Hedda (2025)
First screened in November 2025
Director: Nia DaCosta. Cast: Tessa Thompson, Tom Bateman, Nina Hoss, Nicholas Pinnock, Imogen Poots, Finbar Lynch, Mirren Mack, Jamael Westman, Saffron Hunting, Jack Barry, Kathryn Hunter. Screenplay: Nia DaCosta (based on the play Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen).
In Brief:
Thompson fails as its center, and I never warmed to look or tone—but damn if it doesn't have spirit and bite. Snuck up on me.
VOR:④
Risks all over the place, especially by timid standards of its genre and mode. If striking details came together better, it'd really be something.
