T he iconic fairy tale of Cinderella is getting a wild twist with the Sundance hit, The Ugly Stepsister. The movie hails from Norwegian writer/director Emilie Blichfeldt in her fe ...
In The Ugly Stepsister, director Emilie Blichfeldt shines a light not only on Cinderella's flaws but offers a powerful look at the crippling beauty standards that women are put through.
“The Ugly Stepsister” isn’t for the weak-stomached ... In her attempt to add complexity to a well-known tale, Blichfeldt doesn’t entirely escape the trap of fairy tale good-bad objectivism.
Emilie Blichfeldt's feature debut "The Ugly Stepsister" is a grim and gruesome affair not for the faint of heart ...
The Ugly Stepsister” — the Cinderella-inspired horror that emerged from Sundance as one of the festival’s buzziest titles — has sold worldwide for Memento International. From director Emilie ...
The story of Cinderella has been passed down across the world for centuries, first through oral lore, then via various ...
Sundance: Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt swaps tapeworms for silkworms ... for one.) “The Ugly Stepsister” begins with the tragically forced communion of two families as the brace ...
The family-friendly studio’s more-wholesome-than-horrifying approach gives Norwegian writer-director Emilie Blichfeldt plenty of room to push back with “The Ugly Stepsister,” a deliciously ...
Surely, they have their own tale? In The Ugly Stepsister, Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt recasts the story of these “ugly” young women as a horrifying quest for beauty. Recall, in the Brothers ...
“The Ugly ... Stepsister” — the Cinderella-inspired horror that emerged from Sundance as one of the festival’s buzziest titles — has sold worldwide for Memento International. From ...