The Oscar-nominated short films are being presented in three programs: live action, animation and documentary. Each program is reviewed below by a separate critic. Live ActionWhatever your takeaways from the live action section of this year’s Oscar-nominated short films, a good laugh is unlikely to be among them. Those Danes, though! Although, bathed in the sickly spill of the morgue’s fluorescents, no one’s complexion here is exactly glowing.

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Persons: Oscar, Wes Anderson, Lasse Lyskjer, “ Knight, Fortune, ” Organizations: Danes