Posts tagged retrospective

Now it’s time to meet the warrior princess, our title character: Mulan from Mulan (1998) In ancient China, an only daughter named Fa Mulan tries her best to …

Continuing the Disney Renaissance came my favourite Disney movie, with our protagonist whose name means “beauty”: Belle from Beauty and the Beast (1991) This fairy tale contains the …

Well, it’s been 30 years since our last Disney Princess. From the film that began the Disney Renaissance, and also from one of my favourite …

Here we are now with our third Disney Princess: Aurora from Sleeping Beauty (1959) The story begins with a Kingdom celebrating the birth of the King and Queen’s …

Continuing the Disney Princess Retrospective, let’s move on to every little girl’s dream come true: Cinderella from Cinderella (1950) We know the classic fairy tale of Cinderella and we’re familiar …

The reason why I used Disney Princesses as a case study in my article on writing strong women in film is BOTH because they explored …

Roy Lichtenstein was a multifaceted child with many talents: from sports, to musical abilities, and a keen interest in science from a young age. Finding out …

Damien Hirst’s retrospective at the Tate Modern was not on my list of things to see. His notoriety and abundance in the media made me …