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

In 'Grand Theft Hamlet,' Shakespeare meets gaming During pandemic lockdowns, two actors decided to try to stage a Shakespeare play entirely inside the game Grand Theft Auto. Grand Theft Hamlet ...

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.

His creative process - from casting actors whose faces he never saw to having his avatar shot by internet strangers during rehearsals - is the subject of "Grand Theft Hamlet," a documentary he co ...

Grand Theft Hamlet premiered at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival, winning the Jury Award for best documentary feature. The movie is now available to stream on the streaming platform MUBI, and has since ...

Grand Theft Hamlet blends online gaming and Shakespeare to mixed results.

During a pandemic lockdown, out-of-work actors turned to the video game Grand Theft Auto Online, where a tortured soliloquy may be interrupted by a rocket launcher.

Grand Theft Hamlet is nothing short of a groundbreaking work of cinema, one that explores the connections between players in online multiplayer action-adventure games, embodies the difficulty of ...

Grand Theft Hamlet, a movie where actors stage Hamlet in Grand Theft Auto Online, is one of the most remarkable new movies you can watch right now.

“Grand Theft Hamlet,” which Mubi will release in theaters in January, opens with Crane and Oosterveen’s avatars, fleeing police and careening into an outdoor amphitheater.