Christian Petzold’s film Phoenix and Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look of Silence are both about the need to face and make peace with the painful past that would seemingly be easier to ignore. Earlier this year, the Art Gallery of Ontario held an exhibit of Henryk Ross’s photos from the Lodz Ghetto. It was hidden in […]
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Stratford Festival 2015: Hamlet is a terrific, tense family drama
Antoni Cimolino’s production of Hamlet at the Ontario Shakespeare Festival takes the Bard’s masterpiece and pares it down to a tense family drama.
NTLive rebroadcasts Frankenstein and Hamlet to cinemas around the world
Two landmark National Theatre productions were recently rebroadcast to cinemas around the world via NTLive: Frankenstein starring Benedict Cumberbatc and Jonny Lee Miller, and Hamlet starring Rory Kinnear.
The Hollow Crown: ‘Henry IV Part 1’: Fathers and sons reign in Richard Eyre’s terrific film
Adaptor-Director Richard Eyre has condensed Henry IV Part 1 and 2 into a gripping four hours of TV without losing any of the nuances.