Premiere: Jan. 30th 7:00 p.m.
There are a lot things that make me old, but a version of William Shakespeare’s
Romeo and Juliet that makes
Baz Luhrmann
‘s psychedelic and visionary
Romeo + Juliet feel like an old-school, traditionalist take on the material may take the proverbial cake, and while it’s not entirely successful as a film, director Carey Williams’ feature debut,
R#J, does do that much.
R#J tells the tale of a war brewing between rival houses, but captures it in a new and genuinely unique way. Montague and Capulet Gen-Zers are using their cell phones to document the eruptions of violence plaguing their communities. In the middle of it all, Romeo (