A Song Without Harmony, A Fandom Without Focus
With recent news coming out about the Amazon Lord of the Rings show that takes place during the events of The Silmarillion, not The Lord of the Rings, there’s been a divide in fans. Some…
Category: Literary & Media Analysis
Faith in the Tinkerbell and the Lost Treasure Movie
I love fairies even if they are portrayed quite differently than what folklore says about them. I can enjoy a good movie or picture no matter what. One fairy of course is the famous Tinkerbell…
Only the Power of Creation…Life, Death, and Rebirth in ‘Legend’
Author’s Note: There are several cuts and versions of the film Legend. My comments and impressions are based on the American theatrical release, which is the shortest version, running only 89 minutes, and features a…
Other Inklings (and Similar Writers) You Probably Haven’t Read
Recently, Amanda Pizzolatto contributed a helpful essay to Fellowship & Fairydust on “Worlds to Visit after Middle-Earth and Narnia.” Among other insights, she noted the effect that Tolkien and Lewis had on fantasy literature after…
‘Passionately Smashin’ Every Expectation’: A Review of Miranda’s Hamilton
by Meagan McKinstry In early 2015, a new show opened Off-Broadway at The Public Theater: a hip-hop musical about American founding father Alexander Hamilton. The idea sounds somewhat absurd – indeed, an audience laughed…
Wolf Hall and the Myth of the Moral Pragmatist
The BBC/PBS miniseries Wolf Hall is six hours of some of the most absorbing television (or just storytelling generally) I’ve ever seen. I have not yet read the books by Hilary Mantel on which the…
The Most Reluctant Convert: Movie Review
(Directed by Norman Stone. Screenplay by Norman Stone, from a stage play by Max McLean. Produced by the Fellowship for the Performing Arts. https://www.cslewismovie.com/home/) C.S. Lewis continues to be one of the 20th century’s best…
Change and Rest: A Reflection on the Work of Edmun Spenser
In 2019 and 2020 I had the privilege of having a teaching position at the University of Warwick, where despite my academic work being in Maths I was able to work with people from many…
Men Without Piety: A Study of Chivalry in David Lowery’s The Green Knight
“The knight is a man of blood and iron, a man familiar with the sight of smashed faces and ragged stumps of lopped-off limbs; he is also a demure, almost a maidenlike, guest in hall,…
Moses, Moses!: A Movie Review of “The Ten Commandments”
Growing up, I remember Palm Sunday being a particularly special event, mainly because the grand epic of The Ten Commandments came on TV. We always crowded around the TV to watch this grand masterpiece, only…