Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

The angst is front and center in the first part of the final Harry Potter adventure—quite understandable, considering that the dark wizard Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) is now in full control of the magical world. Author J.K. Rowling invoked Aeschylus at the start of the Deathly Hallows novel (“Bless the children, give them triumph now,” from The Libation Bearers), but the film adaptation affords us little jubilation—an unexpectedly gratifying thing.