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Hamnet and Shakespeare in Love Offer Contrasting Portraits of Shakespeare — Static0.moviewebimages.com

Hamnet and Shakespeare in Love Offer Contrasting Portraits of Shakespeare

Movieweb reports that Chloé Zhao's Hamnet, now in major Oscar contention, has prompted comparisons with John Madden's 1998 Best Picture winner Shakespeare in Love, noting the two films both center on William Shakespeare but approach his life very differently. Shakespeare in Love is a flamboyant period

Chloé Zhao on grief, death-doula training and making 'Hamnet' — Static01.nyt.com

Chloé Zhao on grief, death-doula training and making 'Hamnet'

Chloé Zhao, 43, the filmmaker behind Nomadland and five feature films, discussed her career, her latest film Hamnet and her personal preoccupations in a New York Times interview. Hamnet, an adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel about the death of Shakespeare’s son, won the Golden Globe for best

Debate over Hamnet highlights grief-on-screen tropes and recurring bird imagery — I.guim.co.uk

Debate over Hamnet highlights grief-on-screen tropes and recurring bird imagery

A Guardian essay asks whether Chloé Zhao’s film Hamnet is “grief‑porn” or “grief‑art” and considers what that debate reveals about portrayals of women, cinematic emotion and a recurring bird motif in recent films. The piece contrasts two readings of grief on screen: grief‑porn, meaning emotionally manipulative

Golden Globes: 'One Battle After Another' and 'Hamnet' win top prizes — Static01.nyt.com

Golden Globes: 'One Battle After Another' and 'Hamnet' win top prizes

At the Golden Globes on Sunday, Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another won best motion picture — musical or comedy and collected multiple awards, while Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet took best motion picture — drama. Warner Bros. Discovery projects led all companies with nine Globes. One Battle After Another was

Warner Bros. Discovery Leads at Golden Globes; 'Hamnet' and 'One Battle After Another' Win — Static01.nyt.com

Warner Bros. Discovery Leads at Golden Globes; 'Hamnet' and 'One Battle After Another' Win

At the 83rd Golden Globes on Sunday, Warner Bros. Discovery-backed projects collected multiple top prizes, with Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another winning best motion picture — musical or comedy and Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet taking best motion picture — drama. Warner Bros. titles won nine Golden Globes in all.

Jessie Buckley wins Golden Globe for lead role in Hamnet — Static01.nyt.com

Jessie Buckley wins Golden Globe for lead role in Hamnet

Jessie Buckley won the Golden Globe for best actress in a motion picture, drama, for her portrayal of Agnes, William Shakespeare’s grieving wife, in the film Hamnet. It was her first Golden Globe nomination and win. Hamnet co-stars Paul Mescal as Shakespeare and follows a couple mourning the loss

Warner Bros. Discovery Titles Dominate Golden Globes; 'One Battle After Another' and 'Hamnet' Win — Static01.nyt.com

Warner Bros. Discovery Titles Dominate Golden Globes; 'One Battle After Another' and 'Hamnet' Win

At the Golden Globes on Sunday, projects from Warner Bros. Discovery won the most prizes, with Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another taking best motion picture — musical or comedy and multiple other awards, while Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet won best motion picture — drama. One Battle After Another was

Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet wins Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Drama — People.com

Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet wins Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Drama

People reports that Chloé Zhao’s film Hamnet won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Drama at the 2026 ceremony on Sunday, Jan. 11, at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. George Clooney and Don Cheadle presented the award, and producer Steven Spielberg thanked the team while calling Zhao

Paul Thomas Anderson wins Golden Globe for Best Director for One Battle After Another — Static0.colliderimages.com

Paul Thomas Anderson wins Golden Globe for Best Director for One Battle After Another

Collider reports Paul Thomas Anderson won the Golden Globe for Best Director – Motion Picture for One Battle After Another, taking home one of the evening’s most prestigious honors. The race was described as defined less by scale than by clarity, with nominees whose voices were unmistakable on screen. This

Chloé Zhao's Hamnet takes Best Motion Picture — Drama at 2026 Golden Globes — Static0.colliderimages.com

Chloé Zhao's Hamnet takes Best Motion Picture — Drama at 2026 Golden Globes

Collider reports Hamnet has won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture — Drama at the 2026 Golden Globes, taking one of the night’s biggest awards after a season where the category never fully settled around a single frontrunner. The nominees represented six very different approaches to serious filmmaking. Hamnet

Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet wins Golden Globe for best drama — Static01.nyt.com

Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet wins Golden Globe for best drama

“Hamnet” won the Golden Globe for best motion picture, drama, a victory that the Times said could improve the film’s chances heading into the Oscars in March. The film was directed by Chloé Zhao, who co-wrote the screenplay with Maggie O’Farrell, adapting O’Farrell’s prizewinning novel. Jessie

Golden Globes 2026 winners announced at Beverly Hilton — Static.independent.co.uk

Golden Globes 2026 winners announced at Beverly Hilton

The 83rd Golden Globe Awards were held at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills tonight, Independent.co reports. Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another dominated the film nominations, with Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value and Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme also in contention. Winners

This week’s entertainment picks: Hamnet, a David Lynch season and Bridget Christie tour — I.guim.co.uk

This week’s entertainment picks: Hamnet, a David Lynch season and Bridget Christie tour

This week’s entertainment guide highlights a new film release, a retrospective season at BFI Southbank and a touring comedy show, among cinema, gigs, galleries and new streaming arrivals across the UK. Film Hamnet is out now and is described as an emotional Oscar hopeful, starring Paul Mescal and Jessie

Jessie Buckley hailed for role in Hamnet as awards season builds — I.guim.co.uk

Jessie Buckley hailed for role in Hamnet as awards season builds

Jessie Buckley has been widely praised for her portrayal of Agnes (Anne) Hathaway in Chloé Zhao’s film Hamnet, a meditation on love and grief that charts William Shakespeare and his wife’s anguish after the death of their 11-year-old son. The film’s emotional force is said to be

Buffy reboot titled Buffy: New Sunnydale, Gellar calls it a 'continuation' — Static0.moviewebimages.com

Buffy reboot titled Buffy: New Sunnydale, Gellar calls it a 'continuation'

Movieweb reports the upcoming Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot has an official title: Buffy: New Sunnydale. Produced at streaming platform Hulu, the pilot episode is already in the can with Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao at the helm, Sarah Michelle Gellar returning as Buffy Summers and Ryan Kiera Armstrong starring as

Paul Mescal says Hamnet’s most heartbreaking moment wasn’t in the script — Static0.colliderimages.com

Paul Mescal says Hamnet’s most heartbreaking moment wasn’t in the script

Paul Mescal told Collider that a pivotal, heartbreaking scene in Chloé Zhao’s film Hamnet was not written in the script, and that watching it unfold “whacked me straight in the gut.” The moment centers on Noah Jupe reaching out and Jessie Buckley taking his hand, a beat Mescal said

'To Be or Not to Be' appears twice in Chloé Zhao’s film Hamnet — Static01.nyt.com

'To Be or Not to Be' appears twice in Chloé Zhao’s film Hamnet

Chloé Zhao’s drama Hamnet includes Shakespeare’s famous “To be, or not to be” soliloquy twice: first delivered by Paul Mescal as Shakespeare in a night scene beside water, and later by Noah Jupe as a young actor on the Globe stage. In the first instance Mescal’s character

Jessie Buckley says she and Paul Mescal took a tantric workshop to prepare for Hamnet — People.com

Jessie Buckley says she and Paul Mescal took a tantric workshop to prepare for Hamnet

People reports that Jessie Buckley said she and costar Paul Mescal completed a tantric workshop to prepare for their roles in Hamnet. Mescal, 29, and Buckley, 36, portray William Shakespeare and his wife, Agnes, in the film adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's novel, and both spoke with

Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet imagines Hamlet’s origin in parents’ grief — I.guim.co.uk

Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet imagines Hamlet’s origin in parents’ grief

Chloé Zhao’s film Hamnet frames the origin of Shakespeare’s Hamlet in the imagined anguish of William Shakespeare and his wife Agnes (or Anne) Hathaway after the death of their son Hamnet at age 11 in 1596. The screenplay was co-written by Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell and is