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Posts Tagged "shakespeare"
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Prospero’s Books ***** (1991, John Gielgud) – Classic Movie Review 1313
Cult writer-director Peter Greenaway’s joyful 1991 film of Shakespeare’s The Tempest is a dazzling delight, both visually and aurally, respecting and adorning the play big time. A pioneering work with delight as much in technical innovation as in artistic imagination, […]
Hamlet *** (1990, Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Ian Holm, Alan Bates) – Classic Movie Review 1294
Co-writer/director Franco Zeffirelli’s 1990 Shakespeare movie has an unexpected star in Mel Gibson, who personifies the much-tormented Prince of Denmark lustily and honourably, giving a strong, earnest performance. It was a brave thing to do since Gibson’s only […]
Macbeth **** (1971, Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw) – Classic Movie Review 774
Jon Finch does well in a fine, tragic hero film performance as the 10th century nobleman and tormented Scottish king Macbeth in director Roman Polanski’s lavish, great-looking and much underrated movie of the play by […]
Macbeth **** (1948, Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O’Herlihy) – Classic Movie Review 773
Orson Welles’s 1948 film version of William Shakespeare’s great tragedy is highly intelligent and extremely watchable, even if it’s unattractively studio-bound and suffers from its low budget ($70,000), quick filming (21 days) cheap sets (designed […]
10 Things I Hate About You **** (1999, Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt) – Classic Movie Review 625
The 18-year-old Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as Cameron James, a new student at Padua High, who soon spots Bianca Stratford (Larisa Oleynik), a beautiful sophomore with one problem: her dad (Larry Miller) won’t allow her to date. […]