Now I already knew that the international BBC iplayer doesn't work in the US, but what I just found out via my ten days in Venice is that the tv shows and films said player shows in Germany are somewhat different than those it shows in Italy. (Basically: the Italians get Sherlock and Wallander, but only one season of New Tricks. In Germany we get ( Read more... )

Name the five best uses of Shakespeare’s work (faithful adaptations, plots inspired by his work, references to one of his plays/sonnets). It's impossible to narrow it down to five, and "best" is a tricky denomination, but here are five that stayed with me the most. Also I tried to avoid making this a list of favourite film versions of Shakespeare ( Read more... )