Michael Rubbo (Australia)
What a joy to find Michael Rubbo behind the camera again, and in fine form. Way back in 1974, while toiling for our own NFB, he made Waiting for Fidel - the original "stalk-umentary," it greatly influenced the work of Michael Moore and Nick Broomfield. Here, he's turned his playfully intelligent mind to that most stubborn of questions: Did Shakespeare write Shakespeare? Playing the devil's (actually, Christopher Marlowe's) advocate, Rubbo builds a fascinating case, then presents the evidence to a gaggle of professionally serious scholars, who huff and puff and look hilariously buffaloed. The result is a fluid mix of whimsy and substance, a wicked piece of anti-Bardolatry that doubles as a classic ode to Horace: It delights and instructs. - R.G.

(Sat. Sept. 8, 12:15 p.m., Varsity 8; Tues. Sept. 11, 5 p.m., ROM)