Noah Baumbach on his film Marriage Story. Plus: everything you need to know before the Oscars

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🗓️ 6 February 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

We're back with a brand new season! In our pre-Oscars special, Gris talks to Noah Baumbach, director of the nominated film Marriage Story, about love, divorce — and how Netflix is changing film. Plus: the FT's film critic Danny Leigh drops into the studio ahead of the Academy Awards. Who's going to win? Who really should win? And do the Oscars — for which no female directors and just one actor of colour were nominated — still matter in 2020?

As always, we'd love to hear from you. Say hi on Twitter @FTCultureCall, or by email at [email protected] to tell us what you're reading, watching, listening to or otherwise obsessed with. And if you enjoy the show, why not leave us a review on Apple Podcasts?

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Recommended links:

Kaitlin Prest's podcast The Heart - specifically the mini-series ‘No’ (she's our next guest): https://www.theheartradio.org/all-episodes

The FT's Academy Awards package: https://www.ft.com/Oscars2020

The Spotify soundtrack of Jagged Little Pill (the Alanis Morissette musical): https://open.spotify.com/album/3JUvh3Ch6QFxguLABtTOE3

FT review of Anna Wiener's book Uncanny Valley (paywall): https://www.ft.com/content/77a8d150-33a8-11ea-a329-0bcf87a328f2

Danny Leigh's review of Uncut Gems (paywall): https://www.ft.com/content/b717ed0e-322b-11ea-a329-0bcf87a328f2

FT review of Charlotte Salomon at the Jewish Museum, London: https://www.ft.com/content/97e00f90-0484-11ea-9afa-d9e2401fa7ca

FT review of Uncle Vanya, London (paywall): https://www.ft.com/content/adf70afe-4359-11ea-abea-0c7a29cd66fe

Ekow Eshun on Masculinities at the Barbican, London (paywall): https://www.ft.com/content/eaaeeff4-422b-11ea-bdb5-169ba7be433d

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0:00.0	Hello, you're listening to Culture Call, a transatlantic conversation from the Financial Times.
0:11.1	I'm Grizalda-Marie Brown in London.
0:13.2	And I'm Lila Raptopoulos in New York.
0:16.1	And this is the first episode of season two.
0:19.2	Coming up today.
0:20.8	I felt like exploring the end of a marriage,
0:24.0	you know, it's like by throwing an egg on the floor
0:25.6	and seeing what's inside,
0:27.3	that I could actually find ways to actually talk about
0:30.2	the relationship in a kind of general way
0:32.6	and also tell a kind of love story.
0:41.2	Lionel. and also tell a kind of love story. Lila, here we are back in the studio.
0:43.3	We're back.
0:44.0	How does it feel?
0:45.9	It feels so good.
0:47.5	It feels very cozy in my little audio booth in the middle of the newsroom
0:51.3	and really feeling enveloped in a hug. Great. How are you? Yeah, fine. I'm wrapped up in lots of layers because apart from the fact that I've got lots of room here, it's absolutely freezing in this studio. And this season, I'm not taking any chances. I've got literally a blanket. Oh, good. Today's show is a little bit of a movie special. aheadhead of the Oscars, we have Noah Bomback on.
1:12.7	Yeah, so Noah Bamback is known for his offbeat New York comedies,
1:16.0	films like The Squid and the Whale, Francis Haar, Mistress America.
1:20.1	And I'm sure lots of people have seen his latest film Marriage Story,
1:23.6	which has been nominated for lots of awards and stars Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson.
1:29.4	And after that, we have the FT's new film critic, Danny Lee, on the show. I'm very excited for this.
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