The determination-at times it seems close to anguish-with which they seize that opportunity reenacts what must have been the astonishing force and challenge launched by the actors who first played Julius Caesar.

| Mar 13, 2019

Despite its lean and hungry look, the Taviani Brothers' Caesar Must Die may be the most effectively gimmicked version of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in the 75 years since Orson Welles's modern-dress, anti-fascist staging.

| Feb 22, 2019

A fascinatingly perceptive film that blurs the lines between art and reality, Caesar Must Die brings a whole new intensity to this Elizabethan examination of betrayal and duplicity.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 9, 2019

... "Caesar Must Die" combines documentary, theater, and fiction in ways that could hardly be more au courant.

| Feb 21, 2018

The most gripping and brilliant Shakespeare production put on film since Laurence Olivier's Hamlet.

| Mar 21, 2016

A double hybrid that occupies a space somewhere between documentary and fiction right along the border of cinema and theater.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jan 23, 2014

It is almost an impertinence to think that we understand the thoughts of these actors and those in the audience who are relatives and friends. But this is the intriguing privilege that the Taviani brothers have given us.

| Jun 17, 2013

A clever if sometimes mystifying, combination of documentary, invention and post-modernism.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 6, 2013

Destined to lose years in prison, the actors seem to take pride -- and solace -- in their association with something as seemingly immortal as Shakespeare's words.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 5, 2013

As they find issues and themes they can relate to, the action is never remotely static despite the frequent nature of the close-ups and the plastic sword.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 27, 2013

The problem with the film, which somewhat inexplicably won the Golden Bear at Berlin last year, is that it scarcely transcends the basic novelty of its premise.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 21, 2013

There's barely a wasted moment in the film, which runs a brisk 76 minutes and contains no female roles.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 14, 2013

There's an intensity and emotional accuracy to the performances that's just stunning, particularly Striano's Brutus, as he longs for death and release.

| Original Score: A- | Mar 8, 2013

Profoundly moving.

| Mar 3, 2013

The juxtaposition of Shakespearean text and prison cell life is a particularly poignant one.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 1, 2013

It is difficult to understand exactly where documentary ends and fiction begins, but the finale, again in colour, of the triumphant first night of the production can't fail to move.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 1, 2013

It's never anything less than interesting, though I felt it didn't quite fulfil its potential, and the repetition of material at the beginning and end is disconcerting.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 28, 2013

It is uncanny how Italy's film-makers keep failing to nail, or effectively to satirise, their country's strident political shortcomings.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 28, 2013

Deeply felt melancholy lingers long after the credits roll.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 28, 2013

Delivers a compelling and considered take on immemorial themes.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 27, 2013