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.
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).
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
Roads to Nowhere: Kelly Reichardt’s broken American dreams
- Pre-order your copy of our newest ebook to discover how modern master Kelly Reichardt operates, and to read a series of essays about each of Reichardt’s films, which examine her thoughtful, quiet portraits of everyday lives.
- Read a free chapter from Roads To Nowhere, featuring an interview with Lily Gladstone
- Purchase your Kelly Reichardt mug
