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This is the most imaginative Shakespeare film in years, as we await Julie Taymor's wonderful unreleased A Midsummer Night's Dream.

This is from Arclight Films, the same company (essentially) behind the sci - fi Shakespeare film Henry 5.

«A Shakespeare film does not grab the hearts of financiers, I can tell you,» he says.

Cinderella Kenneth Branagh made possibly the best Shakespeare film of all time with his Henry V.

Haven't been that thrilled about a Shakespeare film adapation in years.

Steve Mirsky: I think the best Shakespeare film that I've ever seen is Julie Taymor's Titus Andronicus.

THR believes it's «one of the funniest Shakespeare films in ages,» and Variety thinks «this nimble black - and - white rendition honors a classic text.»

Not exact matches

Clearly the creators of La La Land spent more time making sure the film paid homage to Gershwin, Astaire and Rogers than Shakespeare.

The Shakespeare in Love actor has started filming for the soap and is due on screen in the next few months.

Michell, a former resident director at the Royal Shakespeare Company whose filmography includes Notting Hill and the Oscar nominated 2006 film Venus, came armed to the meeting with three prospective projects — though one stood out from the pack.

The Throne of Blood isn't a film I would necessarily recommend... unless you have a particular penchant for Samurai Shakespeare movies!

From this point of view the film is attempting the very same thing that Mark Gatiss and Stephen Moffat attempted with Sherlock, or that Kenneth Branagh was doing when he made his great Shakespeare adaptations.

A graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Knaggs established himself in London on stage in William Shakespeare's Cymbeline and made appearances in various British films of the 1930s, including roles in Victor Saville's South Riding and Michael Powell's The Spy in Black.

Shakespeare's «The Tempest» is transformed in this landmark science - fiction film with groundbreaking special effects.

Continuing to dutifully pursue his craft throughout the early»90s, Walsh again returned to a higher profile with appearances in such films as A Time to Kill (1996), William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996), and My Best Friend's Wedding (1997).

Though well - versed in Shakespeare and Moliere on stage, Cronyn was often limited to unpleasant, weasely and sometimes sadistic characters in films; one of his nastiest portrayals was as the Hitleresque prison guard Munsey in Brute Force (1947).

Recently, she hosted the third season of «Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner» for the Si TV Network.New York Newsday raved over her performance in the indie hit «Woman Thou Art Loosed» calling her portrayal of an ex-con recovering addict «Haunting «Six Page Pictorial in the new Las Vegas National Magazine «Player» released Jan 2006Studied Shakespeare at «The Actors Circle Theatre» in Los Angeles and received a standing ovation for her portrayal of «Miss Alma» in Tennesee William's «Summer and Smoke «Running Scared, the film she had a supporting lead in with Paul Walker, is the Top Ten DVD Rental of the month.

Critics have seemingly cooled on Tarantino's pop culture patchwork technique over the years, mistaking cleverness for ironic detachment and his singularly innovative mode of theory - to - practice film geekery for plagiaristic slapdash kitsch just as Tarantino is reaching personal heights as an auteur, and it begs the question: did Shakespeare have to deal with cooler - than - thou backlash from his detractors?

In this charming film, British actress Claire Bloom takes an insightful look at the art of Shakespearean acting with rich portrayals of many of Shakespeare's most memorable women including Portia, Rosalind, Imogen and Juliet.

Almereyda imagines Hamlet taking place in present - day Manhattan with such vigor, insight and originality that the power and immediacy of his film makes Shakespeare accessible in an exciting and provocative manner beyond all expectations.

It won't be Shakespeare, but if Lin can deliver the way he did on the last film, it should be a pretty good time at the movies.

TITUS Julie Taymor creates a visually arrest ing film around Shakespeare's much - maligned «Titus Andronicus,» which emerges as a brilliant black comedy.

Talk about ambitious: For his second film, following 2011's gut - wrenching murder story Snowtown, Aussie director Justin Kurzel has rounded up a stunning cast and gone straight for the most notoriously tough play on Shakespeare's résumé.

Directed by Academy Award ® nominee Stephen Frears (The Queen, Philomena), this emotional film features stunning and witty performances from Academy Award ® winner Judi Dench (Shakespeare In Love, Philomena), Ali Fazal (Furious 7), Eddie Izzard (Ocean's Twelve, Ocean's Thirteen), Addel Akhtar (The Dictator, The Big Sick) and Michael Gambon (Harry Potter franchise).

Twin storylines play out in parallel time frames in The Debt, the latest film by John Madden (Shakespeare in Love).

Kurzel and the film's three screenwriters, Jacob Koskoff, Michael Lesslie and Todd Louiso, have turned Shakespeare's play into a horror movie of sorts.

Starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard, the film is the latest adaptation of one of Shakespeare's best - known plays.

That union is rife with problems from the start, though despite the film's Shakespeare - referencing title, the path it wends is an original and horrifying one.

In each regular episode, a panel of guests discusses one more productions of Shakespeare's plays, usually either adapted for the screen or filmed live at the theatre.

With the director of Titus and Across the Universe taking on one of Shakespeare's greatest works with such talented actors as Helen Mirren, Alan Cumming, Chris Cooper and Djimon Hounsou, how could the film be anything short of spectacular?

Based on the long - mooted Oxfordian theory about the true authorship of Shakespeare's plays and poems, this film undermines its own point by over-egging the story.

Elegiac and atmospheric, Shakespeare Wallah was the feature film that really put Merchant Ivory Productions on the international movie map.

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The costumes and look of the film fully capture the magic of Shakespeare's descriptions.

They're also derivative of films like Finding Neverland and Shakespeare in Love in presenting some of the experiences that inspired the author.

But the best the festival had to offer were three stunning films that, in speaking of the human condition, took full advantage of the dreamlike nature of cinema: Shi (Poetry, Lee Chang - dong), Lung Boonmee Raluek Chat (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall his Past Lives, Apichatpong Weerasethakul), and Shakespeare's The Tempest, as re-interpreted by Julie Taymor.

Try Tempest (1982), his loose, modern - day adaptation of Shakespeare's final play, with John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Susan Sarandon, Raul Julia, and, in her first ever film, Molly Ringwald.

These first films include The Householder (1963), based on the book by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, who wrote the adaptation herself and instantly became an integral part of the company, and Shakespeare Wallah (1965).

Judi Dench has emerged as one of the finest actresses alive, in films like «Shakespeare in Love», «Iris» and «'' Notes on a Scandal».

«One of the reasons I was so excited to be in this film,» Tessa Thompson told Collider in a recent interview, «is I remember seeing the first Thor film and being like, «Oh my God, it's a Shakespeare family drama.»

If you want to see Shakespeare's dialogue delivered as if it were an episode of Buffy with excessively chewed scenery and awful cinematography, this film is for you.

The Buckingham Players try to uphold British tradition by staging Shakespeare plays for the general public, boarding schools, and local royalty, but are unable to compete with the wildly popular Bollywood film industry.

Set in the 11th century and using Shakespeare's original dialogue, the film follows General Macbeth (Michael Fassbender), whose ambitious wife (Marion Cotillard) urges him to use wicked means in order to gain power of the throne over the sitting king.

The film picked up surprisingly strong notices on the festival circuit, and Dench (a Supporting Actress winner in ’99 for «Shakespeare In Love «-RRB- could be due again, having just missed out on another nod last year for «Skyfall.»

Obviously, this is not a film for everyone, as there is a large segment of society who have little tolerance for Shakespeare, or even costumed period pieces in general.

Think of this film as Friday the 13th crashes head - on into Shakespeare's Macbeth, and you have an idea of its tone.

In recent years, it seems that there is a rush to retell William Shakespeare's plays in film, with wildly variant results.

John Madden (Shakespeare In Love) is directing the film, which will see Chastain playing «a powerful lobbyist who sacrifices her career on Federal Hill in order to successfully pass an amendment enforcing stricter gun control laws.»

Since Shakespeare's works have been adapted for film more than any other author, it can be difficult to muster up excitement for yet another retelling.

Ran is a film that channels perfectly the emotions found in Shakespeare's play - of greed, revenge, anger, and courage.