The medieval world wasn’t a tourist brochure of castles and courtly dances. It was raw, violent, often absurd, and deeply human. Picture muddy battlefields where armies clashed with swords that ...

When putting the Middle Ages on screen, drama is no substitute for the historical sources.

When you think of Zack Snyder, you probably picture stylized action and epic set pieces. Given everything he's done in the DC ...

Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of ...

French philosopher Georges Bataille wrote in his 1949 essay The Cruel Practice Of Art that art "puts us on the path of complete destruction and suspends us there for a time, [offering] us ravishment ...

Medieval knights are one of those things where the fiction outweighs the facts. Knights served as a part of the aristocracy for most of Europe, far from popular films’ hallowed heroism or comedic ...