Tag Archives: The Second Sex

March 04

La Belle et la bête – Jean Cocteau re-imagines fairytales. (film review)

I’ve always wondered at the Beauty and the Beast story – even as a girl – that the rewards for seeing through ugliness to the beauty within are… well, a beautiful husband. It’s a little like the ugly duckling story. If you’re picked on by the ducks that are prettier, stronger and better than you […]