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Stills from the film The Witches starring Octavia Spencer (left), Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci and Jahzir Bruno (right).
PHOTO: WARNER BROS. SINGAPORE
SINGAPORE - In a time when movies about women gifted with otherworldly talents tend to be celebrations of feminine power, The Witches feels like a throwback.
From Disney's Maleficent (2014) and Frozen (2013) to Studio Ghibli animated features like Kiki's Delivery Service (1989), today's shows about female spellcasters or healers veer towards updating and revising traditional European fairy tales, many of which demonise women for the crime of living alone and liking it.
