My Oscar Predictions 2026
One year ago, the Oscars were marked by uncertainty. Wildfires had ravaged parts of greater Los Angeles and dampened the mood. How would Conan O'Brien do as host his first…
Sentimental Value: Life with Father
Stellan Skarsgård and Elle Fanning. Photo: Neon When my parents sold the house where I grew up and moved into an apartment, I walked through the increasingly empty rooms and…
Worst Person in the World: Millennial Angst
Renate Reinsve. Photo: Oslo Pictures As Joachim Trier was making his final chapter in a trilogy of films that began with Reprise (2006) and continued with Oslo, August 31st (2011),…
Oslo, August 31st
Anders (Anders Danielsen Lie), who has just been released from a drug rehab clinic in Oslo, has a job interview but visits an old friend (Hans Olav Brenner) first; their…