Riz Ahmed

Hamlet Review: TIFF 2025

Hamlet is a contemporary production of Shakespeare’s play, updating the setting to modern-day England, but not the dialogue.

Relay Review: Thrilling Throwback Fun

David Mackenzie’s Relay is a throwback of sorts. Not quite the thrillers of the 1970s, like his film Hell or High Water, but closer to the renaissance the genre received in the early aughts, like Cellular and Red Eye.

TIFF 2021: Encounter Review

Michael Pearce’s Encounter stars Riz Ahmed as a former marine and father of two boys who stumbles into earth-shattering news.

Mogul Mowgli Review

Mogul Mowgli beautifully explores South Asian identity, culture and heritage via the power of music, art, and a sublime cast led by Riz Ahmed.