The Rise of A24 - Sorry, Baby (2025) and Eddington (2025)

About this episode

The episode explores the impact of A24 through an analysis of their films Sorry, Baby and Eddington.

We are back with a new season of Film Trace. In this season, we will survey the short but illustrious history of film studio upstart A24. We will analyze how they have made such a massive impact on filmmaking in such a small amount of time. In this premiere episode, we are covering two new releases from A24: Sorry, Baby and Eddington . These two films act as bookends to the house style of A24. On one side - soft, highbrow, and cerebral. On the other - daring, outlandish, and transgressive. We pair the flighty rom com of The Holiday (2006) with Sorry, Baby and the conspiracy gumbo of JFK (1991) with Eddington . In dissecting these four films, the defining traits of A24’s style come sharply into focus. Major studios wouldn't touch either Sorry, Baby or Eddington . Eva Victor's Sorry, Baby is too quiet and too honest about sexual violence and its aftereffects. It also tells its story in a very non-linear fashion. Only an art-house imprint of a major studio would even consider releasing it. Eddington is resolutely an A24 film. Ari Aster is a devout auteur who chooses to tackle the origins of the Covid world where we all still very much reside. The film is diffuse, difficult, and…

People in this episode

Host: Film Trace

Topics covered

• A24
• film analysis
• independent cinema
• film history
• new releases

Keywords

• A24
• Sorry, Baby
• Eddington
• film analysis
• independent film
• Eva Victor
• Ari Aster

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: A24

Books & works: Sorry, Baby, Eddington, The Holiday, JFK

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