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It's Movie Time Jan 9, '26 Hamnet

HAMNET_FP_00281 Jacobi Jupe stars as Hamnet and Paul Mescal as William Shakespeare in director Chloé Zhao’s HAMNET, a Focus Features release. Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features / © 2025 FOCUS FEATURES LLC
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HAMNET_FP_00281 Jacobi Jupe stars as Hamnet and Paul Mescal as William Shakespeare in director Chloé Zhao’s HAMNET, a Focus Features release. Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features / © 2025 FOCUS FEATURES LLC

Film reviewed: Hamnet
by host John DeSando and guest, Mary Yerina

It’s Movie Time has won numerous national awards including LA Press Club, MarCom, Communicator, Hermes, and Silver Microphone honors.

Listen to the extended version of this show on Back Talk at WCBE 90.5 FM's The Podcast Experience:

https://www.wcbe.org/podcast/back-talk/2026-01-06/back-talk-1-9-26-hamnet

John DeSando, a Los Angeles Press Club first-place winner for National Entertainment Journalism, is also host of NPR’s WCBE’s Cinema Classics and podcasts Back Talk and Double Take, both of which are listed by Feedspot in the top 10 NPR movie podcasts.
Contact him at JohnDeSando52@gmail.com

Guest: Mary Yerina is a community volunteer serving on the board of Neighborhood Bridges and the executive committee of The ProMusica Sustaining Board.

It's Movie Time Jan 9, '26 Hamnet