Hamnet review

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Hamnet: immersive and transformative filmmaking

Journey back to 1580 England with Popcorn Podcast for a review of Chloé Zhao's breathtaking Hamnet. After losing their son Hamnet (Jacobi Jupe) to plague, Agnes (Jessie Buckley) and William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) grapple with grief. Healer Agnes must find strength to care for her surviving children while processing her devastating loss. Hamnet is about love and death and how these two foundational human experiences can alchemise and transform each other through art and storytelling. In this deep and thoughtful episode, Leigh and Tim discuss the story and its performances through the lens of its Oscar-winning director. But is it the awards darling everyone predicts?

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