The film Grand Theft Hamlet is constantly surprising, breathtakingly imaginative, and a great introduction to Shakespeare — or, I guess, to video games — whichever you need introducing to.

The documentary, following a production of "Hamlet" within "Grand Theft Auto V," is a high mark for the machinima genre of in-game filmmaking.

Like those films, “Grand Theft Hamlet” recreates the look and feel of the digital world so well that we start to feel what it’s like to live in a virtual space, even for a little while.

Grand Theft Hamlet is a documentary film, kind of. It’s also an experimental theater project. It’s also a rough-and-ready feature-length machinima, made entirely in-game in Grand Theft Auto ...

That’s exactly the premise of Grand Theft Hamlet, a documentary that chronicles two actors’ tumultuous attempt during the Covid-19 pandemic to stage the bard’s famous tragedy entirely within ...

Grand Theft Hamlet premiered at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival, winning the Jury Award for best documentary feature. The movie ...

"Grand Theft Hamlet" received largely positive reviews from critics, with IndieWire's David Ehrlich writing that "few pandemic films have better expressed the desperation to connect with a world ...

Part absurdist making-of doc, part postmodern inquiry, “Grand Theft Hamlet” takes place entirely within a game known for its unhinged violence.

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 ...

As “Grand Theft Hamlet” has screened at various film festivals, Crane and Grylls find themselves in the surprising position of being celebrated for a movie they made mostly in their bedroom ...

As “Grand Theft Hamlet” has screened at various film festivals, Crane and Grylls find themselves in the surprising position of being celebrated for a movie they made mostly in their bedroom ...

How ‘Grand Theft Hamlet’ found the soul in video-game cinema. The documentary, following a production of “Hamlet” within “GTA V,” is a high mark for the machinima genre of in-game ...