Shakespeare, Sorta: True to the Bard’s legacy of theatre for the masses, these iconic adaptations with 90s heart throbs, senior proms, and pop soundtracks are the prefect way to ring in the new school year.

Baz Luhrmann’s sun-soaked, alternative-soundtracked, hyper-stylized teen fever dream belongs so wholly to the 90s. It’s like the lab-generated alien lovechild of MTV and Seventeen, destined at birth to take its place as the ultimate mainstream interpretation of that decade’s subculture and cool. On paper it’s a modernized teen heartthrob-led retelling of Shakespeare’s most widely known work, yet it is so much more, bringing an authenticity that’s hard to deny and even harder to replicate. It was an early stardom skyrocketing for both Leonardo DiCaprio (before the really big one in Titanic) and Claire Danes, with signature character-driven supporting roles from John Leguizamo, Harold Perrineau, Miriam Margolyes, Paul Rudd, Diane Venora, Christina Pickles, and more. The film trades fair Verona for Miami’s Verona Beach, replacing swords with guns, and feuding noble houses with corporate empires. Maintaining the original dialogue, Luhrmann amps up the source text with ultra-saturation, maximalist editing, and an ultra-90s soundtrack featuring Garbage, Radiohead, and The Cardigans. Don your angel wings and Hawaiian-print shirts and join us for this decade-defining cinematic experience.

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