Director – Chloé Zhao – 2025 – UK, US – Cert. 12a – 125m ***** An imagining of the story of William Shakespeare’s son Hamnet, whose name gave rise to the play Hamlet – Maggie O’Farrell’s adaptation of her own novel is out in UK cinemas on Friday, January 9th According to the opening title card, […]
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- Post date January 5 2026
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