Subgenre Sampler
Shakespeare: 126 Films to Buy & Rent
- Macbeth (2006)
- Dir. Geoffrey Wright
Feat. Sam Worthington, Steve Bastoni
- A black–lacquered contemporary retelling of Shakespeare’s 'Macbeth' set in the ganglands of Melbourne, with dir. Wright (ROMPER STOMPER)…
- Winter's Tale, The (2006)
- Dir. Dominic Cooke
Feat. Sir Antony Sher
- The Royal Shakepeare Company's 2006 adaptation of one of Shakespeare's 'problem' plays is, as you would expect, a vibrant, perfectly studied affair,…
- Macbeth (Shakespeare Retold) (2005)
- Dir. Mark Brozel
Feat. James McAvoy, Richard Armitage, Keeley Hawes
- An updated version of Shakespeare's tragedy by the makers of THE CANTERBURY TALES (2003) series, shifting the Scottish renegade into the…
- Midsummer Night's Dream, A (Shakespeare Retold) (2005)
- Dir. Ed Fraiman
Feat. Bill Paterson, Imelda Staunton
- An updated version of Shakespeare's fantasy–comedy by the makers of THE CANTERBURY TALES (2003) series, with Paterson and Stauton playing…
- Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare Retold) (2005)
- Dir. Brian Percival
Feat. Sarah Parish, Damian Lewis, Martin Jarvis…
- An updated version of Shakespeare's comedy by the makers of THE CANTERBURY TALES (2003) series, here transposing the romantic fireworks between…
- Shakespeare Behind Bars (2005)
- Dir. Hank Rogerson, Jilann Spitzmiller
- Issues of redemption and reform underlie this strangely moving account of a troupe of male convicts in a Kentucky correctional facility who, over the…
- Taming of the Shrew, The (Shakespeare Retold) (2005)
- Dir. David Richards
Feat. Shirley Henderson, Rufus Sewell, Twiggy
- An updated version of Shakespeare's comedy by the makers of THE CANTERBURY TALES (2003) series, has Shirley Henderson play a bitchy and ambitious MP…
- Merchant of Venice, The (2004)
- Dir. Michael Radford
Feat. Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes…
- Al Pacino seems at home in the Bard’s world compared to his more recent contemporary forays, turning in a thorough and morally ambiguous rendition…
- In Search of Shakespeare (2003)
- Presenter Michael Wood and award–winning director Greg Doran investigate the world of William Shakespeare. Using backstage recreations of…
- Slings and Arrows (TV Series) (2003)
- Feat. Paul Gross, Don McKellar, Rachel McAdams
- One of the great forgotten TV gems, this critically lauded, scandalously under–watched arts comedy centres on a fictional Canadian Shakespeare…