Deep down, we want fairy tales to come true. We are told…
Month: June 2020
“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…
“She Had to Eat Rabbit, Raw and Bloody”: Us (2019) and the World of Wonderland
In the final confrontation between Red and Adelaide in film Us, Red…
“Does this Look Like A Kid’s Story to You?”: Alice and Adaptation
For this week’s highlight list, I have chosen a few of my…
“Mad World”: Following the Rabbit in Donnie Darko (2001) and Alice in Wonderland
There is something incredibly moving about the ending of Donnie Darko. It…
“It’s My Dream”: Wonderland and MirrorMask (2005)
You are never entirely sure if Wonderland is Alice’s dream or not.…
Following the Rabbit: Hollywood as Wonderland
Introduction for the week Why is our culture so obsessed with Lewis…
The Unread Library: John Waters and the Art of Reference
John Waters’ films incorporate my favourite kind of intertextuality: parody. His films…
“It’s Not Too Much Is It?”: Excess and Modernity in Marie Antoinette (2006)
The shopping scene in Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette is sweet enough to…