Chloé Zhao on “Hamnet,” Which Is Nominated for Eight Academy Awards
Director Chloe Zhao discusses her Oscar-nominated film Hamnet, a 16th-century drama about William Shakespeare and his wife Anne mourning the loss of their son, in conversation with The New Yorker’s Michael Schulman. Drawing from Maggie O’Farrell’s novel, Zhao reflects on her personal
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