Much Ado About Nothing (2013)

On the 12-day break between shooting and postproduction for last summer’s superhero spectacle The Avengers, writer/director Joss Whedon invited some of the actors from his unofficial stock company to his Santa Monica, CA, house to film a black-and-white version of Much Ado About Nothing. Sparked by informal readings at the director’s house for brunch, the project passes for organic rather than pretentious. But many of Whedon’s artistic choices, including photography and production design, seem slapdash and even ill conceived. Read the rest of the review here.