On Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet and Growing Up Lydia Rostant March 25, 2022 Features “Stars collide, worlds divide/What a pretty piece of flesh/You are a pretty piece of flesh” —One Inch Punch, 'Pretty Piece of Flesh' There are films that are difficult to write about. Sometimes...
The Tragedy of Macbeth – Review Weiting Liu January 14, 2022 Reviews This film was previously reviewed in September 2021 as part of our New York Film Festival coverage. The Tragedy of Macbeth marks Joel Coen’s dual venture into a metatextual adaptation of William...
Why 10 Things I Hate About You is the Greatest Shakespeare Adaptation Carmen Paddock March 29, 2019 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia Twenty years ago Heath Ledger danced his way down some bleachers and into film legend with an enthusiastic rendition of ‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off You’. Its lack of vocal finesse coupled with a total...
Your Week In Film: Han, Dan, Denzel and Riz Stephen O'Nion October 20, 2017 News 1. Han Solo gets a...
From Stage To Screen: How Mark Rylance Ruled Hollywood Tori Brazier July 22, 2017 Analysis, Features, Spotlight Sir Mark Rylance is currently having a bit of a moment on the international stage – and one which looks set to continue this week with the release of Christopher Nolan’s war epic Dunkirk. Until recently...
Rwanda & Juliet – Doc/Fest 2016 Review Phil W. Bayles June 13, 2016 Reviews There’s something more than a little off-putting about the start of Rwanda & Juliet. The idea mounting a production of Shakespeare’s immortal love story in a country still scarred by genocide is...
Ran: Kurosawa’s Final Epic Cathy Brennan April 3, 2016 Analysis, Close-Up, Features Frequently cited as his last great film, Akira Kurosawa's Ran shows the director at the height of his powers. The film, released in 1985, was a decade-long passion project for the septuagenarian director. Much...
What Makes A Great Stage to Screen Adaptation? Sian Brett February 16, 2016 Analysis, Features, Opinion Before it was possible to potter off to the cinema for some entertainment, stories were told on the stage. And with so many classic pieces of drama continuing to be reproduced over hundreds of years, when...
Second Chance: She’s the Man Olivia Luder June 3, 2015 Features, Nostalgia, Second Chance Love, scandal, epic bloodshed: there’s a reason that Shakespeare adapts so well into the teen movie genre. One overlooked gem is 2006’s Twelfth Night adaptation, She’s the Man, starring the...
Scene Stealers: Ben Affleck in Shakespeare in Love Andy J Smith August 10, 2014 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers Starlet of the 71st Academy Awards in 1999, Shakespeare in Love is a film that offers comedy, heartfelt sincerity and some brilliant performances. Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman’s script leaps off the screen...
A Short History of the Period Drama, Part One: Faith to the Text (or, the 1940s) David Brake June 1, 2014 Analysis, Close-Up, Features Period piece. Costume drama. Historical epic. Any way you slice it, it's been around about as long as cinema itself. Of course, in those days what we now consider quintessential period drama was practically...
Shakespeare at 450: His Top Ten Adaptations on Film David Brake April 27, 2014 Analysis, Features, Top 10 165 Comments Shakespeare. It's the most famous name in the English language, ringing proudly out across the British Isles. From his first works on stage around the 1590s to Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing in 2012,...
