Did you know that the Italian Cinderella murdered her stepmother? Or that Sleeping Beauty had twins before marrying the prince? Or that the cats in Italian Puss-in-Boots stories were female? While ...

Italian director Alice Rohrwacher, whose “The Wonders” and “Happy as Lazzaro” are both Cannes prizewinners, will direct her first TV series that, similarly to her fable-like films, will explore the ...

A series of film-showings and talks this fall will highlight one of the most highly regarded fairy tale collections in the country, which is held by the Special Collections Department in the ...

Here's a fairy tale for you: A middle-aged, hard-working, sometimes lonely chef goes to Venice on a working trip. Everyone, she notes, is in love with Venice, "except me." But while this skeptic is ...

It’s an age-old story. Columbine has her eye on Harlequin but her father doesn’t approve. He’s determined to have her marry the wealthy older suitor he selected for her in “Harlequinade: An Italian ...