<description>&lt;p&gt;Evan is back! We're happy to have him. First up is Megan's solo turn on &lt;a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14905854/"&gt;HAMNET&lt;/a&gt; (2:19), director Chloé Zhao's adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's novel (with a screenplay by Zhao and O'Farrell), a historical drama about Anne Hathaway and William Shakespeare's marriage following the tragic death of their 11-year-old son. Then Evan, Megan, and Dave talk about Paul Thomas Anderson's &lt;a href= "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30144839/"&gt;ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER&lt;/a&gt; (15:16), but Dave is called away mid-conversation by a child in need (one of his, not some rando who wandered in from the hinterlands). Evan and Megan pick up the conversation and then discuss writer-director Jafar Panahi's latest, the nakedly anti-authoritarian thriller &lt;a href= "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36491653/"&gt;IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT&lt;/a&gt; (42:09), which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes and is France's submission for Best International Feature Film at the 2026 Academy Awards. &lt;a href= "https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-595-way-145110678?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&amp;utm_source=copyLink&amp;utm_campaign=postshare_creator&amp;utm_content=join_link"&gt; Over on Patreon&lt;/a&gt;, we talk about our poll winner, the 2013 summer movie &lt;a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1727388/"&gt;THE WAY WAY BACK&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Spoilerpiece Theatre

Evan Crean, Megan Kearns, and David Riedel

Episode #595: ""Hamnet," "One Battle After Another," and "It Was Just an Accident"

DEC 5, 202568 MIN
Spoilerpiece Theatre

Episode #595: ""Hamnet," "One Battle After Another," and "It Was Just an Accident"

DEC 5, 202568 MIN

Description

Evan is back! We're happy to have him. First up is Megan's solo turn on HAMNET (2:19), director Chloé Zhao's adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's novel (with a screenplay by Zhao and O'Farrell), a historical drama about Anne Hathaway and William Shakespeare's marriage following the tragic death of their 11-year-old son. Then Evan, Megan, and Dave talk about Paul Thomas Anderson's ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (15:16), but Dave is called away mid-conversation by a child in need (one of his, not some rando who wandered in from the hinterlands). Evan and Megan pick up the conversation and then discuss writer-director Jafar Panahi's latest, the nakedly anti-authoritarian thriller IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (42:09), which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes and is France's submission for Best International Feature Film at the 2026 Academy Awards. Over on Patreon, we talk about our poll winner, the 2013 summer movie THE WAY WAY BACK.