Looking for Richard (1996) directed by and starring Al Pacino
January 21, 2010 by Debra Murphy
Filed under Al Pacino, Bard Vids, Bardfilm, Ben Kingsley, Derek Jacobi, John Gielgud, Kenneth Branagh, Peter Brook, Richard III, Richard III film reviews, Richard III vidclips, Spinoffs, Vanessa Redgrave
In his directing debut, Al Pacino has given us one of the most accessible Shakespeare spinoffs ever for the screen. Smart, witty and energetic, Looking for Richard is a delight to watch, offering insight into Shakespeare and his iconic Richard III, and giving the viewer a behind-the-scenes look at how a production of the play [...]
Richard III (1956) directed by and starring Laurence Olivier
January 21, 2010 by John Murphy
Filed under Bardfilm, Claire Bloom, John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Richard III, Richard III film reviews
© 2005 John Murphy
Many excellent actors have tackled that “foul lump of deformity,” the hunchbacked Duke of Gloucester, a.k.a. Richard III. Among them such acting greats as Ian Mckellen and Al Pacino. Say “Richard the Third,” though, and I immediately think of a human spider with hooded eyes, a pageboy haircut, sharp nose, and halting [...]
BBC's An Age of Kings now on DVD
April 6, 2009 by Debra Murphy
Filed under Bardfilm, Henry IV part one, Henry V, Histories, Judi Dench, Richard II, Richard III, Spinoffs
J. Hoberman of the NYT has published an article on the DVD release of the historia An Age of Kings program, based on Shakespeare’s History plays, first broadcast in 1961 and starring such (now) famous actors as Judi Dench and Sean Connery as (!) Hotspur.
Says Hoberman:
A 15-part chronicle that drew upon “Richard II,” the two-part [...]
OSF RIchard III, 2005, directed by Libby Appel
February 7, 2009 by Debra Murphy
Filed under Bard Northwest, Danforth Comins, Histories, James Newcomb, Libby Appel, OSF, Richard Elmore, Richard III, Richard III stage reviews, Robin Goodrin Nordli, Robynn Rodriguez
[N.B.: I just stumbled on this mini-review on the April 2005 archives of my homepage/blog, back before Bardolatry was covering PNW stage productions of Shax as well as movies, and thought ye PNW local yokels and OSF groupies would enjoy it.]
I’ve had a chance to see Richard III in the Bowmer Theatre and recommend it [...]
Richard III (1995) starring Ian McKellen
January 2, 2008 by John Murphy
Filed under Annette Bening, Bardfilm, Histories, Ian McKellen, Jim Broadbent, Richard Eyre, Richard III, Richard III film reviews, Robert Downey, Jr.
Directed by Richard Loncraine
Starring Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent, and Robert Downey Jr.
Bunch-Back’d Toad
Audiences nowadays most likely know him as either Magneto from the X-Men movies or (if you have better taste) as Gandalf from the Lord of the Rings trilogy. He’s known to a smaller but equally devoted crowd as one of the [...]
