As 'Wicked' prepares to cast its spell over the box office, we look at how portrayals of witches on screen have evolved to become symbols of female empowerment and an embracement of otherness.

SEE25 best TV witches, ranked worst to best. In the decades since, witches have appeared in just about every genre of film. Early romantic comedies “I Married a Witch” and “Bell, Book and ...

In the U.S., we tend to only hear about witches on Halloween, but in Romania, they have year-round work. Mihaela Minca, who has been practicing magic since age 7, is a third-generation witch.

Witches: A history of misogyny. The sexist abuse that haunts modern life is nothing new: women have been 'trolled' in art for 500 years. Deanna Petherbridge, co-curator of the first major ...

But, Gifford has found that artists, between 1905 and 1915, tended to portray witches as beautiful sorceresses with blushed cheeks and ample curves. "To our eyes, these look very tame.

Most of us grew up with images of witches. The good and bad witches in “The Wizard of Oz.” Samantha from “Bewitched.” Evil witches in Disney movies. Humorous characters in “Witches of ...

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters finished in first place at the box office this past weekend, earning $19 million. Now, let's enjoy some concept art for the film, that features some of the designs ...

Often, they were healers — beautiful and mystical goddesses who used their powers for good (with the occasional, well-deserved evil.) Other times the witch merely existed as a mysterious ...

Evil witches, a fallen star and a young man in search of his heart's desire: these are just some of the elements in the new fantasy-adventure film adapted from a novel by popular science fiction ...