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Tag: William Shakespeare

  • Movie Review: “The Revenant” (Alejandro G. Iñárritu, USA 2015)

    “‘Tis unnatural Even like the deed that’s done. On Tuesday last, A falcon, tow’ring in her pride of place, Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed. And Duncan’s horses–a thing most strange and certain– Beauteous and swift, the minions of their race, Turned wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out, Contending ‘gainst obedience,…

  • On the Anniversary of William Shakespeare’s Death

    Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet (UK/USA 1996) is suggested viewing for everyone (just remember that you need four hours). Like pretty much all film Shakespeare productions, it’s stagy, but any one of Kate Winslet playing Ophelia, Julie Christie playing Gertrude, or Branagh himself as Hamlet would be worth the price of admission alone, and here you get…