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 Blending King Lear with an
ancient samurai legend, Akira Kurosawa tells the story of a king too proud and arrogant to
believe his children could deceive him. A feast of colours, sounds and images, this is a
great cinematic experience.
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Shakespeare’s play is
brought to the screen again with excellent performances by Laurence Fishburne, Irene Jacob
and Kenneth Branagh. Purists might find fault, and car chase fans will be disinterested,
but it’s a good choice for the rest of us.
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Shakespeare’s
comedy of mistaken identity and disguise tempers the laughter with melancholy in this
well-crafted and handsome production. This accessible and entertaining film is
intelligently directed by Trevor Nunn and highlighted by some excellent performances by a
terrific cast.
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This MTV-style interpretation
of Shakespeare's classic love story has an audacious opening sequence, but the surfer dude
accents strip much of the language of its majesty. This movie is beautiful to the eye but
hard on the ears.
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Shakespeare's most famous
play is given the royal treatment at the hands of a master-interpreter. Branagh's now
definitive unabridged four-hour Hamlet gives us a Shakespearean film as beautiful to see,
as it is to hear. A must-see for all Bard-philes.
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Kenneth Branagh stays
behind the scenes in this minor masterpiece, a beautiful, unpretentious black and white
comic exploration of desperate down-and-out actors attempting to stage Hamlet in a
gloomy cathedral at Christmas time. Much funnier than it sounds.
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 Polanski's potent
interpretation of Shakespeare's Macbeth is rich in period detail, while entirely
modern in its nihilism and cynicism. The only weakness is an oddly softened portrayal of
Lady Macbeth, who lacks the requisite cruelty and single-mindedness.
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