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Kiss kiss bang bang: Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet
For the 30th anniversary of Baz Luhrmann’s visceral epic Romeo + Juliet, we republish José Arroyo’s essay on how the film turned Shakespeare into cinema. From our March 1997 issue.
By José Arroyo
Portrait of a lady: Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette
By Pam Cook
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By Tim Pulleine
“You can show a range of emotion that you don’t usually get in the cinema”: Derek Jarman on Edward II
By Michael O'Pray
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By Ian Christie
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