#sentimental-value

#sentimental-value

Joachim Trier isn't 100 percent comfortable with the fact that his Oscar contender, " Sentimental Value," is being labeled a melodrama. But then again, he was never comfortable with the idea of ever making a film that could be interpreted as one. On the Filmmaker Toolkit podcast, the self-described "counterculture punk" said his decision to tackle the emotional family story was his most difficult.

I remember opening our bounty of wedding gifts vividly. Ten years ago, right after our wedding, my husband and I road-tripped to New Orleans for our honeymoon, and we passed the time on the road by opening a gift every hour or so. With every bit of tissue paper, we felt like the most well-loved people in the world. Friends and family gave us so many of the things we needed to set up our home and start our family. I thought for sure that every single kind gesture would be bright in my mind forever, but it turns out that many of the specifics of those gifts have faded and been replaced by the feeling of the warm glow of support I felt opening them, as my mind has filled up with 10 more years of life.

As I turned 25, I reflected on my relationship with material possessions and decided to let go of childhood items that no longer served me.

Stellan Skarsgård is set to receive the Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for his significant contributions to filmmaking.

Swindling customers can't seem to help themselves from bringing home more than leftovers. Restaurant patrons are willing to pull an 'Ocean's Eleven' all for a measly bottle of ketchup.

Sentimental value is distinct from monetary, instrumental, and aesthetic values, focusing instead on the extrinsic properties connected to personal relationships and memories with objects.