‘Hamnet’ Won’t Bow at Venice: Test Screening Attendees Called It ‘Misery Porn’ — World of Reel

‘Hamnet’ Won’t Bow at Venice: Test Screening Attendees Called It ‘Misery Porn’ — World of Reel

UPDATE: The unwritten rule of major festivals like Cannes and Venice is that if you win their top prize, chances are high they’ll welcome you back with your next film to compete again.Chloé Zhao won the Golden Lion at Venice in 2020 with “Nomadland,” a film that went on to win the Oscar for Best Picture. She followed it with Marvel’s “Eternals”—a blockbuster that, unsurprisingly, skipped the festival circuit entirely.Now, Zhao returns with “Hamn…