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
By Pam Cook
By Linda Ruth Williams
By Guillermo del Toro
By Rachel Pronger
By J. Hoberman
By Peter Wollen
By Bryony Dixon
By Nick James
By Michal Leszczylowski
By SF Said
By Bong Joon Ho, Wong Kar Wai and others
By Tony Rayns
By Amy Taubin
By Abiba Coulibaly
By Artel Great
By Michael Wood
By Quentin Tarantino
By Farran Smith Nehme
By Graham Fuller
By Adam Nayman
By Colin L. Westerbeck Jr.
By Penelope Houston
By Mar Diestro-Dópido
By Lizzie Francke
By Jeffrey Meyers
By Graham Fuller
By Tom Milne
By Adam Nayman
By José Arroyo
