Brows Held High

Is there such a thing as "fake" art? Or a "fake" artist?

Why Boyhood is a masterpiece, despite being as boring as hell.

A glossary of filmmaking terms for non-filmmakers. Like a tourist's phrasebook. In Part 1 of 3, we'll look at the most common terms involving the camera.

In part 2, we'll define some of the aspects of mise en scène.

The series concludes as we start putting it all together in editing.

What are the stories that make up Earth's Mightiest Heroes?

How does Shakespeare fare as a New Yorker?

The Bard goes Bollywood

And now to a Japanese version of Shakespeare

Does this count as an Italian production? What's the line between appropriation and exchange?

The Bard goes to war

Shakespeare goes sci-fi. But does it lose its magic in the process?

Is it true that you can't experience Shakespeare unless you've read him in the original Klingon?

How does an alien culture parse a phrase like "To Be or Not To be?"

Summer of Shakespeare concludes with the classic retelling of a troubled young prince. No, not that one. Or maybe it is?

Is it "war" that never changes, or is it something much simpler?

Jared Leto makes an impossible choice, and then chooses the impossible: to not choose. Here's why that's a bad choice.