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Home / Podcasts / Ep. 74: Best of 2020

Seventh Row Editors / January 12, 2021

Ep. 74: Best of 2020

Seventh Row editors Alex Heeney and Orla Smith discuss the best films of 2020, with help from some special guests.

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Clockwise from top left: City Hall (Frederick Wiseman), Monkey Beach (Loretta Todd), First Cow (Kelly Reichardt), and Spinster (Andrea Dorfman)

This episode features Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney and Executive Editor Orla Smith

Special guests:

  • Ricardo Gallegos (@wallyrgr), Editor in chief of La Estatuilla and contributor at Shuffle Online
  • Andrew Pope (@WhitlockAndPope), Writer at WhitlockAndPope.com
  • Lindsay Pugh (@lindsaypugh), Creator of Woman in Revolt
  • Shelagh Rowan-Legg (@bonnequin), Contributing Editor at ScreenAnarchy
  • Michael Snydel (@Snydel), Freelancer and chair of The Film Stage Show (and our podcast editor)
  • Lena Wilson (@lenalwilson), Culture critic

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Show notes

  • Listen to our podcast episode from July on the best of 2020 (so far)
  • Listen to our podcast episode featuring Ammonite
  • Listen to our podcast episode featuring Another Round
  • Listen to our podcast episode featuring The Assistant
  • Listen to our podcast episode featuring City Hall
  • Listen our podcast episode featuring First Cow
  • Preview or purchase our ebook Roads to nowhere Kelly Reichardt’s broken American dreams, featuring essays on all of her films and in-depth interviews with Reichardt and her collaborators on First Cow
  • Listen to our podcast episode featuring First Stripes
  • Listen to our podcast episode featuring I Used to Go Here
  • Read Alex’s review with Monkey Beach director Loretta Todd
  • Listen to our podcast episode featuring Monkey Beach
  • Listen to our podcast episode about Never Rarely Sometimes Always and abortion on screen.
  • Preview or purchase our ebook Portraits of resistance: The cinema of Céline Sciamma
  • Listen to our podcast episode featuring Proxima
  • Read Orla’s interview with Proxima director Alice Winocour
  • Listen to our podcast episode featuring Rustic Oracle
  • Listen to our podcast episode featuring Sibyl
  • Listen to our podcast episode featuring Sorry We Missed You
  • Read Orla’s interview with Spinster director Andrea Dorfman
  • Read our critic’s survey of the best films of 2020
  • Check out our Lockdown Film School sessions
  • Visit our merchandise store

For more on each of the films, including where to view them, please see our article Seventh Row picks the 30 best films of 2020

Read our other Best of 2020 articles

  • Best Canadian films
  • Best cinematography
  • Best costume design
  • Best lead performances

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