Shakespeare – Stream On Demand

‘O’ – high school Othello on Paramount+

!Featured, based on a play, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, Have You Seen...?, high school, Paramount+, Shakespeare, socially aware cinema, Streaming Movies, SVOD, young adult 12/02/2021 Sean Axmaker

Mekhi Phifer, Julia Stiles, and Josh Hartnett star in Tim Blake Nelson’s reimagining of Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’ in an elite private high school.

Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof star in the modern dress Shakespeare adaptation from Joss Whedon

Joss Whedon does ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ on Hulu

!Featured, based on a play, Blu-ray, Comedy, DVD, Hulu, literary adaptation, Romance, Shakespeare, Streaming Movies, SVOD 09/14/2021 Sean Axmaker

This modern dress version of the Shakespeare comedy was made with Whedon’s old friends and collaborators just after shooting ‘The Avengers.’

Tatsuya Nakadai in the Akira Kurosawa epic

Akira Kurosawa’s ‘Ran’ on Amazon Prime

!Featured, Academy Award, Amazon Prime Video, BAFTA winner, Blu-ray, DVD, Essential Viewing, historical, International Cinema, Shakespeare, SVOD, war 02/23/2021 Sean Axmaker

Akira Kurosawa Ran (Japan, 1985), the story of an aging warlord who hands power to his sons is loosely inspired by the story of sixteenth century warlord Mōri Motonari, who conquered his rivals and extended his kingdom with the help of his three sons. The script, however, is firmly built on King Lear, with sons […]

Ethan Hawke stars in the Shakespeare adaptation from filmmaker Michael Almereyda

Ethan Hawke is ‘Hamlet’ on Amazon Prime

!Featured, adapted from the stage, Amazon Prime Video, American Independent Cinema, drama, DVD, Have You Seen...?, Shakespeare, stage adaptation, Streaming Movies, SVOD 01/25/2018 Sean Axmaker

This is not your father’s Hamlet (2000). This melancholy Dane is son of the deceased Chairman of Denmark Corporation. His castle is a sleek but alienating New York high rise dotted with omnipresent surveillance cameras, his kingdom city streets lined with paparazzi and tabloid reporters. Ethan Hawke is the youngest actor to tackle the role […]