On Movies & Media The Bard on the Big Screen: Much Ado About 'Much Ado,' 'Shakespeare in Love,' and More Shakespeare adaptations range from the muddled to the magnificent. What's your favorite big-screen blast of the Bard? Is there some cinematic Shakespeare that deserves more attention than it's received?
On Movies & Media Al Pacino to Shout Again... as King Lear! Director Michael Radford, who cast Al Pacino as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, has cast him again... this time as Lear. This is interesting, since Anthony Hopkins and Ian McKellen have also played Lear within the past several months. (Remember this report from last May?)
On Movies & Media Lear Year King Lear is on the way... twice on the big screen, and then on the BBC. With Anthony Hopkins, and Ian McKellen, as Lear And Keira Knightley, and Romola Garai, as Cordelia. But who will direct?
