The first conversation about a great film shouldn’t be the last…
It should just be the beginning.
Hi, I’m Alex Heeney: Film Critic, theatre nerd, educator, and engineer. And I run Seventh Row.

I design structured film programs for talking and thinking about films worth revisiting. We look again, ask new questions, and notice what we missed — so your thinking about a film doesn’t just deepen, it evolves.
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Insightful conversations on films that may have skimmed past the mainstream
On this podcast, expect deep dives into how film can help us make sense of ourselves, our experiences, and the world around us — from why Hollywood thinks the only way to tell stories about women is through their love lives, to how international, decades-old films can help us make sense of the current political climate, and everything in between.
To be clear, this isn’t a ‘watch this and think this’ podcast, but a ‘what happens for YOU if you approach this film with this knowledge in mind?’.
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