Over the weekend, I attended a one-act play competition to see the high school I graduated from in their presentation of Act IV of Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors." I didn't know what to expect, having never read or seen the play, but I was excited because Shakespeare is always entertainin...

Persona is probably Ingmar Bergman's most famous film. Its notoriety goes beyond the sum of its controversial ingredients, however, which are many (the inclusion of footage of an erect penis in the pre-title sequence, graphic verbal descriptions of an orgy, etc.); rather, its enduring legacy ...

How didst thou sway the theatre! Make us feel The players' wounds were true, and their swords, steel! Nay, stranger yet, how often did I know When the spectators ran to save the blow? Frozen with grief we could not stir away Until the epilogue told us 'twas a play. From the poin...