“Hamnet” Composer Max Richter on the Song That Gave Director Chloé Zhao an Epiphany to Rewrite the Film’s Ending

The bard and his muses live again. Director Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, the film adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s award-winning 2020 historical novel, is enrapturing audiences in theaters now. Zhao both co-wrote the screenplay with O’Farrell and co-edited the film, which follows the passionate but complicated relationship between a young scribe named William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) and his incandescent wife, Agnes (a phenomenal Jessie Buckley). It is a story loosely based on what is known of Shakespeare’s life.

“Sinners” Writer/Director Ryan Coogler on Channeling Louisiana’s Creative Rhythm Into His Period Monsterpiece

Sinners, written, produced, and directed by Ryan Coogler, is hands down one of the year’s biggest cinematic successes. Coogler’s passion project found the filmmaker at the peak of his powers, and fans already primed to see anything from the still young visionary were ready to go once Sinners bowed. Yet it wasn’t just Coogler fans who flocked to the theaters—critical raves and word of mouth turned Coogler’s original period vampire epic into an early-year smash.

Runtime & Theater Locations Revealed for Massive “Stranger Things” Series Finale

With Vol. 1 of the fifth and final season of Stranger Things now streaming on Netflix, the big finish, the epic finale, is within grasp—and now we know just how epic it will be, and where you can see it on the big screen.

Fans will, of course, be able to enjoy the series finale in the comfort of their homes, but for those who want to take in the Duffer Brothers’

“Hamnet” Costume Designer Malgosia Turzanska Reveals How Leather Wounds and Clay Tell Shakespeare’s Story

Chloé Zhao’s period drama Hamnet follows a spirited young couple in 16th-century England — the earthy, radiant Agnes (a superb Jessie Buckley) and her besotted, occasionally brooding husband Will (an also excellent Paul Mescal), who channels his own formidable gifts onto the page (and becomes, of course, the Bard). Their love is tested in the most extreme ways, as Will’s career aspirations and the death of their young son, Hamnet (Jacobi Jupe),

“Avatar: Fire and Ash” Reactions Hail James Cameron’s Scorching Cinematic Spectacle

The first reactions to James Cameron’s third Avatar installment have arrived after the film had a handful of press screenings on Monday night. It seems that, once again, Cameron has delivered another stunningly ambitious epic.

Fire and Water arrives only a few years after the second film in the franchise, The Way of Water, thanks to the fact that Cameron and his team shot The Way of Water and Fire and Ash back-to-back.

“Kiss of the Spider Woman” Costume Designers Colleen Atwood & Christine L. Cantella Conjure Old Hollywood Magic

Kiss of the Spider Woman is threaded with beauty and pain, glamour and magic. Based on the stage musical and the original novel by Manuel Puig, Bill Condon’s film is a movie about the power of escapism and how love can inspire, even in the darkest of circumstances. Condon’s adaptation is a love story, a war story, and a musical — all tied together with old school cinematic bravura. 

The work of costume designers Colleen Atwood and Christine L.

How “Hamnet” Costume Designer Malgosia Turzanska Used Color to Chart Grief

A poetic exercise in healing through art, Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, a cinematic meditation on grief, forgiveness, loss, and love, makes for a visually stunning period drama. Based on Maggie O’Farrell’s novel — who also co-wrote the screenplay with Zhao — Hamnet imagines that William Shakespeare’s (Paul Mescal) renowned stage play Hamlet was inspired by the death of his son, Hamnet (Jacobi Jupe). This story centers on his wife,

How “Stranger Things” Revived the 1980s: From Eggo Waffles to Kate Bush

Most people who lived through the 80s remember the big hair, questionable neon fashion, and analog inconveniences with a mix of fondness and maybe some regret. And yet, somehow, Stranger Things has convinced Gen Z that physical media is cool and mullets should make a comeback. Fashion quickly followed, with people searching for vintage denim jackets and other 80s-inspired clothes.

What started as a supernatural adventure set in 1983 has grown into a cultural force that does far more than reference nostalgia.

The Boy Who Survived: Will Byers’ Journey to the “Stranger Things” Finale

Since returning from the Upside Down in the first season, Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) has never truly been the same. Haunted by possession, sensing the hive mind and the lingering presence of Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower), Will moves through Hawkins with the weight of an entire other world on his shoulders. Some fans believe that Vecna was the force that first pulled Will into the darkness, setting everything in motion. 

“Stranger Things” Season 4 Recap: Getting Upside Down From Eddie’s Guitar Solo to Vecna’s Revenge

We took you through the first three seasons of all the supernatural doings in Hawkins, Indiana. It’s not often that a show surges to its peak level of popularity in the fourth season, but that’s precisely what happened with the Duffer Brothers’ juggernaut series. Stranger Things season 4 broke records and the internet. In June 2022, The Credits wrote that season 4 “smashed the record for the best premiere for an English-language series,

“Stranger Things” Seasons 1-3 Summary: What You Need to Know Ahead of Season 5

You may have watched all 35 hours of Stranger Things seasons 1-4, but with those releases spread across the past decade, many viewers are in need of a recap. Season 5 is set to be even more jam-packed and arrives at the speed of a scampering demogorgon on November 26. Volume 1 consists of the first four episodes and runs 4 hours and 31 minutes. Run times for Volume 2, which streams on Netflix on Christmas Day and consists of three episodes and the finale.

Edgar Wright & Screenwriter Michael Bacall on Sending Glen Powell Into a Retro-Futuristic Nightmare in “The Running Man”

The Running Man is both an Edgar Wright film and a faithful adaptation of Stephen King. Long before the director made the cult comedy series Spaced and shot his Cornetto Trilogy, he had the inkling that this story would make for a proper film. The fun and violent hijinks aside, the Arnold Schwarzenegger-led film from ’87 isn’t exactly true to the source material.

For Wright and his co-writer,

“Stranger Things” Unleashes Kinetic Final Trailer for Season 5, Vol. 1

The final trailer for Stranger Things season 5 (volume 1) has arrived, revealing our fearless Hawkins’ heroes have a plan to take the battle to Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) and end his reign of terror once and for all. “I want to see Vecna’s heart on a platter,” says the always game Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo), and his comrades agree.

The new trailer isn’t nearly as long as the bombastic,

C’est La Vie: “The White Lotus” Season 4 Is Going to France

While it seemed like the most likely destination for a while now, HBO and HBO Max Chairman and CEO Casey Bloys finally said oui, Mike White‘s The White Lotus will be heading to France for season 4.

Bloys confirmed France as the destination for White’s perennially buzzy series during Thursday’s HBO Max programming slate presentation in New York.

“It’s going to be in France,” Bloys said at the presentation,

“Wicked: For Good” DP Alice Brooks on Harnessing Fire & Shadows to Forge an Unforgettable Finale

A wizard of color and light, cinematographer Alice Brooks knew Wicked: For Good would require a very different tone and texture from what she delivered for audiences in the first film.

The second part of the epic adaptation of the Broadway musical, itself a prequel to The Wizard of Oz and adapted from Gregory Maguire’s novel, focuses on the maelstrom surrounding Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West,

Tom Cruise Shares First Look at Mysterious New Film From Oscar-Winning Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu

This past weekend at the Governors Awards in Los Angeles, Tom Cruise received his first Oscar and delivered an emotional speech about the role that film has in his life. “Making films is not what I do, it is who I am,” Cruise said, and few could argue with the statement. When Cruise took to the stage, the man to greet him there was visionary Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu, who said, “This may be his first Oscar,

How “SISU: Road to Revenge” Writer/Director Jalmari Helander Crafted Seven Chapters of Unrelenting Chaos

If John Wick had a Finnish uncle, it would probably be Aatami Korpi (Jorma Tommila) from writer-director Jalmari Helander’s sleeper hit SISU (2022). In those events, the unspoken, never say die ex-soldier unearths gold in his war-torn country only to fend off German officers trying to steal it, killing hundreds in the process and earning him the moniker sisu. (The Finnish word roughly translates to “unyielding courage in the face of impossible odds.”)

Korpi now returns in SISU: Road to Revenge,

“Wicked: For Good” Review Round-Up: An Emotionally Resonant Finale With Two Unforgettable Performances

The first reactions to Jon M. Chu‘s Wicked: For Good were stellar when we reported on them back in late September. Now, the embargo for full-scale reviews has been lifted, and the critics have spoken. Chu and his team, most crucially his two mega-stars, Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Glinda, have stuck the landing—Wicked: For Good is being hailed by most critics as even better and more emotionally resonant than the critically acclaimed blockbuster that preceded it.

The Legend Comes to Life: First Look at Zelda and Link in Nintendo’s Live-Action Epic “The Legend of Zelda”

Nintendo and Sony have revealed the first look at their live-action The Legend of Zelda. The image features Bo Bragason as Princess Zelda and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as the young swordsman Link. The adaptation of Nintendo’s iconic game is directed by Wes Ball (Maze Runner, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes) from a script by Derek Connolly and T.S. Nowlin.

“Moana” Live-Action Trailer Reveals Catherine Laga’aia & Dwayne Johnson’s Epic Adventure

The first look at Disney’s live-action Moana has taken to the high seas with a new swashbuckling trailer. Dwayne Johnson returns as Maui—now in the flesh after having voiced the character in the original 2016 animated blockbuster and the 2024 sequel Moana 2. He’s joined by Catherine Laga‘aia as the titular character (previously voiced by Auli‘i Cravalho), the adventurous teenager who, with Maui’s help, sets off on a daring quest to save her island home and her people.