Yesterday on Twitter, someone asked me the simple version of a larger point made in some angry e-mails about my “Winter’s Tale” review. Several people accused me outright of simply hating magic and ...

In deciding how the magic worked, Castro Smith brought on the concept of ‘magical realism’ which gave the story a sense of Latin American magic, as opposed to European magic. DEADLINE: Where did the ...

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There’s a delightful mystery called “The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra” by Vaseem Khan that weaves in a touch of magical realism. Magical realism refers to a story that takes place in the ...

Magical Realism. It’s one of those great literary terms that sounds both highly educated and also really cool. And, let’s be honest, magical realism is really cool, and anyone who disagrees has ...

The Netflix series "One Hundred Years of Solitude" launches on December 11. It remains to be seen whether fans think it does the cult novel justice. On location in Colombia, however, the atmosphere ...

In Knives Out, Marta Cabrera (Ana de Armas) becomes an agent of the film’s magical realism. Claire Folger/Lionsgate; photo-illustration by Eric Vilas-Boas/Observer Whether it takes the form of a ...

In 1940s-era Latin America, a new genre of literature started to take off. Magic realism, initially inspired by the Surrealist art movement, started to gain major traction when Gabriel Garcia Marquez ...