HTSI editor’s letter: it’s a family affair

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This season’s arts theme took root while I was watching Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value, the story of a family overshadowed by a domineering director father who returns home after a long absence and disrupts the fragile equilibrium. The subject matter is Chekhovian in its presentation, and the plot is made even more intriguing by the fact…