Hamnet, 2025. Directed by Chloe Zhao. Starring Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal. Joe Alwyn, Emily Watson, Jacobi Jupe, and Noah Jupe. SYNOPSIS: A powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet. Shakespeare’s works are known the world over, and his personal life has been examined before on screen, notably […]
New trailer for Hamnet starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal
Focus Features has released a new trailer and poster for Hamnet, director Chloe Zhao’s upcoming adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel which reimagines the creation of William Shakespeare’s masterpiece Hamlet. The period romantic drama stars Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, and Joe Alwyn. Check out the trailer below… HAMNET: From Academy Award® winning writer/director […]
Movie Review – All is True (2018)
All is True, 2018. Directed by Kenneth Branagh. Starring Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Kathryn Wilder, Lydia Wilson, Alex Macqueen, Jack Colgrave Hirst and Ian McKellen. SYNOPSIS: When the Globe Theatre burns down during a performance, William Shakespeare vows to stop writing and returns home to Stratford-upon-Avon in order to spend time with his wife and […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – The King
The King, 2019. Directed by David Michôd. Starring Timothée Chalamet, Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris, Robert Pattinson, Ben Mendelsohn, Dean-Charles Chapman, Tom Glynn-Carney, Lily-Rose Depp, Thomasin McKenzie, Andrew Havill, Edward Ashley and Tara Fitzgerald. SYNOPSIS: Hal, wayward prince and heir to the English throne, is crowned King Henry V after his tyrannical father dies. Now the […]
DVD Review – A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2014)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2014. Directed by Julie Taymor. Starring Kathryn Hunter, David Harewood, Tina Benko, Lilly Englert, Mandi Masden, Jake Horowitz, Max Casella, and Zach Appelman. SYNOPSIS: Julie Taymor’s filming of her stage production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of Shakespeare’s comedies, but under Julie Taymor’s direction, that dream becomes […]
Book Review – Squirm & Learn: Death By Shakespeare
Kieran Fisher reviews Squirm & Learn: Death By Shakespeare… Without writers like William Shakespeare, the comic book medium probably wouldn’t exist. He’s a cornerstone of literature, whether you like his work or not, which you might not if it was forced on you at school. However, his work has either directly or indirectly inspired most storytellers […]
Margot Robbie to produce female-driven Shakespeare series
Margot Robbie (I, Tonya) is set to produce a female-driven series based on the works of William Shakespeare according to Deadline. Working through her LuckyChap Entertainment banner and with the Australian Broadcasting Company, production company Hoodlum and ABC Studios International, the series, which was created by Giula Sandler (Nowhere Boys) will air 10-episodes from the female perspectives […]
