This is FRESH AIR. Terry Gilliam's 1981 cult film "Time Bandits," about a gang of thieves traveling through time to steal treasures at different points in history, is being remade as a 10-part family ...

Time Bandits reimagines the cult classic with mixed results, balancing nostalgia and new elements. The series shines with lessons on self-acceptance but falters in humor and strong supporting ...

Society’s trend toward historical ignorance is nothing new or recent. Terry Gilliam’s original “Time Bandits” presents it as a kind of passive villainy, although if you were among the kids who saw it ...

Born with Autism (formerly classified as Asperger syndrome), Tyler B. Searle has been obsessed with storytelling since he was old enough to speak. He gravitated towards fairy tales, mythology, the ...

In the latest “Time Bandits” episodes, the titular band shifts from staving off hunger by gnawing sticks to noshing on sandwiches, the latest rage in Georgian England allegedly invented by none other ...