The old French folk story about a young bride and her monstrous husband is a harrowing fable that continues to inspire powerful modern adaptations, writes Lillian Crawford. "Once upon a time… Where ...
Film Review: Bluebeard In this retelling of the tale of the wife-killing Bluebeard, drawn from Perrault's classic three-page story, there's hardly an inch of bare skin visible, let alone the erect ...
SAN SEBASTIAN — Spanish box office champ Morena Films, director Paula Ortiz and Get in the Pictures are joining forces for “Bluebeard,” Ortiz’s follow-up to “The Bride,” Spanish cinema’s biggest ...
Here's a curio. Director Catherine Breillat, who gave us the art house pornos Romance and Anatomy Of Hell, turns her attention to the French folk tale concerning a bloodthirsty nobleman with a ...
THERE once lived a hideously blue-bearded man who slit the throats of his half-dozen wives, stashing their corpses in the basement of his castle one by one. So goes the legendary folk tale “Bluebeard” ...