Slavoj Žižek discusses Ralph Fiennes’s film of Coriolanus in the New Statesman (thanks to Paul Harrison for the link). Rather too much about 300, but some interesting comments. I am not convinced that Coriolanus is better than Hamlet. T.S. Eliot (who actually said it was a more assured artistic success, even if less ‘interesting’) partly liked it because of the reactionary potential (he wrote a pretty nasty poem version of it, which is often described as fascist). Nonetheless it is a great play and well worth a read before seeing the movie. There is a serviceable version free online here.