Medievalists.net » Film http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 17:44:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Macbeth: Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard star in dark, gritty interpretation of Macbeth http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/03/macbeth-michael-fassbender-and-marion-cotillard-star-in-dark-gritty-interpretation-of-macbeth/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/03/macbeth-michael-fassbender-and-marion-cotillard-star-in-dark-gritty-interpretation-of-macbeth/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2015 09:29:38 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62950 Macbeth opened in October in London to critical acclaim. The movie is being released today in Canada and the US.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/03/macbeth-michael-fassbender-and-marion-cotillard-star-in-dark-gritty-interpretation-of-macbeth/feed/ 0 Making the Medieval Relevant: Crossing Boundaries: Interdisciplinary Studies on Disease and Disability http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/20/making-the-medieval-relevant-crossing-boundaries-interdisciplinary-studies-on-disease-and-disability/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/20/making-the-medieval-relevant-crossing-boundaries-interdisciplinary-studies-on-disease-and-disability/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2015 14:44:38 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62643 A summary of a paper given by Professor Christina Lee at the University of Nottingham's "Making the Medieval Relevant" Conference.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/20/making-the-medieval-relevant-crossing-boundaries-interdisciplinary-studies-on-disease-and-disability/feed/ 0 Celebrating Agincourt 600 at the Wallace Collection http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/26/celebrating-agincourt-600-at-the-wallace-collection/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/26/celebrating-agincourt-600-at-the-wallace-collection/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2015 15:54:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62036 This week, historians around the world are gearing up to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt, one of the most significant battles of the Hundred Year’s War.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/26/celebrating-agincourt-600-at-the-wallace-collection/feed/ 0 A little touch of Branagh: Henry V http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/24/a-little-touch-of-branagh-henry-v/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/24/a-little-touch-of-branagh-henry-v/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2015 14:14:59 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61973 Kenneth Branagh’s film of Henry V, released in 1989, was greeted with wide critical acclaim of a kind which repays close attention.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/24/a-little-touch-of-branagh-henry-v/feed/ 0 Sewing the Scene: The Uses of Embroidery in Medieval Film http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/17/sewing-the-scene-the-uses-of-embroidery-in-medieval-film/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/17/sewing-the-scene-the-uses-of-embroidery-in-medieval-film/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2015 01:30:28 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61839 This paper explores how embroidery has been used in films to establish, and often destroy, feminine space and autonomy. However, the most recent addition to the medieval film canon represents a distinct change in this trend.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/17/sewing-the-scene-the-uses-of-embroidery-in-medieval-film/feed/ 0 Said in jest: Who’s laughing at the Middle Ages (and when)? http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/08/said-in-jest-whos-laughing-at-the-middle-ages-and-when/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/08/said-in-jest-whos-laughing-at-the-middle-ages-and-when/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2015 03:26:41 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61676 The essay begins with a negative image of a medieval scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which is used to point out that the scene is a knowing parody rather than founded on a genuine belief in an unmitigatedly dark age

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/08/said-in-jest-whos-laughing-at-the-middle-ages-and-when/feed/ 0 Secret Gestures and Silent Revelations: The Disclosure of Secrets in Selected Arthurian Illuminated Manuscripts and Arthurian Films http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/29/secret-gestures-and-silent-revelations-the-disclosure-of-secrets-in-selected-arthurian-illuminated-manuscripts-and-arthurian-films/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/29/secret-gestures-and-silent-revelations-the-disclosure-of-secrets-in-selected-arthurian-illuminated-manuscripts-and-arthurian-films/#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2015 20:17:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60713 This paper explores visual language and iconic systems central to the representation of the Arthurian cycle in thirteenth and fifteenth century Gothic illuminated manuscripts and in two Arthurian films; its focus is the theme of courtly love and crucial revelations of the secret or hidden.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/29/secret-gestures-and-silent-revelations-the-disclosure-of-secrets-in-selected-arthurian-illuminated-manuscripts-and-arthurian-films/feed/ 0 Machiavelli and Botticelli Movies to Hit the Screen in 2016 http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/29/machiavelli-and-botticelli-movies-to-hit-the-screen-in-2016/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/29/machiavelli-and-botticelli-movies-to-hit-the-screen-in-2016/#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2015 16:55:00 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60689 Machiavelli and Botticelli are set to hit screens in 2016. We sat down to chat with Italian director, Lorenzo Raveggi about his two ambitious projects.

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