Entertainment ❯ Film ❯ Themes

Grief

Coping Mechanisms Family Relationships Loss Parenting Healing Personal Experience Family Dynamics Love Personal Connection Redemption Mother-Daughter Relationships Trauma Artistic Expression Coping with Loss Emotional Impact Survival Mother-Daughter Relationship Character Development Healing through Art Identity Self-Discovery Holiday Movies Honesty Existential Paranoia Childhood Consequences of Past Rationalism Religion Revenge Single Parenthood Depression Rituals Male Vulnerability Loss of a Twin Character Motivation Loneliness Cycle of Abuse Existential Crisis Personal Growth Familial Relationships Holocaust Survivors Male Emotion Addiction Cycles of Abuse Representation in Film Patriarchy Forgiveness Empathy Family Strife Relationships Conflict Human Resilience Female Relationships Seeking Peace Motherhood Perception Holocaust Appropriation Emotional Response Personal Reflection Personal Storytelling Personal Stories Family Loss Tributes Remembrance Female Experience Intergenerational Trauma Impact on Characters Mental Illness Aging Parental Loss Comedy of Grief Hatred Relationship Drama Hamnet Supernatural Forces Creative Expression Family Supernatural Psychological Manipulation Humanity Loss and the Undead Romantic Relationships Love and Empathy Moving On Impact on Character Mythology Existential Themes Single Motherhood Impact on Art Falconry

Micro-Budget Horror 'Undertone' Opens to $9.3 Million for A24

Private financing helped transform festival buzz into a lucrative A24 rollout.

Tom Hanks to Play Abraham Lincoln in Film Adaptation of Lincoln in the Bardo

Hideo Kojima Hails Chloé Zhao’s ‘Hamnet’ as Awards Momentum Builds

H Is for Hawk Lands in UK and Ireland Cinemas Friday After Festival Run

We Bury the Dead Opens in U.S. Theaters With a Grief-Driven Take on Zombies

Daisy Ridley’s Zombie Drama ‘We Bury the Dead’ Opens in Theaters Jan. 2

H Is for Hawk Trailer Debuts as Release Dates Set

‘Dead of Winter’ Opens With Strong Notices for Emma Thompson in Icy Kidnap Thriller

Scarlett Johansson Cites Robert Redford’s Guidance as Her Directorial Debut Nears Release

Glenn Close Says Nude Scene in The Summer Book Was Her Idea

TIFF Hails Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet as Buckley and Mescal Draw Raves

At TIFF, Scarlett Johansson’s Eleanor the Great Earns Praise for June Squibb as Ethics of Its Premise Draw Scrutiny

Twinless Opens in Theaters to Strong Notices for Dylan O’Brien and James Sweeney

Hamnet Becomes the Talk of Telluride After Rapturous World Premiere

Sony Pictures Classics Takes North American Rights to Pedro Almodóvar’s Bitter Christmas

Cooper Hoffman Ties 'The Long Walk' Role to Grief for His Late Father

Dacre Montgomery Channels Personal Grief in Supernatural Drama 'Went Up the Hill'

Seven-Hot-Dog Shot in Weapons Prompts Trevor Moore Tribute Theory

Scarlett Johansson Unveils Trailer for Her Directorial Debut Eleanor the Great

Aaron Pierre Joins Patrick Schwarzenegger and Margaret Qualley in Love of Your Life