“Once Upon a Time…” What does it mean when a story introduces…
Category: Fairy Tale Cinema
Finding “The Best Place by the Fire”: Jim Henson’s The Storyteller (1987-1991) and The 10th Kingdom (2000)
Why do we tell stories about impossible things? What is the point…
“I Was Dancing the White Swan”: Acting as Possession in Black Swan (2010)
There is a moment when someone shares a story that they mesh…
“It’s Not Magic; It’s Just Shiny”: Making Magic in The Brothers Grimm (2005)
Deep down, we want fairy tales to come true. We are told…
“And They Lived Happily”: Cinderella and Ever After (1998)
I never liked Cinderella. Even as a kid, it was my least…
“Once Upon a Time”: Convention and Reinvention in Film
“Once Upon a Time” is so perfectly unspecific that it opens itself…