This article, written by Stephanie Zacharek, appears on Time. 

Review: Tale of Tales Is a Weird, Warped and Wonderful Italian Fairytale

The film is a lavish, imaginative fantasy

So few Italian films make it Stateside that it’s cause for celebration—if not the eating of a nearly raw sea monster’s heart—when a terrific one appears. Matteo Garrone’s Tale of Tales is a lavish, imaginative fantasy based on the pre-Grimm fairytales of early-seventeenth-century Neapolitan poet and courtier Giambattista Basile. Read the full review at Time…