THE TEMPEST PG13


In Julie Taymor’s version of ‘The Tempest,’ the gender of Prospero has been switched to Prospera. Going back to the 16th or 17th century, women practicing the magical arts of alchemy were often convicted of witchcraft. In Taymor’s version, Prospera is usurped by her brother and sent off with her four-year daughter on a ship. She ends up on an island; it’s a tabula rasa: no society, so the mother figure becomes a father figure to Miranda. This leads to the power struggle and balance between Caliban and Prospera; a struggle not about brawn, but about intellect.

SHE’S THE MAN PG-13


When her brother decides to ditch for a couple weeks, Viola heads over to his elite boarding school, disguised as him, and proceeds to fall for one of his soccer teammates, and soon learns she’s not the only one with romantic troubles.
“Doesn’t have an unpredictable moment in it, borrowing heavily from just about every sports movie or teen comedy ever and, oh yeah, “Twelfth Night.” ” VILLAGE VOICE

IN SEARCH OF SHAKESPEARE

“In Search of Shakespeare” is a four-part series exploring the life of the world’s greatest and most famous writer. Surprisingly, it is the first time that a full-scale life of William Shakespeare has been attempted on TV. Presenter-led, mixing travel, adventure, interviews and specially shot documentary and live action sequences with the RSC on the road, this is an innovative TV history series from the award-winning team which made “In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great” and “Conquistadors.”