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Nearly 40 years after his death, Orson Welles is back — as a disembodied AI-generated voice in location-based storytelling app Storyrabbit. Storyrabbit, from podcast company Treefort Media, inked a ...
Orson Welles’ All-Black Version of ‘Macbeth’ Excited Theatergoers Nationwide The bold staging of Shakespeare’s classic helped make Harlem a home for “serious” theater ...
Orson Welles’ horror-tinged, loose adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s most enduring tragedies returns to Blu-ray in Macbeth: Special Edition (Kino Lorber, not rated, 119 minutes, 1:33:1 aspect ...
How ‘Macbeth’ Kicked Off Orson Welles’ Run as One of the Greatest Independent Filmmakers in History. A new Blu-ray upgrade of the director's 1948 Shakespeare adaptation invites a closer look ...
The bravura opening shot of Orson Welles‘ “Touch of Evil” — in which the camera begins on a close-up of a ticking bomb and then pulls back to present the bomb’s journey to detonation via a dizzying ...
Revisit Orson Welles’ 1948 adaptation of the Scottish play, available on Blu-ray, ahead of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival production, running now through Aug. 11. Courtesy: Republic PIctures Of all ...
Orson Welles (1915–1985) was a revolutionary figure ... One of his most notable stage performances was in the Federal Theatre Project's production of Macbeth in 1936. Additionally, Welles co ...
Welles is famous for "Citizen Kane", which has largely overshadowed his "Macbeth". 150 African-American performers were hired for it, including boxer turned actor Canada Lee, a formidable talent ...
“Voodoo Macbeth” is a film directed by USC Alumna Sabina Vajrača and produced by USC Alumna Jason Phillips and SCA professor John Watson, along many others. (Photo Courtesy of Lightyear Entertainment) ...
‘Voodoo Macbeth’ Review: Backstage Tale of Early Orson Welles Triumph Speaks to Modern Inclusivity. Modern creators looking to diversify casts and crews could take a page from the legendary ...
“Voodoo Macbeth” deserves credit for taking the myth of Welles’ early theatrical genius down to Earth a bit, for not giving Welles too much credit for the group’s efforts and for using ...