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Hamnet

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date January 5 2026
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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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Hamnet

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date January 9 2026
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Directed by Chloé ZhaoCertificate 12A125 minutesReleased 9 January Shakespeare’s romantic relationship, family life and the tragedy of bereavement resulted in his writing one of his bestknown plays, Hamlet. In Elizabethan England, we are told at the start of Hamnet, the two names were interchangeable. Adapted from Maggie O’Farrell’s novel, this film is well-served by the landscape-friendly sensibilities […]

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Live Action Movies Shorts

Afternoon Clouds

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date March 17 2025
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Director – Payal Kapadia – 2017 – India – 13m ***** An old woman, her home and her cat interact in the former’s coastal flat – Kapadia’s first short evidences a sensibility which will inform her debut feature All We Imagine as Light – on the UK Blu-ray/DVD (Dual Format Edition) of All We Imagine […]

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Watership Down
(new 4K restoration)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date October 25 2024
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(new 4K restoration)
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Directed by Martin RosenCertificate PG92 minutesReleased 25 October Reviewed for Reform magazine. Now fully restored in a new 4K restoration, this 1978 tale of rabbits on the run proved that an animated film need be neither made by Disney nor sugar-coated for children. Watership Down, although a children’s film, came from the producer of the […]