At this lovely time of year, I’m sighing and smiling over the many ways film characters bare their hearts for the ones they love. “When Love speaks, the voice of all the gods / Makes heaven drowsy with the harmony,” Shakespeare…
The Many Facets of Kenneth Branagh
Since his 1989 breakthrough “Henry V,” Kenneth Branagh has built a reputation for esteemed Shakespeare adaptations and performances, including a recent run performing “Macbeth” in a deconsecrated church in Manchester, England. Yet his career also crackles with pop culture, from…
Thanks, Whedon fans!
My Shakespeare piece tied to Joss Whedon’s “Much Ado About Nothing” has 1,000 “likes” on Word and Film’s Web site! Must be the Whedon fans out there. (I have to say, “The Avengers” is my go-to background viewing when on…
Much Ado About Shakespeare
My latest piece on Word and Film is out today, looking at unusual Shakespeare adaptations in light of Joss Whedon’s black-and-white take on “Much Ado About Nothing.” Although a rose by any other name might smell as sweet, if you’re…