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Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal in Hamnet (2025)

Shakespeare in Mourning

Review: Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, with Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal, transforms Shakespeare’s grief into powerful cinema. An Oscar contender.

Indya Moore and Luka Sabbat in Father Mother Sister Brother (2025)

Father Mother Sister Brother Review

Father Mother Sister Brother is a game, and like all games, it is deadly serious—a film made by a neurotic who still knows how to laugh and smile (and sometimes cry).

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Brendan Fraser and Shannon Mahina Gorman in Rental Family (2025)

Rental Family (2025) | Transcript

An American actor in Tokyo struggling to find purpose lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese “rental family” agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers. He rediscovers purpose, belonging, and the beauty of human connection.

Memories (1995)

Memories (1995) | Transcript

A freighter crew responds to a distress call from a station run by an AI opera diva. The AI manipulates life support, VR, and nanosystems, posing dangers the crew must overcome to survive.

Avatar Fire and Ash (2025)

Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) | Transcript

Jake and Neytiri’s family grapples with grief, encountering a new, aggressive Na’vi tribe, the Ash People, who are led by the fiery Varang, as the conflict on Pandora escalates and a new moral focus emerges.

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