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  • Fun Summer Solstice Films!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darling readers!   Today’s post is all about fun movies to watch for the Summer Solstice.   I figured this was an excellent companion piece to yesterday’s book post.   Some of these films are very summery, while others are more loosely connected, but I feel that…

  • Nadja, Comic Vampiress

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darling readers!   For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have decided to focus on the character of Nadja from the hilarious sitcom What We Do In The Shadows.   This sitcom is based on the New Zealand film of the same title that came out in…

  • 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…

  • Freya Beauchamp, Witch of East End

    Hello, my Darling Readers and welcome to this week’s Femme Fatale Friday!   I have chosen Freya Beauchamp from The Witches of East End as this week’s topic.   Freya is one of the primary figures of the television series and the books upon which it is based.    In the novels, the story specifically…

  • The Witch: A Magical Media Analysis

    Welcome back my Darling Readers to another Magical Media Analysis!    Today’s post will focus on The Witch the film from 2015 that made Anya Taylor-Joy a household name for horror fans.    It is a very incredibly well-done film that is far from your average horror fare.   It is not a simple blood…

  • A Discovery of Witches: A Magical Media Analysis

    Welcome to the second post in the Magical Media Analysis series!    For today’s post, the focus will be on the amazing franchise A Discovery of Witches, which is also known as the All Souls Trilogy in book form.   I adored the books, all four as there is a subsequent companion novel, so I…

  • 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…

  • Mary Sibley, Queen of the Witches

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have chosen to feature Mary Sibley, as portrayed by Janet Montgomery on the television series Salem.   While Mary Sibley was a real person, the portrayal of her in the series is totally fictional, and it is this fictional version that I will be discussing here! In the…

  • My Current Favorite Witchy Films and Television Shows

    For today’s post, I have decided to take a look at some of my current favorite Witchy Films and TV shows!   I am a huge fan of fantasy, and all sorts of Witchy media in general, so I am forever watching everything I can get my hands on.   This also means that my…