Your Guide to the Sad Moms of Oscar Season

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( OSCARS 2022 [Your Guide to the Sad Moms of Oscar Season]( From Spencer to The Lost Daughter, this awards season has been an unofficial film festival about mothers in distress. Photo: Vulture; Photos by Sony Pictures Classics, Warner Bros, Neon and Netflix “Children are a crushing responsibility. Happy birthday.” That’s Olivia Colman in [The Lost Daughter](, warding off a pushy, pregnant beachgoer who’s interrupting her relaxation. But it could also serve as the motto for this Oscar season, an unofficial film festival about mothers in distress. The sadness first popped up at Telluride, when I saw Spencer and The Lost Daughter in the same afternoon. By the time the rest of the contenders had arrived, it was clear: This was the year of sad moms at the movies. Some of them are sad about being moms, and some are sad about other things, but all are united in giving a few of our greatest actresses the chance to feast on all the complexities of maternal anxiety. [Read The Story »]( Devour pop culture with us. [Subscribe now](for unlimited access to Vulture and everything New York. The Latest TV Recaps • [The Bachelor:]( Nobody Puts Shanae-nae in a Corner • [Search Party:]( 3 Days Later [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [Every Movie Villain Is a Tech Bro The long-gestating archetype gets at a dull, persistent itch in our psyches that we can’t scratch away.]( [The Filth and Kindness of Bob Saget He was America’s Dad and a dirty comic, and his gift was that he could be both.]( [Thomas Ian Griffith on Bridging the Gap Between Karate Kid III and Cobra Kai “It’s totally ridiculous, this billionaire coming back. It was ridiculous back then, and it sort of still is, but that’s the premise of the show.”]( [The Worst Person in the World Has the Best Trailer of the Week “Sometimes I just want to feel things.”]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Vulture Recommends We consume it all so you don’t have to. Photo: Amazon Studios The latest from director Asghar Farhadi is a drama that plays like a thriller. Read [our review of A Hero](. [Read more from Vulture]( If you enjoyed reading Vulture’s daily newsletter, forward it to a friend. Or dive deeper into the Vulture universe with our other newsletters: • [1.5x Speed](: Podcast recommendations and listening notes from Nick Quah, sent every Wednesday. • [Buffering](: Joe Adalian reports on the streaming industry, sent every Thursday. • [The Housewives Institute Bulletin](: For dedicated students of the Reality TV Arts and Sciences, sent every other Friday. [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=daily) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 11th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2022, All rights reserved