Possibly the most exquisite film to emerge in the wake of wartime deprivation, Jean Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast is a romantic fantasy born from the belief that finding beauty in our fractured and ...

Born from dreams of celluloid, Orestes is a Greek-American writer based in London with degrees in Screenwriting, Film Studies, and Comparative Literature, as well as years of experience in ...

Preview of Atlanta Opera’s Saturday performance of ”La Belle et la Bête,“ Philip Glass' soundtrack to be presented alongside Jean Cocteau's 1946 film “Beauty and the Beast.” ...

Jean Cocteau’s La Belle et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast) was long considered a masterpiece before Philip Glass decided to write an opera that would meld with the classic 1946 film on stage. Glass’ ...

It doesn’t really surprise me that two of the greatest, most cherished monster movies came from the minds of two gay men: James Whale (“Frankenstein” 1931) and Jean Cocteau (“Beauty And The Beast” ...