Clockwise from top left: Laurence Olivier as Hamlet in the 1948 film, Ethan Hawke in the 2000 film, Kenneth Branagh in his 1996 film, Ato Blankson-Wood (with Solea Pfeiffer as Ophelia) in the 2023 ...

The seventh feature film that Branagh directed in seven years, “Hamlet” is simultaneously a staggering achievement and a helping of delirious schmaltz, full of dashing brio and Branagh’s own ...

In a glowing endorsement from Kenneth Branagh, the Oscar-winning filmmaker compared '28 Years Later's Jodie Comer to a young ...

Actor-Director Kenneth Branagh's career in front of and behind the camera, ... ‘Hamlet’ (1996) Image Credit: Columbia Pictures/Everett Collection From left, Derek Jacobi, ...

From 'Hamlet' to 'Romeo and Juliet,' these are some of the best Shakespeare films of the past century that give new life to the Bard's works. ... “Hamlet” (1996, Kenneth Branagh) ...

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Hamlet had been a pivotal document in Branagh’s life. As a teenager in 1977, he had seen Jacobi play the role at the New Theatre in Oxford. In his memoir, ...

One has to squint hard to find other “Hamlet” connections in this play, for “Fat Ham” has reduced the epic five acts to a 90 minute one-act, and it is a full-fledged comedy rather than a ...

Actor-Director Kenneth Branagh's career in front of and behind the camera, from 'Henry V' and 'Valkyrie' to 'A Haunting in Venice.' ...