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Magical Media Monday

  • We Need to Talk About ‘The Watchers’ (2024): A Magical Media Analysis

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s Magical Media Monday blog post, I will be discussing the 2024 Fae Horror film The Watchers, directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan (yes, she is the daughter of M. Night Shyamalan).   So, I want to begin by saying, yes, you did read that…

  • ‘Midsommar’: A Magical Media Analysis

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a Midsummer Monday Magical Media Analysis of the amazing Ari Aster horror film Midommar!  How perfect it is that this post will be released on June 24, which is St. John’s Day, and has been traditionally part of celebrations that have linked…

  • ‘The Craft’: A Magical Media Analysis

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a Magical Media Analysis of the iconic cult classic witchy film The Craft.   This is probably one of the most obvious topics for my Magical Media Analysis series, due to the film’s iconic status in pop-culture and amongst witchy people in…

  • ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’, ‘The Hare Moon’: A Magical Media Analysis

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a Full Moon Monday Magical Media Analysis of ‘The Hare Moon’ episode of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina!    I chose to do this post today because it is the Full Moon in Libra, or the first Full Moon when the Sun is…

  • Hocus Pocus Film Theories: A Magical Media Monday Special!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!    For today’s post, I have decided to share two Hocus Pocus film theories that I began to develop on my most recent re-watch of the iconic Halloween favorite the week before last.    This post does fit into my Magical Media Analysis series, but not…

  • The Love Witch: A Magical Media Analysis

    Hello my Darling Readers, and Welcome to another Magical Media Analysis!   Today’s topic is The Love Witch, the 2017 Anna Biller film about a modern-day witch looking for love.   Although the film is modern it has a very candy colored 60s aesthetic utilizes throughout!   The film follows Elaine, the titular Love Witch…

  • The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: the Pagans, A Magical Media Analysis

    Welcome to another Magical Media Analysis!   Today’s topic is Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, in particular, I will be looking at the Pagans as portrayed in the series.   Instead of doing a regular overview, as I have when analyzing a whole plot and where magick is used in it, I am going to do…

  • Practical Magic: A Magical Media Analysis

    Welcome to the first entry in the Magical Media Analysis series of posts.   For this post, I will be taking a look at the magic within one of my all-time favorite films (and the book it is based upon), Practical Magic.   The original book by Alice Hoffman spawned three subsequent volumes, really proving…