Best Seventh Row Podcasts (2024)

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142. Good One (feat. India Donaldson): A teenager heads into the woods with her divorced dad 36:49

5h ago36:49

36:49

Announcement: I'm covering TIFF, the Toronto International Film Festival! Sign up to receive my five essential tips for the film adventurer seeking a fantastic festival experience, whether at TIFF (or any other festival) at email.seventh-row.com/tiff24. --- Alex Heeney interviews writer-director (and Seventh Row fan!) India Donaldson about her debu…

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141. My Lady Jane: An addictive, swashbuckling, Tudor-era romance 1:18:11

4d ago1:18:11

1:18:11

Toronto film critic Nathalie Atkinson joins Alex Heeney to discuss their latest obsession -- Amazon Prime's swashbuckling fantasy series, My Lady Jane -- and why we can't stop thinking about it. From husbands that are sometimes horses, to intimacy coordination by Ita O'Brien (Normal People), to an incredible cast (Edward Bluemel!), the show is a wh…

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140. Mapantsula (1988) with director Oliver Schmitz 41:49

13d ago41:49

41:49

Announcement: Our new membership, Reel Ruminators: A Movie-of-the-Month Discussion Club is now open for new members in August! Doors close on August 9 at 11:59 p.m. EST. Once doors close, we won't be opening them again until October. Find out more and reserve your spot by clicking here. --- Alex Heeney interviews South African director and co-write…

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Introducing...Reel Ruminators: A Movie-of-the-Month Discussion Club 8:40

2M ago8:40

8:40

I've just launched a Reel Ruminators: A Movie-of-the-Month discussion Club, a new membership for movie lovers to watch amazing movies and meet other film lovers to discuss them. In this trailer, I will tell you more about Reel Ruminators and help you figure out whether it's a good fit for you. Doors are currently open to join, and doors close Thurs…

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139. Green Border with Agnieszka Holland 23:38

1M ago23:38

23:38

Announcement: Our new membership, Reel Ruminators: A Movie-of-the-Month Discussion Club is now open for new members in July! Doors close on July 4 at 11:59 p.m. Find out more and reserve your spot by clicking here. ---- Alex Heeney interviews legendary Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland about her Venice Jury Prize-Winning film, Green Border. Hollan…

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138. Ghostlight: An interview with Kelly O'Sullivan and Alex Thompson 25:40

2M ago25:40

25:40

Alex Heeney interviews co-directors Alex Thompson and Kelly O’Sullivan whose new film Ghostlight was a hit at Sundance. Ghostlight is the story of middle-aged construction worker Dan (Ian Keiser) who discovers that theatre and Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet are excellent outlets for working through his complicated feelings of grief, guilt, and anger.…

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137. Luca Guadagnino's Challengers with Andrew Kendall 1:27:13

3M ago1:27:13

1:27:13

In this episode, we discuss Luca Guadagnino’s new film Challengers (2024), which stars Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Seventh Row favourite Josh O’Connor as competitive tennis players and romantic rivals. Film critic and Katherine Hepburn obsessive Andrew Kendall joins host Alex Heeney for the episode. We are both Josh O’Connor super-fans and liked the f…

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Nowhere Special with James Norton and Uberto Pasolini 34:08

4M ago34:08

34:08

Director Uberto Pasolini and James Norton discuss avoiding sentimentality and collaborating on their film Nowhere Special (2020). Seventh Row Host Alex Heeney interviews them and offers her take on why this heartwarming and heartbreaking tearjerker is worth your time. James Norton plays John, a 35-year-old window cleaner and single dad who is dying…

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Promising Young Woman + The Assistant: Rape culture on film in 2020 (Redux) 1:44:52

9M ago1:44:52

1:44:52

Emerald Fennell's new film, Saltburn, comes out today, so we're re-releasing our 2021 episode about two very different depictions of rape culture from 2020: Fennell's revenge thriller Promising Young Woman and Kitty Green's The Assistant, a portrait of a young woman working in a misogynistic office environment. This is a landmark episode of the pod…

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Creative Nonfiction #5: Penny Lane on Confessions of a Good Samaritan and making a self-portrait 1:01:00

1y ago1:01:00

1:01:00

In the fifth and final episode of our Creative Nonfiction Film podcast season, Alex Heeney talks to Penny Lane about her experimentations with documentary form in Confessions of a Good Samaritan. The film is a trip inside Penny’s brain as she goes through the stressful process of anonymously donating her kidney and investigates why kidney donations…

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Creative Nonfiction #4: Sam Green on 32 Sounds and live documentary 1:21:02

1y ago1:21:02

1:21:02

In the fourth episode of our Creative Nonfiction Film podcast season, Alex Heeney talks to Sam Green about 32 Sounds and his work exploring the possibilities of his work that he describes as "live documentaries". These are part locked footage, part live performance, usually including a live band on stage performing the film's music. On this episode…

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Creative Nonfiction #3: Philippe Falardeau on Lac-Mégantic: This Is Not An Accident and rethinking the true crime doc 1:00:03

1y ago1:00:03

1:00:03

In the third episode of our Creative Nonfiction Film podcast season, Philippe Falardeau discusses Lac-Mégantic: This is Not An Accident is a four-part documentary series about the catastrophic 2013 trainwreck in Lac-Mégantic, its inevitability, the aftermath, and the government failure to change safety requirements to avoid another "accident" in fu…

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Creative Nonfiction #2: Sophie Fiennes on Four Quartets and documenting live theatre 1:24:30

1y ago1:24:30

1:24:30

In the second episode of our Creative Nonfiction Film podcast season, Sophie Fiennes discusses The Four Quartets and how she approaches documenting live performance on screen. In The Four Quartets, she captures the stage play of the same name, directed by and starring her brother, actor Ralph Fiennes. For the production, Ralph Fiennes adapted the T…

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Creative Nonfiction #1: An introduction 22:13

1y ago22:13

22:13

In the first episode of our Creative Nonfiction Film podcast season, Alex Heeney previews what to expect in this five-episode season and discusses what is creative nonfiction film. Click here to read the episode show notes. You will also find an AI-generated transcript in the show notes. Get the tote bag with the Céline Sciamma quote "Cinema is the…

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134: Justine Triet's Women on the Verge: In Bed With Victoria and Sibyl 1:42:52

1y ago1:42:52

1:42:52

In honour of Justine Triet's historic Palme d'Or win, we are republishing our in-depth discussion of her two most recent films for free. This episode was originally released on September 8, 2020 as episode 56. This week on the podcast we look at two of Justine Triet's feature films, In Bed With Victoria (2016) and Sibyl (2019). Both films are non-j…

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133: Berlinale 2023: Here, Delegation, The Teachers' Lounge, Le Paradis, and more 42:06

1+ y ago42:06

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On this episode, Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney talks about several highlights of the 2023 Berlinale from the festival's sidebars. 0:00 Intro to the Berlinale & the episode 4:12 Here (Belgium, dir. Bas Devos) 12:20 The Teacher’s Lounge (Germany, dir. İlker Çatak) 16:59 The Quiet Migration / Stille Liv (Denmark, dir. Malene Choi) 23:17 Intro to the Gen…

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Sundance 2023 #7: Best of the fest + documentaries Fantastic Machine, Is There Anybody Out There, The Stroll, and more 1:26:39

1+ y ago1:26:39

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In the seventh and final episode of the Sundance 2023 podcast season, we discuss the documentaries at Sundance 2023, focusing on the films Fantastic Machine, Is There Anybody Out There?, The Stroll, and Plan C. We also discuss the best films of Sundance and wrap up our discussion of the festival. 00:00 Introduction 01:26 Why we’re talking about doc…

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142. Good One (feat. India Donaldson): A teenager heads into the woods with her divorced dad 36:49

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141. My Lady Jane: An addictive, swashbuckling, Tudor-era romance 1:18:11

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140. Mapantsula (1988) with director Oliver Schmitz 41:49

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Introducing...Reel Ruminators: A Movie-of-the-Month Discussion Club 8:40

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139. Green Border with Agnieszka Holland 23:38

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138. Ghostlight: An interview with Kelly O'Sullivan and Alex Thompson 25:40

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137. Luca Guadagnino's Challengers with Andrew Kendall 1:27:13

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Nowhere Special with James Norton and Uberto Pasolini 34:08

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Promising Young Woman + The Assistant: Rape culture on film in 2020 (Redux) 1:44:52

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Creative Nonfiction #5: Penny Lane on Confessions of a Good Samaritan and making a self-portrait 1:01:00

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Creative Nonfiction #4: Sam Green on 32 Sounds and live documentary 1:21:02

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Creative Nonfiction #3: Philippe Falardeau on Lac-Mégantic: This Is Not An Accident and rethinking the true crime doc 1:00:03

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Creative Nonfiction #2: Sophie Fiennes on Four Quartets and documenting live theatre 1:24:30

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Creative Nonfiction #1: An introduction 22:13

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134: Justine Triet's Women on the Verge: In Bed With Victoria and Sibyl 1:42:52

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133: Berlinale 2023: Here, Delegation, The Teachers' Lounge, Le Paradis, and more 42:06

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Sundance 2023 #7: Best of the fest + documentaries Fantastic Machine, Is There Anybody Out There, The Stroll, and more 1:26:39

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