Cinematic Shakespeare adaptations are a tricky proposition in 2025, doubly so when talking about his best known works like “Hamlet.” For one, there’s already an endless pile of filmed takes on the ...

In 2025, it feels as if everyone's in mourning and wracked with indecision about what to do about an evil king. That's one possible explanation for why four different cinematic takes on William ...

Oscar-nominated director Mamoru Hosoda follows Shakespeare's gender-swapped antihero into the afterlife — where she’s still ...

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that a new version of “Hamlet” premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on Saturday, because this particular Shakespeare tragedy seems to be in the air these days. Most ...

It’s only January, but the eccentric, ambitious documentary Grand Theft Hamlet will surely end up as one of 2025’s most interesting movies. During England’s second lockdown in response to the COVID-19 ...

Yet in Hosoda’s latest, “Scarlet,” the director’s enviable reach exceeds his grasp. In it, his female protagonist is a ...