By Peter Bradshaw for The Guardian, 1 October 2015 Australian film-maker Justin Kurzel, famed for his harrowing crime movie Snowtown, has tackled Shakespeare’s noir-thriller prototype Macbeth with operatic verve and an appetite for textual interpretation. As Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard are a dream-team pairing, actors who radiate pure heady charisma, perhaps more than can be entirely absorbed into […]
Bill review: “The Horrible Histories team are the Pythons’ heirs apparent” By Mark Braxton for the RadioTimes, 18 September 2015 After their skilful skewering of the fantasy genre in Sky1’s Yonderland, the sextet behind it return to the domain that made them famous. With this ambitious, family-friendly film, Mathew Baynton and co once again tread on the dung and cobbles of (Horrible) […]
Silly Billy: the Horrible Histories team take Shakespeare to the movies By Jenny McCartney for The Guardian, 13 September 2015 “When you’re pitching stuff,” says Ben Willbond, pulling a narrow, inquisitorial face, “they ask, ‘Who is it for?’ They tell you, ‘We’re looking for comedies that are for people between 16 and 18.’” He relaxes his expression. “Well, good luck with that! […]
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Actor, director, filmmaker, Alexander Barnett is working on an exciting new film adaptation of King Lear. You can find more details at: https://www.facebook.com/KingLearFilm Here is his director’s statement: “Today, wherever you turn, the world is erupting in violence: murder, torture, rape, carnage. The list of atrocities seems endless. More and more we see life treated cheaply, brutally, in such a […]
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