It’s interesting and maybe a little bit confusing that “Maleficent” is now a movie franchise. “Sleeping Beauty,” the film that inspired the first “Maleficent,” never got any sort of sequel from Disney ...

Director Joachim Rønning takes us through his process for creating the dinner scene in his new film Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. Joachim discusses the difficulties in filming a sit-down dialogue ...

Angelina Jolie has confirmed that a scene in her new film “Maleficent” is a metaphor for rape. Talking to BBC Radio’s Women’s Hour on June 10, Jolie addressed a scene that has been interpreted by some ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When reflecting on director Robert Stromberg’s Maleficent, the two words that most quickly spring ...

Maybe it's too soon to say the tide has shifted definitively. But it's certainly been a unique time for fairy-tale villains. After hundreds of years of moral clarity, suddenly we're getting a new look ...

Maleficent, the latest from Disney in the field of reimagining, sequelizing, and generally recycling its own material, this time under the guidance of first-time director Robert Stromberg. You’d be ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...