Film
Netflix’s Half-Assed Adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman
Despite faithfully recreating the story of the beloved comic book series, the TV show lacks the verve of the original.
Fantasy
Film
An Epic Fantasy About a World Plagued by Disease in The Deer King
Directed by Studio Ghibli alumni Masashi Ando and Masayuki Miyaji, the film grounds the supernatural in realistic-feeling details.
Opinion
The Missed Queerness of The Green Knight Adaptation
Instead of anachronistic models that already reassert themselves in modern society, we should be able to see on the big screen just how badass, freethinking, and intercultural the premodern world really was.
Film
A 700-Year-Old Poem Becomes an Existential Modern Fantasy Film
The Green Knight adapts a Middle English chivalric romance of King Arthur’s court as a somber, allegorical adventure.
Film
A Tale of Colonial Development Versus Primeval Magic
The gorgeous Irish animated feature Wolfwalkers is perfect holiday family viewing.
Film
The Dark Crystal Is a Marvelously Imaginative Puppet Series
The Netflix prequel series to the 1982 Jim Henson film faithfully embodies both the craft and spirit of the original.
Books
Imagining the Architecture of Our Futures
Paul Dobraszczyk's Future Cities surveys the multitudinous ways creatives have imagined how humans might build their living spaces in the future.