The Spanish Tragedie

The Baron's Men make this revenge drama by one of Shakespeare's contemporaries an absolute joy to behold

"...Although stagings of most Shakespeare plays consistently draw crowds, audiences may be hesitant to..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Arts Review by Stacy Alexander Evans

West Side Story

Bernstein. Shakespeare. Sondheim. Spielberg. ’Nuff said!

"...his intent to direct a second adaptation of the Shakespeare-inspired 1957 stage musical West Side Story for the big..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl

A madcap animated ramble through Kyoto's drinking district

"...love and cross-dressing you'll find this side of a Shakespeare problem play. Night Is Short doesn't make a lot..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Booth's Richard III by the Hidden Room Theatre

Beth Burns and company unearths a fascinating theatrical time capsule with this version of Shakespeare's tragedy

"...as Conor McPherson's Shining City. Roughly 13% of William Shakespeare's plays feature spectral apparitions – appearing earliest in Richard..."

June 22, 2018 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Sherlock Gnomes

Gnomeo and Juliet sequel heads to London. For reasons.

"...can move when people are not looking. But since Shakespeare didn’t write a sequel for his star-crossed lovers, this..."

March 30, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Jupiter Ascending

The Wachowskis' space opera starring Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum is a visual dazzler but a narrative splice-and-dice.

"...predilection for the intricacies of cinematic world-building. The vaguely Shakespeare-meets-Disney storyline, however, along with the gravity-distorting masses of long-winded..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Merry Devil of Edmonton

Hidden Room Theatre resurrects an odd comedy of Shakespeare's day

"...the play today because it's been attributed to William Shakespeare – indeed, Hidden Room presented it last week as..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Tempest

Faraway-feeling Rain Lily Farm proves a perfect setting for the enchanted isle in Shakespeare's late romance

"...Present Company Theatre continues its welcome tradition of Shakespeare on the Farm with this staging of The Tempest,..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Arts Review by Elissa Russell

Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela

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

Nov. 15, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Party All the Time

'Much Ado' and much fun with Whedon, Acker, and Denisof

"...was after in his micro-budget film version of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, the play Whedon calls "the..."

June 21, 2013 Screens Post by Robert Faires

Lincoln

Despite a monumental performance by Daniel Day-Lewis, Spielberg's film has a fussed-over theatricality that's hard to escape.

"...result is like the disconnect you see in inferior Shakespeare productions: The mouths are moving, but the eyes don’t..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Tyson

Mike Tyson tells his life story in his own words in this documentary by longtime friend James Toback.

"...was – and remains – a tragedy worthy of Shakespeare, or at least Hollywood. Toback's riveting documentary is one..."

May 29, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Despair Deferred, and an Odd Couple

"...and actresses we’ve come across during our time watching Shakespeare on film. Best Male. Best Female. Worst Male. Worst..."

Aug. 21, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Words, Words, Words

"...I speak of Shakespeare, and you reply with Sondheim?..."

Aug. 19, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Sleuth

Surprisingly, this powerhouse combination of writer Harold Pinter, director Kenneth Branagh, and co-stars Michael Caine and Jude Law adds up to a load of nonsense.

"...a Nobel Prize-winning writer, a director renowned for his Shakespeare adaptations, a two-time Oscar-winning actor who also happens to..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Becoming Jane

Jane Austen could spot a phony, and, as a result, she would not have been happy with this romanticized account of her early years.

"...be deprived of a goodnight kiss. A sort of Shakespeare in Love without the wit or the daring, Becoming..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Omkara

Shakespeare's Othello is reimagined for the Indian audience in this Hindi-language film.

"...Oberoi and Kareena Kapoor. Not reviewed at press time. Shakespeare's Othello is reimagined for the Indian audience in this..."

July 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bigger Than the Sky

Despite some bright spots in this woefully earnest modern romance, Bigger Than the Sky is awash in the obvious and sports a cloying adulation of theatre folk.

"...As a stereotype, it’s not so far off – Shakespeare in Love for the Red, White, and Blaine set..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Dancer Upstairs

"...vaguely Costa-Gavras-like pastiche, adapted from the novel by Nicholas Shakespeare. The great running gag in Spike Jonze’s Being John..."

May 16, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Get Over It

"...another broken hearts & bubblegum teen flick! Based on Shakespeare! Featuring a TRL mainstay! Still reading? Then you probably..."

March 9, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Romeo Must Die

"...role has little if anything to do with Will Shakespeare's doomed lovepuppy, and more's the pity. True, Li, as..."

March 24, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Titus

Taymor creates a spectacularly imaginative piece of Shakespearean cinema set in a world out of time.

"...Jessica Lange and Anthony Hopkins. Of all the plays Shakespeare penned, few seemed less likely to win the Hollywood..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Plunkett & Macleane

"...18th-century London is akin to watching Keanu Reeves doing Shakespeare (though admittedly not nearly as entertaining). Rollicking is the..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

An Ideal Husband

The Oscar Wilde drama about deceit and honor is presented by a solid cast.

"...if it is a Sense and Sensibility or a Shakespeare in Love you're looking for, you'll be foiled again...."

July 2, 1999 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

My Giant

"...They turn out to belong to Max (Muresan), a Shakespeare-quoting giant who lives as a ward of the local..."

April 17, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sunday

"...English actress whose career has free-fallen from the Royal Shakespeare Company to bit parts in bad horror movies. She..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

A Midwinter's Tale

"...desperate actor who's cobbling together this shoestring production of Shakespeare's greatest play -- with himself as director and star..."

March 15, 1996 Movie Review by Robert Faires

The Convent

"...scholar, Michael Padovic, who is researching his theory that Shakespeare was a Sephardic Jew. His investigation leads him to..."

March 1, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Never Talk to Strangers

"...Coming from the ridiculously talented founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Peter Hall, this “psychological murder mystery” starts out..."

Oct. 27, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Madness of King George

"...George mellowed with a little touch of Lear. Like Shakespeare's king, this one struggles with madness, and while its..."

Feb. 3, 1995 Movie Review by Robert Faires

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