‘Hamnet’ Review: Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal Will Break Your Heart in Chloé Zhao’s Timeless Tale of Profound Loss and Boundless Love [A] Telluride
“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)... Read More
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‘Hamnet’ Teaser Trailer Reveals Chloé Zhao’s Tale of an Untold Love Story with Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal
Focus Features has released the first teaser trailer for the highly anticipated new film from Oscar winner Chloé Zhao, Hamnet, an adaptation of the Maggie... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (August)
Best Actress is once again feeling a bit bleak for top tier contenders, with filling out a top 10 turning into a struggle. That said,... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 304 – Oscar Talk: Best Actor, Best Actress, Supporting Actor
It’s time for our weekly Oscar talk and the one before everything changes. Next week begins the fall festival season with Venice and Telluride on... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (July)
As we’re just about to embark on fall film festival announcements–Toronto already has revealed over a dozen titles, Venice lineup is next Tuesday–it once again... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR and BEST ACTRESS (June)
With George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio and Julia Roberts in high profile films this season, we may be entering, or reentering, a modern classic movie star... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR and BEST ACTRESS (May)
In the acting races this early in the season, like in Best Picture and Best Director, we have a handful of films seen from the... Read More
Focus Features Sets Thanksgiving Release for Chloé Zhao’s ‘Hamnet’ Starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal
Focus Features has announced a limited Thanksgiving release on November 27 for Academy Award winner Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, ahead of a wide release beginning on December... Read More
Focus Features Nabs U.S. Rights to Chloé Zhao’s ‘Hamnet’ with Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley
Focus Features has won the domestic distribution rights to Academy Award winner Chloé Zhao’s next film, Hamnet, based on the best-selling historical novel by Maggie... Read More
‘Wicked Little Letters’ Review: Foxy Ass Fun That Doesn’t Go Quite Far Enough
Few people in the movies curse quite as effectively as Olivia Colman, and casting her as the demure rival to an out-spoken, potty mouthed neighbor... Read More
International Cinephile Society (ICS) Awards: ‘The Secret Agent’ Wins Six, Including Acting Prizes for Wagner Moura and Tânia Maria 
Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards: Paul Thomas Anderson Wins for ‘One Battle After Another’ 
British Society of Cinematographers (BSC): ‘One Battle After Another’ Takes Top Award 
Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) Winners: ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ ‘Sinners,’ ‘Train Dreams’ and More