Live action shorts: Stories of life, death and the quirkiest of in-betweens

With the live-action short film “Knight of Fortune,” Danish filmmaker Lasse Lyskjær Noer aims to create a nuanced portrayal of grief, balancing the sterility of death with the warmth of human connection. I think what makes us laugh in ‘Knight of Fortune’ is incongruence.. You expect something, but then something else happens.” Noer was inspired to make “Knight of Fortune” after experiencing losses in his own life. The film doesn’t solely focus on the specific incident of his death; it delves deeper into the ‘why’ behind this tragedy, exploring the nuanced layers that accompanied it.” “Red, White and Blue” touches on the Supreme Court decision to reverse Roe vs. Wade. For many people who are struggling, it’s not so much that they need you to look at them and say, ‘It’s all going to be OK,’ it’s just for them to believe that they matter as they always have, and I hope that sense of healing is in this film.” Benedict Cumberbatch stars in Wes Anderson’s “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.” ‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’ Though his feature-length “Asteroid City” didn’t make this year’s Oscars cut, Wes Anderson makes his debut in the shorts category with “Henry Sugar,” the jewel of a series of Roald Dahl adaptations the auteur made for Netflix.