Hamnet

every second spend grieving is seconds that you spend keeping the memories of the one you have lost alive. i've been doing much of both these past six months, and i'll be doing it for the rest of my life. to be remembered even when gone is to be loved in the biggest way. all of that feeling, all of that dichotomy between emptiness and determination, has been captured within a beautiful two hours, and presented to us. not as mindless, half-attentioned muck, but as something worthy of our attention, of our time, of our trust. with some of the best acting and directing of any film of its year, in a year full with incredible performances and directors early on, agnes asks william to tell her a story, something that moves him. i can only imagine, upon seeing this completed work of art, the immense creative force behind it knew they were telling a story that would move the audience in a similar way, and it does. they succeeded, to showcase their love for a feeling that doesn't exist anymore, in order to keep their memory of it alive. and so shall we