House of Cards Chapter 40 Recap
House of Cards returns and things have some how become even more rotten in the District of Columbia.
William Shakespeare
Interview: Mairghread Scott on TOIL AND TROUBLE
We speak to writer Mairghread Scott about Toil and Trouble , the new BOOM! Studios miniseries weaving together the story of Macbeth from the perspective of the three witches.
Home Entertainment Review: Henry V
Kenneth Branagh's 1989 breakthrough adaptation of Henry V is finally on blu ray, Phil Brown reviews this highly anticipated disc.
The Highs and (not quite) Lows of Orson Welles
This week, the TIFF Bell Lightbox brings audiences a mini-retrospective of films from famed and controversial American auteur Orson Welles (including a never before seen in Canada early work) that shows the man was more than just Citizen Kane and his sad late career selling out.
Much Ado About Nothing Review
Sweet, small, goofy, and surprisingly accessible, Joss Whedon's low-fi version of Much Ado About Nothing probably ranks as one of the most breezily entertaining Shakespeare adaptation ever splattered all over a big screen.
The New Old: Theatre/Absurd
In our archival home entertainment column for this week, we look at forms of grand theatre and the theatre of the somewhat absurd, as Phil Brown looks at Ken Russell's Altered States and takes a look at some classic Kenneth Branagh Shakespeare with Twelfth Night and the 80s cheeseball classic No Holds Barred .
