Play (1613)
by William Shakespeare
with the likely collaboration of
John Fletcher
Directed by Tina Packer
Actors’ Shakespeare Project
The Modern Theatre at
Suffolk University
Boston, MA
12/11/2013 – 1/5/2014
A lively, entertaining and evocative rendition of the little produced late Shakespeare play.
Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom
Film (2013)
Directed by Justin Chadwick
Based on Nelson Mandela’s autobiography,
Long Walk to Freedom
With Idris Elba, Naomie Harris
An historically comprehensive biopic – somewhat short on poetry – detailing the life and career of the great South African freedom fighter.
The Wolf of Wall Street
Film (2013)
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Screenplay by Terence Winter
Based on a book by Jordan Belfort
With Leonardo DiCaprio,
Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie,
Matthew McConaughey,
Kyle Chandler, Rob Reiner
A raw, crude, racy, and very funny telling of the rise and fall of a crooked 1990s Wall Street phenom.
Inside Llewyn Davis
Film (2013)
Written and directed by
Joel and Ethan Coen
A portrait of a talented but not very successful folk singer in New York City in the early 1960s – loosely based on a memoir by Dave Van Ronk – with a touch of drama and lots of great songs.
American Hustle
Film (2013)
Directed by David O. Russell
With Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Jennifer Lawrence
A pretty good comedic thriller based on the Abscam scandal of the 1970s in which several members of Congress were caught taking bribes.