Discovering Hamlet

Me To Play

2021

As their bodies give way to Parkinson's disease, two New York actors put their hearts into one final Off-Broadway production of Beckett's "Endgame," the play that posits, "there's nothing funnier than unhappiness."

Merci Zaza - La Folle Histoire de la Cage aux Folles

2023

A look back at "La Cage aux Folles", which ran non-stop for five years, from February 1973, on the stage of the Théâtre du Palais Royal in Paris. At a time when homosexuality was considered a crime by the law, Poiret and Serrault achieved great success in boulevard theater. Their success continued on the silver screen, with three Oscar nominations and a Broadway musical. Combining never-before-seen archives from the play, extracts from the film, confessions by Poiret and Serrault, and interviews with witnesses, this is the story of a wild epic.

Play the Devil: Making Richard III

2016

Sir Ian McKellen and Richard Loncraine talking about making the film.

Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage

2016

This documentary celebrates one of Britain’s greatest actors, Dame Judi Dench, and looks back over her remarkable 60-year career.

Rito do Amor Selvagem

2019

Mel Gibson Goes Back to School

1991

Mel Gibson teaches Hamlet to a group of high school drama students.

To Be or Not to Be: Klingons and Shakespeare

2009

The story behind the translation and performance of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" in Klingon.

The Hamlet Syndrome

2022

Five young Ukrainians discuss life following the Maidan Revolution of 2014. Not all fought in the Russian-Ukrainian war, but it, regardless, shattered their life plans. Representing 'Generation Maidan', they face the question of how to cope with experiences of violence, how to go on. A local theatre director produces Hamlet, wherein they can use Shakespeare’s tragic character as a mirror and face their traumas onstage. For them, 'to be or not to be' is not simply text but an existential dilemma with no clear answer.