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'The Interview': Chloé Zhao Is Yearning to Know How to Love

January 24, 2026·48 min·3-min readinterviewentertainment
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Chloe Zhao, an Oscar-winning director known for her poetic and mystical approach to filmmaking, discusses how her personal struggles with fear, identity, and death have shaped her art — especially her Golden Globe-winning film Hamnet — and how she's learning to embrace life's chaos, imp

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Chloe Zhao

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Chloe ZhaoDavid MarcheseTerrence MalickMaggie O'FarrellMax WeberM. Gessen

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Hamnetby Maggie O'Farrell

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Film CriticismMental HealthMoviesPhilosophyPop CultureSelf Improvement

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