If you’re in New York catch Guillermo del Toro who has joined the New Yorker Festival line-up. He will talk with The New Yorker’s Daniel Zalewski on monsters at 7:30 P.M., October 4th, at the Directors Guild of America (110 West 57th Street, NY, NY).

Guillermo del Toro wrote, directed, and produced the 2006 film “Pan’s Labyrinth,” which won three Academy Awards and became the highest-grossing Spanish-language film in U.S. box-office history. His other films include “Cronos,” “The Devil’s Backbone,” “Blade II,” “Hellboy,” and “Hellboy II: The Golden Army.” His next project will be a two-film adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit,” to be released in 2011 and 2012.

Daniel Zalewski is the features editor of The New Yorker.
7:30 P.M. Directors Guild of America
110 West 57th Street

Tickets available Wednesday, September 17th, at 12 noon E.T., at festival.newyorker.com or by calling 800-440-6974. Tickets will also be sold during Festival weekend at Festival HQ, at Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street, and at the door.