Hamnet
2025
Chloé Zhao began her film career with a very specific model. Her early movies (Songs My Brothers Taught Me, The Rider, Nomadland) are microbudget indies cast with non-actors in very quiet, internal, and socially conscious naturalistic dramas. They were not my thing, and when Nomadland won Best Picture (and every other top award out there), I sneered a l…
