Lillian Crawford
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Wicked: For Good’s Jon M Chu on Saying Goodbye to the Franchise: ‘I Was Bawling’
As the director concludes his fantastical musical saga, he discusses seeing the stage play before its Broadway debut, relating to Glinda and bidding farewell to Oz. By Lillian Crawford
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James Gunn Returns Superman to His Roots
Departing from Zack Snyder’s dark aesthetic, the new co-CEO of DC Studios draws on the character’s comic-book past for his reboot, which favours paintbox-bright imagery. Here, Lillian Crawford explores the superhero’s enduring iconography.
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Cinema’s Tricky Relationship with Vikings
With another How to Train Your Dragon movie on the horizon, Lillian Crawford explores artistic portrayals of Vikings across the decades, from Wagner’s horned helmets to Bugs Bunny’s queering of gender norms.
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Tuesday & The Symbolic Power of Birds
Grief is the thing with feathers in director Daina O Pusić’s fantastical drama, wherein a macaw takes the form of Death and interacts with a terminally ill teenager. Here, Lillian Crawford explores the meaning of winged messengers in literature and cinema, from Homer’s eagle to Kelly Reichardt’s pigeon.
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Agnieszka Holland’s Political Activism
With its depiction of governmental crimes, the filmmaker’s powerful, uncompromising work forces audiences to confront difficult truths. With the release of her latest Poland-censored film Green Border, Lillian Crawford looks back on Holland’s provocative career.
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