Esmé von Hoffman's reimagining of the ancient Roman poet as a Detroit lothario has plenty of ideas, but no clear audience in mind for them. Making the classics hip for a new generation is a ...

Ovid and the Art of Love Not rated Run-time: 120 minutes Despite its bawdy, sex-positive tone, temporal pastiche of a setting (Rome under Augustus meets present-day Detroit), and wide-ranging location ...

The young Ovid enrages the brutal emperor by writing a provocative guide to love and runs for his life. Set in a world filled with togas, hip-hop, sneakers, oration, and poetry slams (think Baz ...