‘Willy Wonka’ At 50: The Beauty And Peril Of Pure Imagination [Be Reel Podcast]
In honor of “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” (1971) turning 50, we’ve constructed a podcast category about bizarro adults and the puzzle worlds they make for kids. LISTEN: An Ode To Movie Theaters In Movies [Be Reel Podcast] After unpacking the simultaneous entrancement and discomfort of watching candymen, goblin kings, and world-builders covet innocent children for mysterious ends, Be Reel plunges into the alternate realities of “Willy Wonka,” “Labyrinth” (1986), and “Tomorrowland” (2015).