Luv Doc: The Old Dude

The word "immature" is both overused and ineffective

"...I feel it myself. Acutely. In the words of Hamlet, "O that this too, too solid flesh would melt"..."

May 10, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween

Slappy returns in this perfectly timed sequel

"...(Harris) spend their days in the upstate New York hamlet of Wardenclyffe avoiding the usual junior high bullies and..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fair Youth Make Fairer Shakespeare

Two fine chances to see young people make the Bard come alive

"...Austin Shakespeare puts in its young charges: It is Hamlet, the pinnacle of Shakespeare's art. The show opened last..."

June 21, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Gemini

Noir murder mystery for the selfie generation.

"...– for the selfie generation, set in the hipster hamlet of Silverlake. So it goes with this highly stylized..."

April 6, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Marjorie Prime

"...anomaly Crispin Glover, to Almereyda’s idiosyncratic takes on Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Cymbeline.) Marjorie Prime has a sci-fi element to..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cinderella

Simple, elegant, and lovely, this live-action fairy tale enchants

"...existence in the real world of a sleepy Maine hamlet, or big-screen adaptations like Snow White and the Huntsman..."

March 13, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Book Thief

This print bestseller about a girl's coming of age amid the horrors of Nazi Germany is swaddled in maudlin melodrama in this film adaptation.

"...of Zusak’s adaptation, it’s barely relevant; in her adopted hamlet, Liesel is “the other” by any other name. Kristallnacht..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Happy Bard Day!

'Living With Shakespeare' helps you manage Will-ophilia

"...finds in that play's evolution clues to why one Hamlet might be half as long as another and have..."

April 23, 2013 Books Post by Robert Faires

A Veteran's Voice

Playwright Johnny Meyer returned from war to learn that theatre is essential to life

"...draft of American Volunteers – so he picked up Hamlet. "I didn't quite get Hamlet," he says. "And then..."

March 22, 2013 Arts Feature by Jillian Owens

More 'Ado' From Director Joss Whedon

His labor of love 'Much Ado About Nothing' screens today

"...would love to accomplish, but doesn’t want to do Hamlet? Hamlet and Twelfth Night are probably the two contenders...."

March 9, 2013 Screens Post by Robert Faires

Actors From the London Stage

Who needs more than five actors to do a Shakespeare play? Not this troupe.

"...repertory, Young Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida, Austin Drama Club's Hamlet, and the Weird Sisters' A Midsummer Night's Dream. Now..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Arts Feature by Jillian Owens

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

This spoof has energy to spare but never feels as spontaneous as it should

"...of the production occurred when, during their stab at Hamlet, performer Andy Black announced, "Well, there's this one speech..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

Tamara Drewe

Stephen Frears directs this romantic romp that combines the bedroom farce and the pastoral and stars Gemma Arterton.

"...self-absorbed celebrity journalist who reluctantly returns home to a hamlet in Dorset, England, where she intends to sell her..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Shakespeare Around Austin

Productions this fall show us there's no limit to how the Bard's plays get done

"...but in his new production of Shakespeare's signature play, Hamlet, Justin Scalise will manage the neat trick of doing..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Unmistaken Child

This documentary is a full-immersion glimpse into the ancient traditions of Buddhist reincarnation and one that no filmmaker has ever before explored with this level of freedom and insight.

"...until one day he finds in a nondescript Nepalese hamlet a chubby little tyke who may (or may not)..."

July 31, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

American Repertory Ensemble

Coming soon to a computer or TV screen near you: dance and classical music from ARE?

"...filmed presentations of Austin Lyric Opera's Cinderella, Ballet Austin's Hamlet, and Conspirare in concert...."

July 24, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Superlatives

The 2008-2009 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Paul Michael Bloodgood, "Episodes"/Hamlet..."

June 5, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

First Night 2009 Schedule

"...Austin Shakespeare – World's Fastest Hamlet!: HBMG Theatre, 3:30-4pm..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Arts Feature

The Order of Myths

This smart and subtle documentary looks at the ingrained traditions of racial segregation that still remain in the dual Mardi Gras celebrations in Mobile, Ala.

"...in the woods outside the city, in a rundown hamlet known as Plateau. Nearly 150 years later, in 2007,..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

A Little Light Music

Branagh's a hambone, and he's better at comedy

"...gentle woo of Katharine in pidgin French. But his Hamlet makes me want to tear out my hair –..."

Aug. 20, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Once More Unto the Breach

Film Fight returns, dons ruff and British accent

"...Timed to the release of Sundance satire Hamlet 2 (and in keeping with the aforementioned emotionally tormented-white-men-in-tights..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Ballet Austin: Save the last dance for me

Four of the company's most gifted dancers are taking their leaves after this season's finale

"...his farewell role. It and the title role in Hamlet are his proudest achievements. "I was there when they..."

May 9, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Seagull

Breakin' String Theatre's take on Chekhov goes down like a shot of fine vodka

"...in The Seagull borrow liberally from those in Shakespeare's Hamlet, its plot revolving around the romantic and artistic conflict..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

2007 B. Iden Payne Awards

More than 60 shows scored nominations for ACoT's annual theatre honors

"...star, a vain British matinee idol, and a hillbilly Hamlet have in common? Beyond being interesting role models for..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Wyrd Sisters

The Vortex's 2007 Summer Youth Theatre showcases more talented youth with Terry Pratchett's lighthearted, adventurous Wyrd Sisters

"...blends not only Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty but also Hamlet and Macbeth. The references are easily accessible. One needn't..."

July 27, 2007 Arts Review by Hannah Kenah

And the Award Goes to ...

The 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...exhibitions, with The Assumption, Refraction Arts' twisted adaptation of Hamlet, the only other production to win more than three..."

June 8, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

After the Wedding

An expat Danish aid worker in Mumbai returns to Copenhagen to meet with a benefactor, only to discover that the world is even smaller than it seems.

"...maybe the malady can be traced back to Prince Hamlet. Or maybe it’s just those long, dark winters. Whatever..."

May 25, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Electric Sheep Co. of 'Second Life'

Herding pixels for fun and profit

"...Memory Harker: That would be Hamlet, would it?..."

March 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Memory Harker

Olivier's Shakespeare

Now that 'Deadwood' lies murdered in the mud, Shakespeare is the only solace.

"...tights for Deadwood's "vice" (dissembler), but Henry V or Hamlet might slip his grasp. Kenneth Branagh certainly, for both,..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

The 24th Day

Naughty Austin may not be known for dramatic fare, but its production of the thought-provoking thriller The 24th Day could change that perception

"...stories in Western culture would not exist. Since Shakespeare's Hamlet, revenge has been at the forefront of dramatic consideration,..."

May 19, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

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