PS Film Fest 2013--Snow White Comes to Town in Black and White

The poison apple in Blancanieves

In the past few years we've seen several versions of Snow White coming to the big screen, all met with great fanfare. Snow White now comes to town as the opening film of the Palm Springs International Film Festival, and it's in black and white.

Now the Palm Springs International has procured not only a new version of Snow White in  (from Spain), but also one that is silent. That's right a silent film a-la The Artist.

The film, Blancanieves, originates from a Grimm fairy tale. It isn't necessarily Snow White who steals the show, according to Twitch Film, which names Maribel Verdu who plays the campy evil stepmother as the one to look out for.

Not bad for a film that closed the Mumbai Film Festival in India, and a notable new version of Snow White that introduces a gored bullfighter as Snow Whites' father and a wicked nurse as the stepmother.