Hamnet - a 2025 biographical drama directed by Chloe Zhao, written by Zhao with Maggie O'Farrell, based as stated on the 2020 novel of the same title by Farrell. It stars Jessie Buckley as Agnes Hathaway and Paul Mescal as William Shakespeare, who after a courtship and shotgun wedding give birth to and raise a daughter Susanna (Bodhi Rae Breathnach) and twins Judith and Hamnet (Olivia Lynes and Jacobi Jupe). The death of one of their children sends them both into a spiral of grief, which may only be arrested by William's work on the Globe Theater in London.

Time Stamps:

• (01:49) Hamnet
• (57:50) Spoilers
• (1:35:57) Next Time: Our 2025 Wrap Up and The 1st Annual Miseys

Works Cited:

• All is True (Kenneth Branagh, 2018)
• Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare (Isaac Asimov, 1970)
• Chimes at Midnight (Orson Welles, 1966)
• Coriolanus (Ralph Fiennes, 2011)
• Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick, 1978)
• The Death of Hamnet and the Making of Hamlet (Stephen Greenblatt, 2004)
• The Eternals (Chloé Zhao, 2021)
• Ghostlight (Kelly O'Sullivan and Alex Thompson, 2024)
• Hamlet (William Shakespeare, c. 1598-1602)
• Hamlet (Laurence Olivier, 1948)
• Hamlet (Kenneth Branagh, 1996)
• Hamnet (Chloé Zhao, 2025)
• "Hamnet" Feels Elemental, but Is It Just Highly Effective Grief Porn? (Justin Chang, 2025)
• Hamnet Review: Paul Mescal & Jessie Buckley Rip Your Heart Out (David Ehrlich, 2025)
• Henry V (Laurence Olivier, 1944)
• Macbeth (Roman Polanski, 1971)
• Macbeth (Justin Kurzel, 2015)
• Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)
• Shakespeare: The World as Stage (Bill Bryson, 2007)
• Shakespeare in Love (John Madden, 1998)
• Throne of Blood (Akira Kurosawa, 1957)
• Titus (Julie Taymor, 1999)
• The Tragedy of Macbeth (Joel Coen, 2021)
• Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare (Stephen Greenblatt, 2004)
• The Witch (Robert Eggers, 2015)
• The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer, 2023)

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