It is fairly common to see Shakespearean plays re-set in a different time, sometimes retaining Shakespeare’s language and largely just changing costumes and settings, or sometimes re-writing the ...

"Woe is me to have seen what I have seen." Vertical has debuted a new official US trailer for this new take on the Shakespeare classic Hamlet - it is a South Asian London "re-imagining" or reinvention ...

If you’ve been keeping score like us, you’d know that Hamlet is one of the most recycled stories in human history. From countless movie adaptations to stage versions to Disney remakes to detective ...

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 ...

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 ...

Editor's note: This review was originally published during the 2025 Telluride Festival. Vertical releases the film in theaters starting Friday, April 10, 2026. Cinematic Shakespeare adaptations are a ...

Why do artists keep returning to William Shakespeare? His plays — rife with explorations of deep humanity and emotion — provide not just a framework for hanging many different worlds upon his words, ...

If you’re going to tackle a Shakespeare play on film –– particularly the complex web of family tragedy that is ‘Hamlet’ -- be prepared for challenges. But with this present-day version, director Aneil ...