Prof. Armando Maggi, PhD’95, began his Humanities Day 2011 lecture with a clip from the opening scene of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Released in 1938, it was the first fairy tale to be turned ...

"The Tale of Despereaux" talks a good game. It talks and talks and talks. This fairy tale cartoon, based on Kate DiCamillo's Newbery Medal-winning novel, makes for a cluttered, static film with images ...

Compared to last year’s “Maleficent” and Stephen Sondheim’s subversive “Into the Woods,” or even Tim Burton’s weird 2010 film “Alice in Wonderland,” Disney’s latest live-action version of one of its ...

The ice show retells the familiar stories from both films. The fairy tale “Frozen” adventure of royal sisters Elsa and Anna takes up the first act while the Madrigal family of ...

Ogres as romantic heroes and princess brides. Cinderella as a neurotic clean freak. Snow White as a bossy know-it-all. Puss in Boots hacking up hairballs. Pinocchio with a leaf still growing off his ...

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The LA Times had a front page story yesterday reporting Disney Animation is closing the book on fairy tales, saying: …the curtain is falling on “princess movies,” which have been a part of Disney ...

"Cinderella" Director Kenneth Branagh discusses directing Lily James and Richard Madden in his live-action version of the Disney classic on the WSJ Cafe. Photo: Walt Disney Pictures After years in ...