A Midsummer Night's Dream

(2014) dir Julie Taymor [145 min; DCP]
Julie Taymor’s filmed version of her 2013 production of Shakespeare’s most fantastical work. In this version, a reverie of love, lust, infatuation, and desire, the charmed Puck – in the visage of a Chaplinesque character – manipulates young lovers through a night of magical excitement. – adapted from notes from MOMA