The post Film Review: Gretel and Hansel Is a Gorgeous and Moody Update of a Classic Fairy Tale appeared first on Consequence of Sound. One might worry that adapting an admittedly slim fairy tale into ...

absolutely killed it overseas when it was released in early 2013, racking up $170 million in offshore grosses. This is early, and they are still figuring it out, but it is a hot topic because the ...

As a long-time lover of fairy tales, especially in their original spooky and very politically incorrect versions, I have been enjoying this latest resurgence. On the TV it ranges from the rather ...

The Brothers Grimm were aptly named: fairy tales like “Hansel and Gretel,” about a destitute couple dying of famine, who abandon their children in the woods to save their own lives, are already scary ...

Gretel & Hansel is not messing around. Gretel (Lillis)’s mother (Fiona O’Shaughnessy) tries to marry her off, and when Gretel doesn’t impress the guy she tells her daughter to smile more. Women will ...

There’s a scene early on in the new film “Gretel & Hansel” when the two title characters accidentally scarf down psychedelic mushrooms in a forest and it produces one very strong feeling in the ...

Sophia Lillis and Alice Krige star in 'Gretel & Hansel,' Oz Perkins' dark reimagining of the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale. By Frank Scheck Oz Perkins’ decidedly feminist take on the classic ...

Rollo Tomasi is a Connecticut-based film critic, TV show critic, news, and editorial writer. He will have a MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in 2026. Rollo has written over 700 film, ...