Hamnet: The Play's Ultimately the Thing, But Family, Love and Loss Make It Linger
ReviewJim SlotekScreen depictions of Shakespeare's family, Hamnet, Author Maggie O’Farrell, Chloé Zhao, Stories of the plague, Jessie Buckley), Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, Jacobi Jupe, Cinematographer Lukasz Zal, Awards season movies
The History of Sound: A Queer Stealth-Folk Saga with Two of Today’s Most Intriguing Actors
ReviewJim SlotekSame-sex period-piece romance, The History of Sound, Paul Mescal, Josh O'Connor, Early 20th Century musicology, Director Oliver Hermanus, Living, Chris Cooper, Writer Ben Shattuck, Molly Price, Raphael Sbarge
Gladiator II: Exciting, But Rome’s Far from The Truth (Gettit?)
By Chris Knight
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All of Us Strangers: The Past is Present in a Brilliant Allegorical Tale of Belatedly Faced Grief
By Karen Gordon
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Foe: Faux Portrait of a Post-Apocalyptic Marriage
ReviewJim SlotekPost apocalyptic stories, Climate change, Foe, Humans leaving Earth to survive, Artificial intelligence, Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal, Aaron Pierre, Garth Davis, Iain Reid
Carmen: Dance, Spectacle and a Thin Thread of a Plot
Aftersun: Sparkling Debut Ponders Father-Daughter Love and the Essence of Memory
By Karen Gordon
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God’s Creatures: Emily Watson Anchors Sublime Story about Small-town Secrets and Lives
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekGod Creatures, Saela Davis, Shane Crowley, Anne Rose Holmer, Emily Watson, Paul Mescal, Aisling Franciosi, Irish, Small town Irish lives, Drama
