Hamlet, 2025.Directed by Aneil Karia. Starring Riz Ahmed, Morfydd Clark, Timothy Spall, Art Malik, Jasmine Jobson, Sheeba Chaddha, Joe Alwyn, and Avijit Dutt.SYNOPSIS:Hamlet comes home for his father’s funeral and finds his uncle Claudius marrying his widowed mother Gertrude. His father’s ghost reveals Claudius murdered him, leading Hamlet toward revenge and introspection.Aspiring to be a […]
Trailer for modern Hamlet reimagining starring Riz Ahmed
Universal Pictures has released a trailer for director Aneil Karia’s (The Long Goodbye) modern retelling of the William Shakespeare classic Hamlet.Riz Ahmed stars in the title role, as a man who returns to London to attends his father’s funeral, but when the spirit of his deceased parent appears before him claiming he was murdered by […]
Movie Review – Surge (2020)
Surge, 2020.Directed by Aneil Karia. Starring Ben Whishaw, Ellie Haddington, Ian Gelder, Jasmine Jobson and Perry Fitzpatrick.SYNOPSIS:Joseph (Ben Whishaw) takes London by storm in one twenty four hour period. This is a visual record of that journey.Surge is a profound sensory experience with a force of nature at its centre in the form of Ben […]
Movie Review – Surge (2021)
Surge, 2021.Directed by Aneil Karia. Starring Ben Whishaw, Ellie Haddington, Ian Gelder, and Chris Coghill.SYNOPSIS: Set over 24 hours in London, Surge is a stripped-back thriller about a man who goes on a bold and reckless journey of self-liberation.If you were ever curious about what anxiety feels like, watch Surge for 30 minutes, and you’ll have […]
Ben Whishaw stars in trailer for Surge
Ahead of its UK release later this month, Vertigo has shared a trailer for director Aneil Karia’s upcoming thriller Surge which stars Ben Whishaw as a man stuck in a soulless job, who goes on a impulsive and reckless journey of self-liberation; watch it here…SEE ALSO: Read our ★★★★ review of Surge hereJoseph (Whishaw) is […]
2021 Glasgow Film Festival Review – Surge
Surge, 2020.Directed by Aneil Karia. Starring Ben Whishaw.SYNOPSIS:Dissatisfied with his life, a man breaks free from societal constraints and politeness, living a life of total liberation for 24 hours.Joseph lives an ordinary and quiet life, working as an airport security guard. There’s something strange about his existence, a held tension that’s difficult to define. It’s […]
