It may be hard to assess the sheer scope of a festival with over 300
features on offer, but TIFF 2012 looks like a particularly exciting year, opening with Rian Johnson's Looper and continuing with new films by Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master), Brian De Palma (Passion), Terrence Malick (To The Wonder), Joss Whedon (
Much Ado About Nothing), Noah Baumbach (Frances Ha), David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook), Olivier Assayas (Something In The Air), Sally Potter (Ginger And Rosa), Harmony Korine (Spring Breakers), and many others.
Backstage's June 13 issue
features a roundtable discussion with five of the actors starring in «
Much Ado About Nothing,» director Joss Whedon's adaptation of the Shakespeare classic.
The lesson follows a step - by - step learning journey, in which students learn through: - Defining and exemplifying the key
features of Shakespearean context; - Reading and comprehending key extracts from
Much Ado About Nothing, relating them to the
features of Shakespearean context; - Completing an essay style response in which they consider how the key
features of social and historical context influence the events of the play.