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Daily Archives: February 26, 2023
Classic Film Review: A “Romeo and Juliet” (1968) Shakespeare Could have Called his Own
It was a hit when it was first released and nominated for four Oscars, winning two. But Franco Zeffirelli’s lavish, period-perfect and bracingly young “Romeo and Juliet” wasn’t universally loved. Critics decried its “bowdlerized” Shakespeare, the dewy inexperience of its … Continue reading
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