Shakespeare Archives | Talkhouse

How Kurosawa’s The Bad Sleep Well Helped Me to Finally Like Hamlet

By Mara Wilson | September 26, 2019

By Mara Wilson | September 26, 2019

How Kurosawa’s The Bad Sleep Well Helped Me to Finally Like Hamlet

For actress and writer Mara Wilson, it took seeing the Bard's classic tale of revenge through a Japanese lens for her to truly appreciate it.

David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) Talks Justin Kurzel’s Macbeth

By David Lowery | December 3, 2015

By David Lowery | December 3, 2015

David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) Talks Justin Kurzel’s Macbeth

The latest cinematic version of The Scottish Play is a slowed-down, amped-up overpowering tapestry that wields much power beyond the Bard's language.

Jim Hemphill (The Trouble with the Truth) Talks Roman Polanski’s Macbeth

By Jim Hemphill | December 4, 2014

By Jim Hemphill | December 4, 2014

Jim Hemphill (The Trouble with the Truth) Talks Roman Polanski’s Macbeth

Newly out from Criterion, Polanski's take on "the Scottish play" is a work of troubled genius which has long been unfairly overlooked.