Global Shakespeares
Henry V (dir. Kenneth Branagh, 1989)
A gritty, unheroic and heavily-edited version of Shakespeare’s history play that cuts out the comedy, and takes the shimmer off the glory war and imperialism, Kenneth Branagh's Henry V reflects the disenchantment of the post-Vietnam period and the…
Throne of Blood (Kumonosu-jō, "Spider Web Castle") - dir. Akira Kurosawa, 1957
![Throne of Blood (Kumonosu-jō, "Spider Web Castle") - dir. Akira Kurosawa, 1957](https://shakespeareanjourneys.emerson.build/files/square_thumbnails/ff6725027ccf16514e53ec1eaf10e65c.jpg "Throne of Blood (Kumonosu-jō, "Spider Web Castle") - dir. Akira Kurosawa, 1957")
Set in a period known as gekoku-jo (‘overthrown by underlings’), Throne of Blood is one of the most significant Shakespeare films ever made, despite being more an allusion than a version to Macbeth.Described as a 'mood piece' and 'poetry in motion',…
Roes Tests the Cultural Limits of the Bard in Someone Is Sleeping In My Pain
It is rather difficult to pick out and elaborate on the one thing that is hindering the film, Someone Is Sleeping In My Pain: An East-West Macbeth (2002), from going bad to worse—there are multiple hiccups that complicate the film and the way it is…
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