Welcome To The Party Pal celebrates Best Picture contender and one of the most heart-wrenching cinematic experiences about, Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet…
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In this episode of Welcome To The Party Pal hosts Michael Shields and Ryan O’Connell celebrate Hamnet, the 2025 period drama film directed by Chloé Zhao, who co-wrote the screenplay with Maggie O’Farrell, based on the 2020 novel by O’Farrell. The film dramatises the family life of William Shakespeare and his wife Anne Hathaway as they cope with the death of their 11-year-old son Hamnet. It stars Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal as Anne and William, alongside Emily Watson, Joe Alwyn, and Noah Jupe in supporting roles. In this episode Michael and Ryan discuss the riveting acting in Hamnet, Max Richter’s infectious score, how art has the power to heal and awe, and so much more.
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