William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet

This Shakespeare rendition is not so much a reconceptualization as a recontextualization of the 400-year-old play. This Romeo + Juliet is a rich visual feast, besotted with the fervor of its acrobatic camerawork and kinetic staging and its mind-bending aggregation of unrelated but resonant fragments of 20th century iconography. It is a Shakespearean work thoroughly conceived for the screen. DiCaprio and Danes again prove that they are two of the best actors of their generation. And William Shakespeare has once more demonstrated that he is a storyteller for all time.

"...retro-vogue, Baz Luhrmann's new film adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet seems positioned to slip one past the..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Romeo is Bleeding

"...Annabella Sciorra, Juliette Lewis, Roy Scheider and Michael Wincott. Romeo is bleeding and we just don't care. Long ago..."

Feb. 25, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Romeo Must Die

"...a can't-miss opportunity. It misses, though. The plot of Romeo Must Die is cobbled together from any number of..."

March 24, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Romeo & Juliet

Till death do us part …

"...ask for a little invention? West Side Story goosed Romeo and Juliet with grand jetés. Baz Luhrmann gave us..."

Oct. 18, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Romeo Talk Back

Tripping on E

"...Luhrmann knew what he was doing when he made Romeo clutch a journal, and when I called him a..."

Aug. 18, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Juliet Replaces Romeo's

Austin's original restaurant row getting new Italian eatery

"...long in Austin's white hot hospitality market. The former Romeo's location will soon be home to a new restaurant..."

Jan. 27, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Romeo Rose for Mayor

Local 'celebrity' outlines 2014 platform

"...an exhilarating campaign. Hold on to your hats folks, Romeo Rose says he's running for mayor...."

Nov. 8, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

'Romeo'

First place, the 13th Annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

"...1. This guy I know Romeo he would go up to gurls and ask them..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Books Feature by Robert Byington

Theatre Review: The Baron’s Men Presents Romeo and Juliet

The Curtain Theatre’s BYOB outdoor production is a magical night out

"...Romeo and Juliet is a good play...."

April 19, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Romeo's

It might be old-fashioned, but it never gets old

"...Romeo's..."

July 29, 2005 Food Review by Barbara Chisholm

De-Registering Romeo and Juliet

Modest reform to sex offender laws goes to guv

"...At issue is whether certain youthful offenders, or so-called "Romeo and Juliet" offenders – those involved in a consensual..."

May 12, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Roadside Romeo

This animated Bollywood film about a pampered dog who is abandoned in Mumbai was partially financed by Walt Disney Pictures.

Oct. 24, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shakespeare in Love

It's flighty, improbable stuff, meant not to be a historical restorative but a modern romantic tribute to the scribe whose words have launched a million sonnets.

"...to the creation of the playwright's timeless romantic drama, Romeo and Juliet. The setting is 1593, back before Shakespeare..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Love, Simon

Coming-out story remembers the romance.

"...Faults aside, there’s something truly revolutionary about this big-screen Romeo and Romeo romance, as Simon courts an anonymous closeted..."

March 16, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

I Defy You, Josh

In praise of Baz Luhrmann's funny, touching, totally insane film

"...to start, and probably the more polarizing, is with Romeo and Juliet. We've had two iconic productions in 30..."

Aug. 18, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Blood and Chocolate

Lycanthropy and young love: not as yummy as it sounds but nowhere near as godawful as Van Helsing, a small mercy but very much appreciated.

"...city's splendidly gothic virtues) is a sly appropriation of Romeo and Juliet – sort of a West Side Horror..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Heroism in Flight

When the New York stage company Collective Unconscious took transcripts of Cockpit Voice Recorder tapes from six real-life airline emergencies and performed them on stage under the title Charlie Victor Romeo, they created a theatrical sensation and a testament to the strength and spirit of humans in crisis.

"...humans in crisis. Bob Berger, who created Charlie Victor Romeo with Patrick Daniels and Irving Gregory, discussed the show..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Review: R#J

New Romeo and Juliet may divide like Capulets and Montagues

"...If Romeo and Juliet were penned today, it’s certain that elements..."

March 19, 2021 Screens Post by Laiken Neumann

Exit Wounds

"...the Die Hard and Lethal Weapon franchises, 48HRS., and Romeo Must Die to his credit, is a brand-name action..."

March 23, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Beast

Murder-mystery rewritten as a chilling fairy tale romance.

"...of a reckless teen romance, but this is no Romeo and Juliet story. This is more like Snow White..."

May 25, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Sherlock Gnomes

Gnomeo and Juliet sequel heads to London. For reasons.

"...original was all predicated on a terrible pun (it’s Romeo and Juliet, but with gnomes. Garden gnomes. Geddit?), bolted..."

March 30, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

First Look: Juliet Ristorante

High design and easy sipping on Barton Springs Road

"...Juliet. Though the name nods to former building occupant Romeo’s, Juliet has stepped out from behind the curtain with..."

July 10, 2015 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela

"...romantic drama is said to be based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet...."

Nov. 15, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

All's Faire in Love

Christina Ricci stars in this strained romantic comedy set in the world of renaissance festivals.

"...up at RenFest. It's there, during a performance of Romeo and Juliet that would get any serious (or for..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gnomeo & Juliet

Animated garden gnomes do Shakespeare while the Bard requests an Alan Smithee credit.

"...has proffered, “Hey, what do you think about redoing Romeo and Juliet with garden gnomes?” Still, novelty alone does..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Twilight

One is human and the other's vampire: What's a pair of young soulmates to do?

"...this undead, unrequited, and altogether unfun pseudo-romantic riff on Romeo and Juliet. Based on the hideously readable (or so..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The District!

This animated Hungarian feature is equal parts South Park and Magyar-inflected hip-hop, and an altogether smart, urban riff on Romeo and Juliet.

"...– The District! is a smart, urban riff on Romeo and Juliet. The hyperactive plot follows two Budapest street..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Bubble

This gay-tinged Romeo and Juliet story set largely in Tel Aviv shows the complexities of love in a land where the conflicts are as old as Western religion and as new as suicide bombers.

"...third act when the plot grows ultra-melodramatic, this gay-tinged Romeo and Juliet story is a charmer about loves and..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

September Dawn

This movie about the Mountain Meadows Massacre of Sept. 11, 1857, during which local Mormons murdered 120 members of a wagon train heading West, reeks of ulterior motives.

"...are obscured by slack filmmaking choices and a silly Romeo-and-Juliet love story that's pushed front and center. There's even..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

The story is similar to the popular original – but its Borscht Belt setting has been relocated to pre-revolutionary Cuba in 1958.

"...original Dirty Dancing the classic teen formula of the Romeo and Juliet love affair that challenges class boundaries and..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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