‘The Magic Faraway Tree’ Review: Wholesome, Harmless Family Movie Aims to Give Enid Blyton the Paddington Treatment
If the children’s books of Enid Blyton have fallen out of fashion in classrooms and libraries — largely due to the racism and regressive gender politics throughout the British author’s oeuvre — they remain ripe for rehabilitation through adaptation. The BBC has churned out seven series of “Malory Towers” since 2020; in 2023, “The Famous […]
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