…rather than his Disney concoctions like Peter Pan & Wendy…
…especially given how movies like The Green Knight, Peter Pan & Wendy, and Pete’s Dragon were based on established properties but circumvented expectations…
He’s a filmmaker who has spent the last decade bouncing between haunting, minimalist gems like A Ghost Story and the high-gloss machinery of live-action Disney remakes like Pete’s Dragon or Peter Pan and Wendy.
…who makes idiosyncratic family movies for Disney (Peter Pan and Wendy, Pete’s Dragon)…
Mother Mary, writer-director David Lowery’s follow-up to 2023’s Peter Pan & Wendy, may be the most resplendent example of this genre…
…he built a career for himself with the likes of “Pete’s Dragon” and “Peter Pan & Wendy” — with movies that rescued something poignant and real from the creative abyss that is Disney’s live-action remake culture…