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‘2024 Oscar Nominated Short Films’ Review: 15 Shorts In 3 Crucial Categories That Could Determine Who Wins Your Pool
Reviews of all 15 short films in Live Action, Animation, and Documentary that are nominated for Oscars this year
It is a lovely portrait, old fashioned and nostalgic of a peaceful French countryside with flowing lakes, homemade pies, and green gardens galore, but also one where Louise is made very aware of the fragility of life, the inevitibility of aging, and the importance of keeping memories close. His dialogue and star-driven 37 minute take on Roald Dahl’s whimsical The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar is probably the front runner here just for the fact it comes from Anderson, who has put his unmistakable stamp on it, and cast it up with a starry group all in fine form including Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel, Ben Kingsley, and a delicious turn from Ralph Fiennes. Danish director Lasse Lyskjaer Noer’s superb Knight Of Fortune (Ridder Lykke) somehow manages to be a wry, sometime funny, and ultimately winnningly human story of unending grief and regret set in a morgue where two men bond over the deceased bodies of their wives.
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