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Alex Heeney

About Alex Heeney

Alex is the Editor-in-Chief of The Seventh Row, based in San Francisco and from Toronto, Canada.

Alex Heeney / June 2, 2023

I Used to Be Funny is a thoughtful dramedy about PTSD

Ally Pankiw’s I Used to Be Funny addresses coping with PTSD with a light touch, in this story of a struggling female comic. The film had its world premiere at …

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Alex Heeney / April 19, 2023

Chie Hayakawa on avoiding sentimentality in Plan 75

In this interview, writer-director Chie Hayakawa talks about asking tough questions and avoiding sentimentality in her first feature, Plan 75. She also …

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Alex Heeney / April 14, 2023

Kelly Reichardt on her new film Showing Up

Kelly Reichardt discusses Showing Up, her most optimistic film to date, and the importance of getting to know locations, creating silences, and throwing out the …

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Alex Heeney / March 2, 2023

Philippe Faucon’s Les Harkis tackles colonial violence towards Algerian soldiers during the Algerian War of Independence

In Philippe Faucon's film Les Harkis, set in the final years of the Algerian War of Independence, it's a losing battle for the Algerian soldiers in the French …

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Alex Heeney / March 2, 2023

Quick Thoughts: Alice Winocour’s film Paris Memories (Revoir Paris)

With her new film Paris Memories (Revoir Paris), Alice Winocour continues her exploration of traumatised bodies and PTSD that has defined all of her films to …

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Alex Heeney / December 12, 2022

Whistler Reviews: Jason James’ Exile and Bruce Miller’s Conviction

Jason James's feature Exile (starring Adam Beach) and Bruce Miller's short Conviction both tell stories of a previously incarcerated Indigenous man struggling …

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