'Scarlet,' an animated take on 'Hamlet,' mines an unlikely strain of compassion

Japan's Mamoru Hosoda returns with a visually creative version of "Hamlet" that digs beyond grief into realms of revenge and forgiveness.
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Japanese anime 'Scarlet' reimagines 'Hamlet' for the big screen

Cinema Junkie also recommends Silent Movie Mondays' 1927 classic "Wings" at the Balboa Theatre.
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Did We Miss the Happy Ending in ‘Hamlet’?

Responding to a guest essay, readers offer different ways to view “Hamlet.” To the Editor: Re “Listen to ‘Hamlet.’ Feel Better,” by Jeremy McCarter (Opinion guest essay, July 23): I appreciate Mr.
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Listen to ‘Hamlet.’ Feel Better.

Mr. McCarter adapted and directed a new audio version of “Hamlet.” “It is we who are Hamlet,” wrote the essayist and critic William Hazlitt. Though that observation is more than 200 years old, the ...