Sam Crane and Pinny Grylls' Grand Theft Hamlet is a funny and charming use of its titular game, even if it ultimately feels lacking in its pacing.

Staging the existential story in the midst of a pandemic when the future of live theater is uncertain is a compelling hook, ...

Faced with COVID lockdown, two out-of-work actors reach for Shakespeare in an experimental documentary that creates art on ...

Pete Volk (he/they) is Polygon’s Curation Editor, with a particular love for action and martial arts movies. Grand Theft Hamlet tells the story of the duo’s one-of-a-kind production ...

The film captures two players staging the classic ... plotting a new production of “Hamlet.” The stage is large and bare, set in a landscape that resembles Southern California.

“Hamlet” has been performed in just about every ... in the middle of a Blockbuster Video in Michael Almereyda’s film from 2000 is proof enough of that. But it’s safe to say that this ...

Grand Theft Hamlet is a truly unique lockdown film. Shot mostly in early 2021, as London was undergoing its third major COVID lockdown, Grand Theft Hamlet traces the evolution of its central ...