The Weinstein Co. has snapped up U.S. rights to Ralph Fiennes’ directorial debut, “Coriolanus,” in Berlin. Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Vanessa Redgrave and James Nesbitt star in the $10 million pic, which ...
“In order to tackle Shakespeare, one needs to understand stakes. The worlds he creates, although readily identifiable, are never domestic or petty. As an actor, both on stage and screen, Ralph’s ...
Updating Shakespeare seems doubly condescending, the implication being that we need help to relate to the text, and that the text needs to be made relevant. In the case of Ralph Fiennes’ adaptation of ...