Nostalgium Arcanum
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Displaying 2 items of Nostalgium Arcanum with the tag "fairy tales".
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Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto Del Fauno)
April 27th, 2026 | 2 hrs 23 mins
cinema, fairy tale, fairy tales, fantasy, film, films, guillermo del toro, horror, movies, myth, mythology, spain, spanish
A rumination on fairy tales that firmly embraces the "grim" in Grimm, Guillermo Del Toro's haunting masterpiece "El Laberinto Del Fauno" (or as it is known in the English-speaking world "Pan's Labyrinth") confronts us with horrors real and fantastical, the ones that force us to grow up all too soon. We're joined by guests Jala Prendes (host of Jala-Chan' Place, and co-host of Monster, Dear Monster, and Duckfeed.tv's The Level) and her husband, Dave (co-host of Monster, Dear Monster), to enter the mesmerizing maze of one of the finest films of the 21st century.
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Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1997)
March 9th, 2026 | 1 hr 45 mins
bernadette peters, brandy, disney, fairy tale, fairy tales, jason alexander, musical, musicals, victor garber, whitney houston, whoopi goldberg
One of most successful television events of all time, 1997's version of Rogers & Hammerstein's "Cinderella" put a glass slipper on Brandy with an assist from Fairy Godmother Whitney Houston, and a cast of Broadway veterans including Jason Alexander, Victor Garber, Bernadette Peters, and Oscar-winner Whoopi Goldberg. We're joined by Kate Hunter of the No Small Games podcast to celebrate a true Cinderella story.