When Dodie Smith first introduced Cruella de Vil in her novel The One Hundred and One Dalmatians, she called immediate attention to the villain’s outfit. The book’s human protagonists, Mr. and Mrs.

After becoming an orphan at a very young age, Cruella slowly starts to learn that her family origins are much more sinister than she was originally led to believe. Following all the wild events in the ...

For a character that gets a little less than nine minutes of screen time in her 1961 screen debut, Cruella de Vil has an outsized legacy. Over the years, the villain of Disney’s original animated “101 ...

Long before the days of Disney's onslaught of live-action remakes of its animated library, 1996's "101 Dalmatians" sought to breathe new life into the beloved 1961 film of the same name. Perhaps the ...

Cruella has arrived in cinemas and on Disney Plus, and it's worth hanging around for the credits. Yes, like the Avengers, there's a Cruella post-credits scene that helps set up Emma Stone's delectable ...

Director Craig Gillespie's 101 Dalmatians prequel is very different from the story it sets up. On the contrary, watch closely and you'll see tons of 101 Dalmatians references in Cruella that not only ...

One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961); 101 Dalmatians (1996); Cruella (2021) Credit - Disney/AF archive /Alamy; Walt Disney/Alamy; Disney Though this is the first time we’re seeing Cruella de Vil’s ...

For decades, Cruella de Vil has been known as one of Disney’s most evil characters. “Cruel” and “devil” are literally in her name. She’s on the American Film Institute’s list of the 100 Greatest ...