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‘Hamnet’ Review: Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal Will Break Your Heart in Chloé Zhao’s Timeless Tale of Profound Loss and Boundless Love [A]

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‘Hamnet’ Review: Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal Will Break Your Heart in Chloé Zhao’s Timeless Tale of Profound Loss and Boundless Love [A]

Sophia Ciminello November 25, 2025

All that lives must die,/Passing through nature to eternity.” -Hamlet Act One, Scene 2 Early in Chloé Zhao’s staggering Shakespearean fairytale, Hamnet, Agnes (Jessie Buckley) asks... Read More

Novelist/Screenwriter Maggie O’Farrell on Taking ‘Hamnet’ From the Page to the Screen [VIDEO INTERVIEW]

Interviews (Film)

Novelist/Screenwriter Maggie O’Farrell on Taking ‘Hamnet’ From the Page to the Screen [VIDEO INTERVIEW]

Erik Anderson November 25, 2025

Maggie O’Farrell didn’t intend to turn her best-selling novel Hamnet into a film when she wrote it but when director Chloé Zhao said she wouldn’t... Read More

Interview: Renate Reinsve on Collaborating with Joachim Trier to Create a Family Portrait in ‘Sentimental Value’

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Interview: Renate Reinsve on Collaborating with Joachim Trier to Create a Family Portrait in ‘Sentimental Value’

Sophia Ciminello November 25, 2025

Joachim Trier’s latest film, Sentimental Value, begins with the feeling of a fairy tale, as a narrator recalls a time when our protagonist, Nora Borg... Read More

2026 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP and HAIRSTYLING and VISUAL EFFECTS (November)

Erik Anderson November 25, 2025

Critics Choice has announced its shortlists of contenders in 11 categories, including Makeup and Hairstyling and Visual Effects. There is a caveat with the list... Read More

‘Zootopia 2’ Review: The Fast and the Furriest [B-]

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‘Zootopia 2’ Review: The Fast and the Furriest [B-]

Trace Sauveur November 25, 2025

During our precarious social moment in America—where wealth inequality continues to skyrocket, federal police forces are taking to the streets to strip vulnerable people of... Read More

June Squibb Discusses Exploring Her Jewish Identity, the Universality of Grief, and Finding a Chosen Family in ‘Eleanor the Great’ [VIDEO INTERVIEW]

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June Squibb Discusses Exploring Her Jewish Identity, the Universality of Grief, and Finding a Chosen Family in ‘Eleanor the Great’ [VIDEO INTERVIEW]

Nick Ruhrkraut November 24, 2025

In Twelfth Night, Shakespeare wrote: “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” He makes “greatness” sound clear-cut when... Read More

2026 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE, ORIGINAL SONG, SOUND (November)

Erik Anderson November 24, 2025

For November we have our first of several song and score precursors with the Hollywood Music in Media nominations and awards, where Sinners, Diane Warren... Read More

Unraveling the Mystery: Mila Kunis and Cailee Spaeny Reflect on Craft, Chemistry, and Chaos in ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ [VIDEO INTERVIEW]

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Unraveling the Mystery: Mila Kunis and Cailee Spaeny Reflect on Craft, Chemistry, and Chaos in ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ [VIDEO INTERVIEW]

Landon Johnson November 24, 2025

“I wanted to be the killer, or I wanted to be killed…duh!” said Mila Kunis as she recalled the moment writer-director Rian Johnson first reached... Read More

Interview: How Chloé Zhao and Jessie Buckley Gave Life and Agency to ‘Hamnet’ and Agnes

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Interview: How Chloé Zhao and Jessie Buckley Gave Life and Agency to ‘Hamnet’ and Agnes

Erik Anderson November 24, 2025

It’s been a strange road for Chloé Zhao. An early indie darling with early features like Songs My Brother Taught Me and The Rider, using... Read More

Ethan Hawke to Receive Career Achievement Honor from Palm Springs International Film Awards

Erik Anderson November 24, 2025

The Palm Springs International Film Awards has announced that Ethan Hawke is the recipient of the Career Achievement Award celebrating his impressive body of work... Read More

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