Movies
Though they took place more than 50 years ago, the obedience experiments of renowned social psychologist Stanley Milgram have not lost their power to provoke and disturb.
Jan. 27, 2015
Entertainment & Arts
More than 10 years after modernizing one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays, “Hamlet,” filmmaker Michael Almereyda and actor Ethan Hawke have turned their revisionist attention to one of the Bard’s lesser-known works, the ambiguous historical drama “Cymbeline.”
Sept. 3, 2014
Michael Almereyda’s wonderfully unconventional biopic “Tesla” also stars Kyle MacLachlan, Eve Hewson and Jim Gaffigan.
Aug. 20, 2020
‘This So-Called Disaster’ captures the intensity of creating art onstage with an all-access pass to rehearsals for a new Sam Shepard play.
June 18, 2004
“It’s always nice to be lied to.”
Aug. 17, 2017
Michael Almereyda and Kenneth Branagh add more variations on Shakespeare.
June 11, 2000
‘William Eggleston in the Real World’ takes a revealing look at a man who prefers to remain out of the spotlight.
Jan. 27, 2006
In the title role of Michael Almereyda’s “Nadja,” an elegant, witty but also sometimes tedious spin on the legend of Dracula, Elina Lowensohn is a black-caped beauty with a bold Frida Kahlo face.
Sept. 1, 1995
Michael Almereyda’s “Twister” (at the Nuart) is set in a modern boozy Kansas, where flaky rich kids float off on a sea of alcohol and boredom.
Aug. 8, 1990
Surreal and au courant to a fault, “Cymbeline,” starring Ethan Hawke, Ed Harris, Milla Jovovich, Dakota Johnson and Penn Badgley, is a mash-up of social media shortcomings and Shakespearean tragedy that becomes as much a tale of cinematic ambition gone awry as anything the Bard intended.
March 12, 2015