An upcoming edition of “Hansel and Gretel” combines the dark and singular talents of two literary giants who apparently never met: Stephen King and the late Maurice Sendak.

The Monkey director Osgood Perkins has commented on the film's singular views about death. Perkins' latest opened on Friday, ...

After a pause, he added, “Which is not to say the film isn’t funny, because it really is. Oz was very clear that this was a ...