01 Jan 1965
Olivier Talks About Othello
Promotional short hosted by Laurence Olivier promoting the film "Othello."
A portrait of village life in South Thailand, home of retired Malay-Muslim members of the communist party of neighboring Malaysia. Recollections of the decades-long guerrilla war are interspersed with a Thai radio soap opera.

Radio Actor
01 Jan 1965
Promotional short hosted by Laurence Olivier promoting the film "Othello."

05 Nov 2014

Welles scholar Joseph McBride discusses the 1952 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play. (A 32-minute edit of this documentary was presented by the Criterion Collection in their edition of Othello.)

01 Sep 2009

A young group of actors are preparing an updated version of Shakespeare's ROMEO & JULIET. Two boys perform the central roles - both of them struggling with their own questions of love alongside their roles on stage. And as rehearsals begin, reality soon starts to interfere with the play.

11 Oct 1996

Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of "Richard III."

18 Jun 2001

The story of how the radical Huey P. Newton developed the Black Panther Party based on his 10-point program for social reform.

11 Jul 2014

Singer Marie-Mai and her musicians are at the Bell Centre for the 100th and final show of their tour. Between songs, the singer-songwriter Quebec talks about his voice, his style of dress, her whimsical side and its special relationship with its fans. The energy on stage ball confides his dreams, his childhood and his eternal questioning, preparing duets with Jonas and Marc Dupré, repeating his dance moves with his choreographer Steve Bolton while rushing to perfect happiness her husband guitarist Fred St-Gelais.
10 Jun 2009
In 1890, one man had the idea to collect every bird ever mentioned in Shakespeare and release them into Central Park. The only bird to survive in the New World was the European starling, which became one of the most common birds in North America. Its introduction is now widely considered a major environmental disaster.

07 Jan 1981

A documentary about the 1978 stage production of The Taming of the Shrew by the New York City Shakespeare company at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park. Includes scenes from the production, interviews with Meryl Streep (Kate) and Raul Julia (Petruchio) as well as an introduction by producer Joseph Papp and audience commentary.
03 Jun 1974
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01 Dec 2016

A feature documentary set in Kigali, Rwanda, the epicenter of the genocide that left a million dead two decades earlier. The film follows eccentric retired Dartmouth Professor Emeritus, Andrew Garrod, as he mounts Romeo and Juliet with college students from both Hutu and Tutsi backgrounds. Hopes, expectations, pasts, personalities and cultures collide as opening night approaches.

23 Apr 2016

From the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, David Tennant, Catherine Tate and guests mark the life of William Shakespeare on the 400th anniversary of the playwright's death.

20 Jan 2005

Twenty male inmates in a Kentucky prison form an unlikely Shakespearean acting troupe.

02 Aug 1954

This short film depicts how a small Canadian city, bearing the name of Stratford and by a river Avon, created its own renowned Shakespearean theatre. The film tells how the idea grew, how a famous British director, international stars and Canadian talent were recruited, and how the Stratford Shakespearean Festival finally became a triumphant reality.

12 Apr 2013

Was the legendary playwright William Shakespeare really the author of his acclaimed plays? Or was he just a straw man working for a secret society? Norwegian organist and researcher Petter Amundsen claims to have a solid theory on the subject. Shakespearean scholar Robert Crumpton decides to travel to Norway to meet him.

18 Oct 2016

Oscar-winner Michael Moore dives right into hostile territory with his daring and hilarious one-man show, deep in the heart of TrumpLand in the weeks before the 2016 election.

26 Jun 1979

Filming Othello is a 1978 documentary film directed by and starring Orson Welles about the making of his award-winning 1952 production Othello. The film, which was produced for West German television, was the last completed feature film directed by Welles.

23 Sep 2014

A new documentary on the Criterion Collection edition of Roman Polanski's 1971 adaptation of Macbeth featuring interviews with the director, producer Andrew Braunsberg, assistant executive producer Victor Lownes, and actors Francesca Annis and Martin Shaw.

01 Jan 1972

A 1971 documentary by Frank Simon featuring rare footage of the film’s cast and crew at work.

31 Dec 1935

A promotional short to hype the production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935).

22 Aug 2020

In the spotlight of global media coverage, the first transgender woman ever to perform as Don Giovanni in a professional opera, makes her historic debut in one of the reddest states in the U.S.