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Home / Podcasts / Ep. 48: The best films of 2020 (so far)

Seventh Row Editors / July 14, 2020

Ep. 48: The best films of 2020 (so far)

Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney and Executive Editor Orla Smith (plus special guests) discuss the best films so far in one of cinema’s most unusual years.

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This episode features Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney and Executive Editor Orla Smith, with special appearances by Ben Flanagan (@manlikeflan), Associate Editor Brett Pardy, Fatima Sheriff (@reaffirmsfaith), Mike Thorn (@MikeThornWrites), Valeria Villegas Lindvall, and Lena Wilson (@lenalwilson).

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Podcast episodes related to the best films of 2020 (so far)

  • Listen to our episode Shirley and Portraits of Female Artists
  • Listen to our episode Abortion on screen and Never Rarely Sometimes Always
  • Listen to our episode Comparing Emma Adaptations
  • Listen to our episode on Sorry We Missed You and Peterloo

Lockdown Film School sessions related to the best films of 2020 (so far)

  • Watch our Lockdown Film School session on directing with Alice Winocour
  • Watch our Lockdown Film School session on nonfiction filmmaking with Penny Lane and Carol Nguyen
  • Sign-up for this Sunday’s Lockdown Film School session on directing with Jasmin Mozaffari and Darya Zhuk

Check out our contributing critics

  • Ben Flanagan is an editor for Cinema Year Zero and
  • Fatima Sheriff is a film critic for Screen Queens
  • Mike Thorn’s work can be found on his website Mike Thorn Writes
  • Valeria Villegas Lindvall can be found on Mai: Feminism and Visual Culture and in the upcoming book Women Make Horror
  • Lena Wilson can be found on her website

Recommended reading on the best films of 2020 (so far)

  • Read Orla’s interview with Anne at 13,000 ft director Kazik Radwanski
  • Read Orla’s interview with The Assistant director Kitty Green
  • Read Orla’s interview with Crystal Swan writer-director Darya Zhuk
  • Read Alex’s interview with Ema director Pablo Larraín and lead actress Mariana di Girolamo
  • Read Alex’s celebration of Josh O’Connor’s performance in Emma
  • Read Orla’s review of First Cow
  • Read Brett’s review of First Stripes
  • Read Orla’s interview with Kuessipan director Myriam Verreault and co-writer Noami Fontaine
  • Read Alex’s interview with No Crying at the Dinner Table director Carol Nguyen
  • Read Orla’s interview with The Perfect Candidate director Haifaa Al-Mansour
  • Read Orla’s interview with Proxima director Alice Winocur
  • Read Ben’s interview with Swallow director Carlo Mirabella-Davis

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