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We’ve just seen our 22nd film at TIFF 2025, and it wrecked us. Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley, turns Shakespearean grief into something mythic, intimate, and soul-crushingly beautiful. In this episode, we unpack how this quiet period piece became one of the most emotionally devastating films of the festival. Grab tissues. Seriously.
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We’ve just seen our 22nd film at TIFF 2025, and it wrecked us. Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley, turns Shakespearean grief into something mythic, intimate, and soul-crushingly beautiful. In this episode, we unpack how this quiet period piece became one of the most emotionally devastating films of the festival. Grab tissues. Seriously.

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