Hamnet , the latest work of the wonderful Chinese filmmaker Chloé Zhao , who won best picture and director Oscars for 2020’s Nomadland , is an adaptation, written by Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell , of O’Farrell’s bestselling 2020 novel of the same name about the Shakespeare family. A tearjerker of the first order, it has become — in the wake of its Aug. 29 world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival, and subsequent screenings here, including the one that I caught on Saturday at the Werner Herzog Theatre — the most talked-about film at the fest. It also has generated a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score (including a THR rave ) and widespread Oscar buzz, not least for its lead performers.

Hamnet , the latest work of the wonderful Chinese filmmaker Chloé Zhao , who won best picture

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