Desktop film promoter Timur Bekmambetov produces an update of 'Romeo and Juliet' for the Instagram age, mixing Spotify playlists with Shakespearean dialogue in 'R#J.' By Inkoo Kang Television Critic ...
There are instances in director Carey Williams’ boldly experimental yet wearisome “R#J” that genuinely grasp the essence of romance, identity and existence in the age of social media. Those fleeting ...
Dir: Carey Williams. US. 2021. 93mins. ’Romeo And Juliet’ enters the social-media age with R#J, a fitfully intriguing experiment to adapt Shakespeare’s tragedy to the world of FaceTime, Instagram and ...
If every generation gets the “Romeo and Juliet” it deserves, well, Gen Z may need to wait a little longer for theirs. It probably won’t be Sundance entry “R#J,” which is so intently of-the-moment it ...