"Sentimental Value" And Belated Oscar Breakthroughs with Joe Reid
2/26/20261 hr 18 min
This week we’re in hygge mode, uncovering traumas in our generational home with the host of This Had Oscar Buzz, Joe Reid! One of the breakout Oscar films of the year is Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value, a warm, realist Norwegian film about a difficult but brilliant director (Stellan Skarsgard), his two daughters (Renate Reinsve and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas), and an American actress cast in the auteur’s new film (Elle Fanning). All four performances earned Oscar nominations, along with nominations for Best Picture, Best International Feature, Best Film Editing, and Best Original Screenplay.
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[trumpets play] Welcome to Critical Darlings, a conversation about the award season conversation, one contender at a time. [cymbals clash] Please welcome to the stage your hosts, Richard Lawson and Alison Wilmore.
Richard Lawson· Host0:22
[claps] [claps] Marie, thank you as ever for your spirited introduction. Uh, we are once again joined with producer Ben. Hello, Ben.
Alison Willmore· Host0:32
Hello.
Richard Lawson· Host0:32
And we have a special guest, uh, from Vulture- Yes ... uh, Alison's coworker, and the host of This Had Oscar Buzz, the podcast, Joe Reid. Hello.
Joe Reid· Guest0:42
Hi. Thank you for having me.
Richard Lawson· Host0:44
Well, we're glad we, you could make it.
Joe Reid· Guest0:45
Me too.
Richard Lawson· Host0:46
Especially 'cause you're in a really busy time of your working life right now.
Joe Reid· Guest0:50
Yes.
Richard Lawson· Host0:50
You, every- people don't know every year Joe does a ranking of every film, eve- short or feature- Yes ... right?
Joe Reid· Guest0:58
Every single one.
Richard Lawson· Host0:58
Nominated for an Oscar.
Joe Reid· Guest0:59
Yes.
Richard Lawson· Host0:59
So you have to watch a ton of shit.
Joe Reid· Guest1:01
50 of them this year.
Richard Lawson· Host1:01
And I say shit deliberately.
Joe Reid· Guest1:02
[laughs] [laughs] Sometimes.
Richard Lawson· Host1:04
'Cause a lot of times there's bad stuff.
Joe Reid· Guest1:05
Uh-huh.
Richard Lawson· Host1:05
Um- Live action short has not covered itself in glory for many, many years [laughs] I feel like. Oh, God. This, no, is it any better this year?
Joe Reid· Guest1:10
No, it's, I was, I was saying to Alison earlier, there are fewer things that feel like absolutely terrible and awful. You know, there's usually some like incredibly treacly like animated short or whatever, or like a live action short and it's like- And it wins. [laughs] Right, and it inevitably wins. Um, there's none of those, but there's also none of like the one or two that are