A Monster Calls: The Art and Vision Behind the Film, which tells the full story of the movie’s creation through interviews with the ...

The new film A Monster Calls centers around storytime. But with protagonist Conor’s (Lewis MacDougall) mother sick in bed, the task of storyteller falls to a giant tree monster (voiced by Liam ...

‘A Monster Calls,’ ‘Hidden Figures’ and other films to watch with your kids. January 5, 2017 More than ...

“A Monster Calls” snags seven Premios Platino ... This edition has marked a new record with 847 qualifying films of which seven have participated in prominent A-list film festivals ...

And for adults, “A Monster Calls” is a serious drama without the confections that adult dramas usually promise. There’s no sex, violence, sweeping landscapes shot or any other type of escapism.

“A Monster Calls” joins a rich trove of movies in which children process real-life ordeals by escaping into elaborate fantasies, which doesn’t make director J.A. Bayona’s film any less ...

“A Monster Calls” is one of those rare films about childhood that wasn’t made for children. The boy, Conor, is 12 (but MacDougall is a small, slight kid; until I looked up the plot synopsis ...

“A Monster Calls” made its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this past September. It later traveled the festival circuit to Fantastic Fest and the London Film Festival.