US EditionWhat Hamnet Taught Paul Mescal About Love in His Own Life
Chloé Zhao’s film explores Agnes’s profound grief after her son’s death using natural cycles and vivid imagery to reflect on loss and life, with Jessie Buckley’s intense performance.
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Film review: ‘Hamnet’ is sexy and beautiful – and it’ll punch you in the gut
Reams of scholarship and fictional takes have imagined how Shakespeare’s earthly life influenced his plays. “Hamnet” isn’t one of them. The boldly devastating film from Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao (“Nomadland”) is far more primal than a speculative portrait of the artist.
Chloé Zhao offers an imaginative and poignant vision of parental mourning by returning to the death of Shakespeare's son.
‘Hamnet’ Review: Chloé Zhao’s Shakespearean Tragedy is Harrowing & Heartbreaking
Hamnet Review Anything to do with Shakespeare can make for a great story, depending on who’s behind the wheel. For Maggie O’Farrell, her inspired, if fictional, tale about the life and death of Shakespeare’s son took the literary world by storm in ways that extended beyond what could’ve been imagined. Now, O’Farrell’s romantically complex narrative has found new life with the help of Eternals’s Chloé Zhao, who infuses an ethereal aura into this …
‘We know scientifically energy doesn’t die’: Chloé Zhao - The Canadian Media
Toronto/CMEDIA: Written and directed by Oscar-winning Nomadland director, Chloé Zhao navigates the prolific and tender drama of TIFF 2025 movie Hamnet about William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) and his family as seen through the eyes of his thoughtful wife Agnes (Jessie Buckley). In William Shakespeare’s day, the names Hamlet and Hamnet were interchangeable. Chloe uses the context
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