It’s raining the Bard.
In the wake of “Peaky Blinders” creator Steven Knight and “Happy Valley” star Sarah Lancashire’s recently announced series on William Shakespeare, another production with the Bard as topic has revealed some of its cast.
Conspiracy drama series “The Rosy Cross: The Rebels who wrote Shakespeare,” being brought to the screen by Lasse Hallberg, executive producer of Netflix series “Lilyhammer,” explores the controversial Shakespeare authorship debate. The cast includes Stephen Campbell Moore, Romario Simpson (“Granite Harbour”), Samuel Barnett (“The History Boys”), co-producer Ed Hughes and Jonny Weldon (“House of the Dragon”).
The series is based on research claiming to identify the real and diverse underground writing group of men and women who secretly crafted the plays under the pseudonym of William Shakespeare, led by the great English philosopher Francis Bacon. The show follows a shadowy order of diverse freedom fighters from all walks of life...
In the wake of “Peaky Blinders” creator Steven Knight and “Happy Valley” star Sarah Lancashire’s recently announced series on William Shakespeare, another production with the Bard as topic has revealed some of its cast.
Conspiracy drama series “The Rosy Cross: The Rebels who wrote Shakespeare,” being brought to the screen by Lasse Hallberg, executive producer of Netflix series “Lilyhammer,” explores the controversial Shakespeare authorship debate. The cast includes Stephen Campbell Moore, Romario Simpson (“Granite Harbour”), Samuel Barnett (“The History Boys”), co-producer Ed Hughes and Jonny Weldon (“House of the Dragon”).
The series is based on research claiming to identify the real and diverse underground writing group of men and women who secretly crafted the plays under the pseudonym of William Shakespeare, led by the great English philosopher Francis Bacon. The show follows a shadowy order of diverse freedom fighters from all walks of life...
- 4/25/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
★★★★☆ The Student Comedies consist of four incredibly rare films by the acclaimed Japanese director Yasujirô Ozu. This lovingly restored collection is part of the BFI's ongoing venture to release all 32 of the surviving films he made for the Shochiku Studio. This 2-disc box set finally brings Ozu's student-themed silent comedies to DVD for the first time - including a newly commissioned score by composer Ed Hughes.
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- 2/21/2012
- by CineVue
- CineVue
Thanks to the British Film Institute the availability of Ozu’s films is at a level now that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. Their commitment to his work, releasing a large number on Blu-ray, is currently second to none with Criterion in America even lagging behind somewhat. Joining this sizeable collection of releases, which will eventually include all of the surviving films Ozu made at Shochiku, is a new double-disc release entitled ‘The Student Comedies’.
Covering the years 1929 to 1932 the set includes four of Ozu’s silent films, a fragment of an early film (11 minutes of the 1929 film I Graduated But…), a 20 minute talk from Tony Rayns on Ozu’s early films and a weighty new booklet on the films in question.
The first film in the set is Ozu’s eighth but first surviving film, Days of Youth. The film is an amusing little tale of two students,...
Covering the years 1929 to 1932 the set includes four of Ozu’s silent films, a fragment of an early film (11 minutes of the 1929 film I Graduated But…), a 20 minute talk from Tony Rayns on Ozu’s early films and a weighty new booklet on the films in question.
The first film in the set is Ozu’s eighth but first surviving film, Days of Youth. The film is an amusing little tale of two students,...
- 2/20/2012
- by Craig Skinner
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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