Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt’s The Ugly Stepsister underlines the base grotesquerie of the original fairy tale. Photo: Marcel Zyskind The film begins with wide-eyed Elvira (Lea Myren ...

The Ugly Stepsister will stream on Shudder in 2025. This review is based on a screening at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Discovering the violent origins of classic fairy tales is a rite of ...

Nia Sharma, one of the most sought-after actresses in the Indian entertainment world, has shown time and again that talent can speak louder than criticism. A Twitter user had once called her the ...

making the books unique and refreshing compared to most fairy tale retellings that have a medieval kingdom aesthetic. Meyer’s main characters, Cinder (Cinderella), Scarlet (Little Red Riding Hood), ...

PARK CITY, UTAH Jan. 24 (UPI) --The Ugly Stepsister, which premiered Thursday at the Sundance Film Festival, embraces the darkness of the original Cinderella fairy tale. The Norwegian film ramps ...

As Gemini author and academic Jack Zipes maintains, “Fairy tales since the beginning of ... a beautiful girl is condemned to a tower with little more than her hair for company.

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