Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

J.K. Rowling’s “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” (2016) unfolds in 1926 as Newt Scamander, a British magizoologist, arrives in New York with a mysteriously expanding suitcase brimming with magical creatures. When a few of these beings escape, they set the American wizarding community and its formidable bureaucratic wing, the Magical Congress of the United States of America, on a frantic hunt for Newt. The film explores the delicate balance between the wizarding and non-wizarding worlds, highlighting the tension and paranoia that threaten to unravel the fragile peace between them.