This week:

To Weep, or Not to Weep

Crying on Thanksgiving is, naturally, nothing new for most of us. But what about crying on purpose?

That, so to speak, is the question.

There are big movies out now over the holiday weekend that I’m sure families will want to see together. Don’t be a hater, and just buy tickets for Wicked: For Good already; resistance is futile. It’s a delight to report that Zootopia 2 is as good as the first movie. And, should you not want to wait for its Netflix berth next month, the new Knives Out sequel is now having a theatrical run.

Or, hear me out: Gather the entire clan—grandma, Aunt Susan, your stoned younger cousin—and go cry at Hamnet together.

Hamnet is from Oscar-winning filmmaker Chloé Zhao, who was behind the COVID-era awards favorite Nomadland.

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