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Hamnet review – Oscar-primed Shakespeare film isn’t as manipulative as its critics claim

4/5 Jessie Buckley, already the Best Actress Oscar frontrunner, is remarkable as William Shakespeare’s wife Agnes in Chloé Zhao’s speculative grief drama

The Independent UK

Unmissable London: The best theatre, film, dance, opera, TV and music of 2026

Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey. Lily Allen in the West End. A Gorillaz football stadium takeover. It’s all on in the capital

Evening Standard

Hamnet review – Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley beguile and captivate in audacious Shakespearean tragedy

Chloé Zhao’s film version of Maggie O’Farrell’s myth-making novel powerfully reimagines the agonising loss of a child as the source of Hamlet’s grand stage drama

The Guardian - UK

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Jessie Buckley sets pulses racing with comment about Paul Mescal at Critics Choice Awards

Irish actors co-star in Chloé Zhao’s ‘Hamnet’ adaptation

The Independent UK

‘Truthfully, you can never be a good parent’: Inside Sentimental Value, the year’s frankest, most emotional film

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: A powerful tale of absent fathers and estranged children, Joachim Trier’s ‘Sentimental Value’ – his follow-up to the acclaimed ‘Worst Person in the World’ – is primed for Oscar glory come 2026. Annabel Nugent speaks to Trier and his actors Stellan Skarsgård, Renate Reinsve, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas…

The Independent UK

Dancing! Fighting! Impregnating! The best movie moments of 2025

From Sinners to F1 to Highest 2 Lowest, Guardian writers pick the scenes that stuck with them the most this year

The Guardian - US

Epic Gamer Grandma Dies from COPD — Fans Mourn TikToker Who Changed Gaming

Learn about Epic Gamer Grandma, the beloved TikTok star who passed away and inspired millions with her gaming spirit and warm presence.

International Business Times UK

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The five best films of 2025 – according to experts

In no particular order, here are The Conversation’s top five films of 2025 as reviewed by our experts.

The Conversation

Renate Reinsve on vomit-inducing reviews and 19-minute standing ovations: ‘You feel your face go stiff from smiling so long’

The Norwegian star was considering giving up acting to be a carpenter when Joachim Trier wrote The Worst Person in the World for her. Now the pair have teamed up again – but she refuses to get carried away by all the praise

The Guardian - UK

I saw 75 films this year – these are my 5 best and 5 worst movies of 2025

What a year for cinema it has been

What Hi-Fi?

Bog Queen by Anna North review – a tale that could dig deeper

This story of a teenage druid whose body is discovered in a peat bog has memorable moments – but its evocation of time and place is unconvincing

The Guardian - UK

Paul Mescal reveals he would ‘love’ to play Irish rebel leader

The actor stated he has “always been so interested in that period of Irish history”

The Independent UK

You’re all being weird about ‘Hamnet’

Stop being weird about it!

The Mary Sue

Christmas dinner in a restaurant or kitchen carnage at home?

After several attempts at eating ‘out’, I’m still on the fence

The Guardian - UK

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Cinemablend

I Loved Hamnet For Many Reasons, But The Way It Explores Art Is One Of My Favorites. Let's Talk About It.

It's the best...

Cinemablend

I Loved Paul Mescal In Hamnet, But His Favorite Part Of The Movie Surprised Me

The actor talks portraying William Shakespeare.

The Independent UK

How Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal found the emotional power of 'Hamnet'

Chloé Zhao’s “Hamnet,” starring Paul Mescal as William Shakespeare and Jessie Buckley as his wife, Agnes, is expected to be one of the top Oscar contenders of the year

The Guardian - UK

Why Herefordshire was the perfect stand-in for Shakespeare’s Stratford in the new film of Hamnet

Crooked buildings, welcoming inns, ancient woodlands … it’s easy to see why the location scouts chose this idyllic corner of England

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The Guardian - UK

See the light: the beautiful, and radical, art of Anna Ancher – review

A solo exhibition devoted to the Danish painter who lived and worked in Skagen, a remote tip of northern Denmark, reveals her to be an artist of tenderness and vision

Tom’s Guide

A24's new offbeat comedy-drama is the weekend watch I didn't know I needed — stream it on HBO Max Now

A24's new comedy drama "Sorry, Baby" is one of the best films of the year, and now you can watch it on HBO Max.

Tom’s Guide

7 best new movies to stream this weekend on Prime Video, Netflix, Peacock, and more (Nov. 1-2)

Not sure what to watch this weekend? 'Jurassic World Rebirth,' 'Hedda,' 'Sorry, Baby,' and more movie night hits just landed on streaming

Total Film

6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (October 31 - November 2)

A new season of The Witcher and one of the best-reviewed movies of the year are among this week's best streaming titles

The Independent UK

What to Stream: 'Jurassic World Rebirth,' Florence + the Machine, &TEAM, 'Sorry, Baby' and 'Hedda'

“Jurassic World Rebirth” roaring and snarling on Peacock and Florence + the Machine’s latest Halloween-ready album, “Everybody Scream,” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you

The Conversation

London Film Festival: a hit year for human dramas – the films to look out for in 2026

It was a classic year at this year’s BFI London Film Festival, which took place earlier this month. If there was any observable shift, it was the number of filmmakers who turned to smaller-scale dramas of human connection, with action, fantasy and, to some degree, politics less prominent than usual.

The Mary Sue

‘Hamnet’ review: A breathtakingly real and perfect look at art, love, and grief

Art is for all, no matter its origin

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