The experiment works best when we hear the titular character not foregrounded but embedded in the specificities of his place ...

Most of us won't get to see it until its general release in theaters in December, but the Mill Valley Film Festival is ...

Anchored by a resonant and complex performance from Riz Ahmed in the title role, this is Hamlet as you have never seen it.

Chimes at Midnight, Romeo + Juliet, and Throne of Blood are all among the absolute greatest Shakespeare movies that can be ...

With an exceptional performance from Riz Ahmed and style meets substance storytelling, Hamlet is a journey worth taking.

Chloé Zhao turns the imagined story of how Shakespeare wrote "Hamlet" into a nuclear-grade tear-jerker. More to the point, “Hamnet” is a wrenching story about how those two experiences — so unalike in ...

The actor reteams with Aneil Karia, the director of his Oscar-winning short 'The Long Goodbye,' in a listless update of the classic play. Transposed to modern-day London, where Hamlet belongs to a ...

William Shakespeare left no instructions as to the right way future dramatists should tell “Hamlet.” We have only the text, which reveals fresh insights each time someone new recites it. With director ...

Telluride: Aneil Karia does an effective job of setting the classic text among South Asian characters in London, but Ahmed's fittingly excessive performance is the star of the show. Whenever a new ...

Set in London's South Asian community, the Telluride-premiering film relies (mostly) on the Bard's language. By Caryn James This latest version of Hamlet begins with a death ritual. Riz Ahmed, as the ...