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Discover must-see films nobody else is talking about

On Seventh Row, you’ll find in-depth interviews with the most exciting new and establish auteurs, reviews of the best films at festivals and newly released, plus podcast episodes, and more.

Fantasia Review: Just Remembering tells a romance in reverse

Japanese writer-director Daigo Matsui’s Just Remembering is a romance told in reverse order that not only acknowledges COVID but incorporates some sense of how it’s changed our lives into the film’s store.
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Fantasia Review: Nuno Beato’s My Grandfather’s Demons

The first animated feature out of Portugal, Nuno Beato’s My Grandfather’s Demons, uses digital and stop-motion animation to tell a story of intergenerational trauma on the border between reality and fairytale.
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Both Sides of the Blade: Claire Denis explores lies and love

Claire Denis’s Silver Bear Winner Both Sides of the Blade explores the lies we tell the people we love (and ourselves).
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Quick Thoughts: Violeta Salama’s sensitive Alegría at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival.

Violeta Salama’s warm and sensitive feature debut, Alegría, is exactly the kind of film you look for at a Jewish Film Festival: a travelogue and a story of culture, religion, and family.
Read More Quick Thoughts: Violeta Salama’s sensitive Alegría at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival.

Cannes Film Review: Manuela Martelli’s 1976 ratchets up the tension

Manuela Martelli’s feature debut, 1976, which she co-wrote with Alejandra Moffat, is equal parts character study and taut political drama. The film 1976 screened in the Director’s Fortnight sidebar at Cannes 2022.
Read More Cannes Film Review: Manuela Martelli’s 1976 ratchets up the tension

Cannes Review: Naomi Kawase’s Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A

Naomi Kawase’s Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A avoids the usual tropes and cliches of sports films, focusing instead on how the athletes are rounded people, as well as the beauty fleetingness of athletic achievement
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Navalny film: Investigating your own murder on film is bizarre

A still from Kelly Reichardt's Showing Up next to a headshot of Reichardt herself, smiling at the camera.

Showing Up: What we know so far about Kelly Reichardt’s new film

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recent in-depth interviews

Outstanding filmmakers and actors reflect on their work

Outstanding filmmakers and actors — some emerging, others established — reflect on their creative processes, aesthetic philosophies, and career trajectories.

Seventh Row interviews dive deep into the fine-grained technical decisions that go into telling a story on screen, demystifying everything from sound and costume design to cinematography. Filmmaking is a collaborative enterprise, so we love to learn about how creative teams worked together to create some of our favourite films.

A still of filmmaker Zoe Leigh Hopkins, in front of an orange sphere, and in front of a still from her film, Run Woman Run.

Zoe Leigh Hopkins tells an uplifting story about healing in Run Woman Run

A still of actor Mamoudou Athie, in front of a yellow, orange, and red background, and text that displays his name.

The warm vulnerability of Mamoudou Athie

Sam Green on his live documentary 32 Sounds

Ep. 124: Olivia Vinall on performing Shakespeare

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‘Down with the solo author!’: The making of Framing Agnes

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Renate Reinsve: ‘I wanted her to be strong in the chaos’

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Discover the best new films on the festival circuit

Seventh Row attends many major international film festivals, including TIFF, Berlinale, and HotDocs, with a view to scout and report on the best new films.

Women at Cannes Ep. 5: Women at Cannes 2022

By Seventh Row Editors

Continental Drift (South) is a biting satire and family drama

By Alex Heeney

Women at Cannes Ep. 4: Naomi Kawase at Cannes

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Cannes: Marie Kreutzer’s film Corsage finds the Empress in an existential crisis

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Women at Cannes Ep. 3: Céline Sciamma at Cannes

By Seventh Row Editors

Cannes: Erige Sehiri’s Under the Fig Trees is a thoughtful day Tunisian drama

By Alex Heeney
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