By the 1980s, Beauty and the Beast had already been adapted so many times that the story was basically on autopilot. Naturally, Cannon Films looked at that pile of versions and thought, “Yes, what this needs is a budget that barely covers catering and a dream.” The result is the 1987 entry in their Cannon…
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The Scarlet Flower (1952) – Review
Lev Atamanov’s The Scarlet Flower stands as one of the crown jewels of early Soviet animation, a work where folk tradition and painterly visuals collide with quiet emotional power. His film adapts Sergey Aksakov’s beloved literary fairy tale with remarkable fidelity, creating a world that feels both intimate and mythic. Even today, this 1952 feature…
Beauty and the Beast (1991) – Review
There’s a special category of movie that makes you feel slightly embarrassed for every other film that tried and failed to be timeless. Disney’s Beauty and the Beast sits there, arms crossed, quietly judging them. It’s polished, heartfelt, and annoyingly close to perfect for something about a guy who gets turned into a very angry…
La Belle et la Bête (1946) – Review
Jean Cocteau’s La Belle et la Bête feels like a poet wandered into filmmaking, decided realism was overrated, and built a world out of dreams instead. The result plays less like a conventional production and more like something unearthed from the collective subconscious. It’s beautiful, unsettling, and just coherent enough to keep you from questioning…
Beauty and the Beast (2017) – Review
As Disney continues with their trend of churning out live-action remakes of their animated films it’s no surprise that they’d tackle one of their biggest hits, but with Beauty and the Beast, this is the first time they’ve adapted one from the Disney Renaissance period.