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Movie Review: All the World’s a Gamescape — “Grand Theft Hamlet”

Making art in the middle of the apocalypse is the literal and figurative ethos of “Grand Theft Hamlet,” one of the cleverest “What can we do during lockdown?” pandemic picture projects. A couple of British actors — Sam Crane and … Continue reading

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Classic Film Review: Welles’ “Othello,” a Masterpiece in Black and White and Blackface

The lore and backstory behind Orson Welles‘ years-in-the-making production of “The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice” has come to overwhelm the movie itself. He was so strapped for funds, filming this in Europe as his American directing career … Continue reading

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