In the abstract, all musicals are weird. People don’t just start singing at dramatic moments in real life, so the genre ...
Nestled in the heart of Covina, California, lies a treasure trove that would make even the most seasoned bargain hunter weak ...
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Danny Dyer and Sir Derek Jacobi will be appearing in an upcoming Christmas film alongside a cast of comedians and screen ...
It is a peculiar aspect of the conversations that have come up around the film that “Anora” is described as a Cinderella story when it is attuned to very different transitions and awakenings ...
By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture Critic Everyone knows Cinderella’s story: A young woman, indentured to a cruel stepmother, gets blessed by magical forces. With the help of a fairy, some woodland ...
If the disheartening lack of creativity in Disney’s live-action remakes leaves one thinking these timeless stories have, in fact, run their course, leave it to Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt to ...
“It was in the development process of one of these films that I was having a creative nap, and suddenly this little piece of the Brothers Grimm version of ‘Cinderella‘ came to me. I just ...
Sundance: Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt swaps tapeworms for silkworms in a gory Grimm Brothers update about the body-horror extremes of the pursuit of beauty. It’s tough times out there ...
We feel the sadness, too. Maybe once upon a time we were supposed to identify with Cinderella, but the truth is that we’re all ugly stepsisters at heart. But what makes this picture so ...
What happens to Cinderella after she marries the prince? As a child, I was obsessed with this question. I watched the Disney cartoon almost daily, haunted by the movie’s final image of the ...
If you go to enough film festivals and seek out the horror offerings therein, there’s a pretty good chance you’ll come across some rather extreme new visions. Far from the more mainstream ...