Exploring the important role of flowers in cinema

You know, I enjoyed “Alice in Wonderland.” Truth be told, I pretty much enjoy all Tim Burton films on one level or another. “Alice” was a good film, not a great film. It was fun, but without some of the wonder you'd expect Burton to bring to the land. But what I really liked were the women in the film (I know, I know – when don’t I like the women in a film?). I wasn’t familiar with Mia Wasikowska before the movie. I’d never seen “In Treatment” and just basically didn’t know her from Mia Hamm. But, oooh and doogie. Did she make an impression. Actually, I think it was her suit of armor that made an indelible impression. Say what you will, but Tim Burton has great taste in women. (Men, too, but – gosh – who doesn’t love Johnny Depp?) Helena Bonham CarterAlice in Wonderland, Sweeney Todd, Corpse Bride, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Big Fish, Planet of the Apes Anne HathawayAlice in Wonderland Christina RicciSleepy Hollow Pam Grier Mars Attacks! Michelle Pfeiffer Batman Returns Marion CotillardBig Fish Sarah Jessica ParkerEd Wood Winona RyderBeetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands Mia WasikowskaConsider this a bonus, like Armor Top Tuesday.

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Though a story crafted for and about a seven-year-old girl, Alice – the subject of a new V&A exhibition – has always wriggled away from her maker to become something more adolescent. Here, Claire Marie Healy explores why

The Jubjub Bird is a creature that appears in Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. Though it doesn't make an appearance in the book, it is described as a desperate bird that lives in perpetual passion. It is found in a narrow, dark, depressing and isolated valley. Its voice is described as a "shrill and high scream" like a pencil squeaking on a slate, and significantly scares those who hear it, including The Beaver who "turned pale from end to tip. It knows any friend it has me

Find out what creepy, twisted Alice in wonderland character fits your personality the best.

There's something about Cheong-ah Hwang's paper sculptures that makes it difficult to see them as what they are: mostly flat arrangements of cut-out shapes. In particular I'm going a little nuts over the shadow that candlestick throws. It's... it's painted on there, right? Check out some more of her illustrations in the rest of the post, and if you'd like to buy prints of them, go no further than her Etsy shop.

Artists of The Royal Ballet in Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The Royal Ballet 2010/11 season. www.roh.org.uk/discover/ballet/alice.aspx Photo: Johan Persson

Sarah Lamb as Alice and Jonathan Howells as the White Rabbit in Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The Royal Ballet 2010/11 season. www.roh.org.uk/productions/alices-adventures-in-wonderlan...