#riz-ahmed

#riz-ahmed

"Given the impetus of the plot involves James Bond - the world's most famous spy - undertones of the genre of intelligence and espionage are alluded to, in both the choice of a monospace typeface, ABC Rom Mono, and in the widely tracked, code-like setting of it."

I'm late for the school run. I'm stuck in traffic. I'm meant to be at my laptop, but I'm having to do it on my phone, in my car.

Director Aneil Karia keeps the former but makes some notable changes to the latter in his riff on the classic tale, transporting the action to the South Asian community in London in present-day. Telling Hamlet in under two hours is a tough challenge that Kaira can't overcome, notably giving short shrift to Ophelia's arc and altering key events in the murderous outcomes.