The Tempest

Educating for Democracy: Big Brother Is Watching in Arizona

Joel Shatzky | Posted 03.17.2012

Read More: Jewish-American Literature, Latinos, Tom Horne, Ethnic Studies, The Tempest, African-American Literature, Tucson Ethnic Studies, Education News
Joel Shatzky

If The Tempest is banned from the classroom as being "too controversial," I wonder when the Bill of Rights will be banned as well.

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Of Tempests and Teapots

George Heymont | Posted 11.04.2011

Read More: Nina Ball, Theatreworks, Jane Austen, Marin Shakespeare Company, Jon Tracy, The Tempest, Shakespeare, Sense and Sensibility, Robert Kelley, Arts News
George Heymont

Two Bay area theatre companies are currently staging literary classics. One has put a daring new spin on a 400-year-old Shakespearean play; the other is staging a British adaptation of a beloved novel that is celebrating the 200th anniversary of its publication.

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Lucas Kavner

Is This The Most Ambitious Theater Project Ever?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Punchdrunk, Video, Romeo and Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Company, Rsc, Michael Boyd, The Tempest, As You Like It, London Olympics, Lincoln Center, Park Avenue Armory, World Shakespeare Festival, Culture News

NEW YORK -- Shipping 400 tons of steel, more than 60 performers and close to 50 separate 40-foot shipping containers across the Atlantic to build a br...

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Oscar-winning Dame Helen Mirren Stirs The Tempest & Makes Us See Red This Season

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Red, BBC Series Prime Suspect, Ilyena Lydia Vasilievna Mironov, Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark, Russian Aristocracy, Queens, The Tempest, Thriller, Director Taylor Hackford, British Actress, Oscar-Winner, White Russian Nobleman, Robert Schwentke, Helen Mirren, Love Ranch, The Russian Revolution, Piotr Vasilievich Mironoff, London, Julie Taymor, The New York Film Festival, William Shakespeare, CIA Agents, Arthur, Ms. Leo Tolstoy, Russell Brand, The Last Station, Legal Las Vegas Brothel, Entertainment News
Brad Balfour

It's no surprise that British actress Helen Mirren has played royalty, especially Queens -- she's played monarchs six times. But that doesn't mean that this stage and screen doyen behaves in a haughty, doyen-ish manner.

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On Scoring The Tempest and the Exclusive Video Premiere of "O Mistress Mine"

Elliot Goldenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Julie Taymor, Music Video, Helen Mirren, The Tempest, Beth Gibbons, Video, Entertainment News
Elliot Goldenthal

Every film is like a different planet with its own solar system. The only constant for me is after the film is completed -- I watch the emotions behind the actors' eyes. From there, I begin to find a score.

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Cinefantastique Post-Mortem: Special Stream-of-Consciousness Episode, Featuring The Tempest

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Justice, Repression, Emotion, Sex, The Tempest, Romance, Community, Drama, Controversy, Death, THX Certification, The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger, Success, Comedy, Acting Legend, Fantasy, Off Beat, Julie Taymor, British, Art, John Lasseter, Bill Plympton, Jeffrey Lyons, Love, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

Having survived the rocky shoals of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Steve Biodrowski, Lawrence French, and Dan Persons decid...

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HuffPost Review: The Tempest

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reeve Carney, Djimon Hounsou, The Tempest, Ben Whishaw, Chris Cooper, Movies, Helen Mirren, Movie Reviews, Russell Brand, David Strathairn, Marshall Fine, Ariel, Prospero, Alan Cumming, Felicity Jones, Alfred Molina, Julie Taymor, Tom Conti, The Tempest Movie Review, Marshall Fine Movie Reviews, Prospera, William Shakespeare, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Julie Taymor is a visual artist who uses film and theater as her medium. But no matter how you parse his work, William Shakespeare is about the words....

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"Testify" Performed By Carney - Monarchy Video Look Book

Abe Gurko | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Testify, Reeve Carney, Doug Williams, Http://abenyc.com, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Abenyc, Julie Taymor, Carney, David McIntyre, imageloading.com, Machete, Monarchy, Hmx Group, The Tempest, Johnna Escobedo, Style News
Abe Gurko

Reeve Carney and his band, Carney, just shot this fashion/music video look book for Monarchy Collection featuring the song Testify from the film Machete.

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ON THE 48TH ANNUAL NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL

Michael Vazquez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Devil Wears Prada, Protect the Nation, Mysteries of Lisbon, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, Henry Kissinger, Black Venus, The Tempest, Anti-Christ, Certified Copy, Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff, The Last of England, The Warning, Pinochet, Salvador Allenda, Sophie's Choice, Prisoner 13, Richard Nixon, Scenes From a Marriage, Medea, Roger & Me, Itt, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Pale Flower, The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu, Aurora, Boxing Gym, Police Incident, The Social Network, Nuremberg, Film Socialisme, Another Year, El Compadre Mendoza, Foreign Parts, Naked, Let's Go With Pancho Villa, Career Girls, Gatos Viejos, Inside Job, Julie Taymor, Silence, Hereafter, The Breakfast Club, Desperately Seeking Susan, Carlos, Smithereens, Revolucion, We-Are-What-We-Are, Arts News
Michael Vazquez

by Michael Vazquez Two weeks after the close of the New York Film Festival, herewith, my first posting, by way of random notes on thirty-nine films: ...

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New York Film Festival and Hamptons International Film Festival: Autumn in NY

Regina Weinreich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vincent Cassell, Natalie Portman, Meek's Cutoff, David Seidler, The Tempest, Barney's Version, David Nugent, Michelle Williams, Black Swan, Coen Brothers, Ben Whishaw, Helen Mirren, Chris Cooper, New York Film Festival, Darren Aronofsky, The King's Speech, Stuart Suna, Hamptons International Film Festival, Ben Barenholtz, Marcia Gay Harden, Alfred Molina, Helena Bonham Carter, Julie Taymor, Kelly Reichardt, Tom Hooper, Colin Firth, Karen Arikian, Geoffrey Rush, Entertainment News
Regina Weinreich

The great pleasures of the fall film season, the venerable NYFF in its 48th year and HIFF, 18 and growing, leave me reeling (no pun), reflecting upon ...

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Julie Taymor's Gender-Wise Tempest

Regina Weinreich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Julie Taymor, Elliot Goldenthal, Ben Whishaw, Djimon Hounsou, Helen Mirren, The Tempest, New York Film Festival, Entertainment News
Regina Weinreich

The centerpiece of the New York Film Festival, "The Tempest," is state of the art Julie Taymor, that is, a study in the spectacular. The ashen spirit ...

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Brush up Your Shakespeare! (VIDEOS)

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Romeo and Juliet, Undead, Hamlet, The Tempest, Mafia, Julius Caesar, Shylock, Othello, Kiss Me Kate, The Boys From Syracuse, The Comedy of Errors, West Side Story, The Merchant of Venice, 10 Things I Hate About You, King Lear, Jew, The Dresser, Romeo Must Die, Albert Finney, Klingon, Orson Welles, A Midsummer Night?S Dream, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Slings and Arrows, Cole Porter, Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare, Were the World Mine, The Taming of the Shrew, Falstaff, Rosencrantz, Burbage, Guildenstern, Elderhostel, Iago, Arts News
George Heymont

Shakespeare's plays have been the stuff of inspiration for playwrights, composers, and film directors. Here are a few of the best and worst attempts to re-imagine the Bard.

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ReelzChannel: Top 10 Shook-Up Shakespeare Movies

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Top Ten List, Romeo and Juliet, Film, Romantic Comedy, Humor, The Tempest, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Movies, King Lear, Henry IV, Romance, Hamlet, Amanda Seyfried, The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Henry V, Letters to Juliet, Comedy, Vanessa Redgrave, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

William Shakespeare, now there was a guy who could put pen to paper. So powerful was his Romeo and Juliet that the heartbroken of today still write to...

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Brave New World: The Tempest at BAM

Regina Weinreich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bam, Sam Mendes, The Tempest, Entertainment News
Regina Weinreich

The distressed walls at BAM's Harvey Theater form a perfect backdrop for the deconstructed world of this excellent production of "The Tempest," perfor...

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