A new adaptation of the Scottish play sets aside supernatural terror for court intrigue
“Last Night in Soho” tests whether we can see the past as anything other than more of the present.
The tale of the Green Knight is retold for the movies while a race-themed remake of Waiting for Godot comes to Broadway.
A 10-part film series made for Polish television at the close of the Cold War dramatizes the sterility of a world bereft of faith in grace.
What does a rewatching of the three Godfather films reveal? That it was always Michael’s story to tell.
The Netflix superhit sees chess not as a grand, global metaphor but as a path to one woman’s self-healing.
Playhouses are closed but the show must go on—and some Zoom performances are powerfully affecting experiences.
What classic doomsday movie best anticipates the COVID-19 lockdown? The answer is unexpected.
Ivo Van Hove’s “West Side Story” and Sam Mendes’s “1917” show ways in which plays and film are trying to adapt to the smartphone era—with mixed results.
From Slave Play and Heroes of the Fourth Turning onstage to The Lighthouse in cinemas, history haunts American drama today.
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