Spinoffs
“It ain’t Shakespeare, but…” (or) “Steal. But only from the Best.”
Our reviews of films adapted from Shakespeare’s plays, loosely associated with Shakespeare’s plays, or else featuring writers/directors/actors that Bardolatry especially loves! Indexed alphabetically by title:
Directed by George Cukor
Ronald Colman stars in this film noir thriller about a Broadway star who slowly becomes consumed by the role he’s playing: Shakespeare’s Othello.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)
Directed by Tom Stoppard
Stoppard adapted his own play — a witty, postmodern variation on the theme of Hamlet, starring Tim Roth and Gary Oldman as the Prince’s hapless college pals.
Directed by Guy Madden
An imaginative romantic comedy which finds young Will Shakespeare besotted by Gwyneth Paltrow. Co-written by Tom Stoppard.
Directed by Kenneth Branagh
A Harold Pinter-scripted remake of 1972’s Sleuth, starring Michael Caine and Jude Law.
