Knowingly clumsy Bollywood re-creations add significant flavor to this episodic film about an Afghan teen’s time in a Kabul orphanage just before the Soviet withdrawal. Amusing, at times ...

But perhaps the film that is its closest kin is “Pan’s Labyrinth,” Guillermo del Toro’s 2006 Oscar-winning film set in Fascist Spain. Like “Pan’s Labyrinth,” “The Orphanage” uses not just horror, but ...

The Orphanage Starring Belen Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Príncep Directed by J.A. Bayona Rated R (with English subtitles) The Orphanage creeps into American multiplexes with an endorsement from ...

The Orphanage begins slow, progresses slowly and maintains this slow, creepy unraveling of the story in a way that’s discomforting and also just intriguing enough to maintain interest. I found myself ...

Film Review: ‘The Orphanage’ Reviewed at Cannes Film Festival (Directors’ Fortnight), May 18, 2019. Running time: 90 MIN. (Original title: “Parwareshgah”) ...