Omar Rodriguez-Lopez has been making waves in the music world with the progressive stylings of his band The Mars Volta since back in 2001, and now his latest film, Los Chidos, is doing the same in the ...

Mirrors that reflect nothing. A rat catcher who threatens to maim his daughter. A little blond girl too good to be true. Banishments and spells. And secrets. Lots of secrets. Those are just some of ...

With our belly- and breast-baring princesses of pop music, classic fairy tales probably seem tame to most parents. But authors of a recent report warn that many old tales should be read with a note of ...

Liz Grauerholz, an associate professor of sociology, teamed with Lori Baker-Sperry, an assistant professor of women's studies at Western Illinois University and a former Purdue graduate student, to ...

Zipes might argue that its truth stems from an engagement with its conditions of origin. As he has persuasively shown, both in his most recent book and in many previous ones, the tales reflect the ...

You grew up hearing fairy tales that began with "Once upon a time..." and usually ended with a royal couple riding off into the sunset. But what happens when someone decides to mess with happily ever ...

“A boy’s quest in a fantasy realm” could refer to at least four different Stephen King stories. Both “The Dark Tower” and “The Stand” feature a young boy. In “The Talisman,” 12-year-old Jack Sawyer ...