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Alex Heeney

A headshot of actress Devery Jacobs from Reservation Dogs, with her latest name, 'Jacobs', written several times behind her head.

Alex Heeney / September 8, 2021

Devery Jacobs: ‘I had never seen it be done until I started doing it’

Actress-director-writer-producer Devery Jacobs discusses her career-long love of storytelling, from Rhymes for Young Ghouls to Reservation Dogs.

Alex Heeney / September 3, 2021

Joachim Trier looks back at the career-defining Oslo, August 31st

In this interview celebrating the tenth anniversary of Oslo, August 31st, director and co-writer Joachim Trier reflects back on his career-changing film.

Alex Heeney / September 2, 2021

Anders Danielsen Lie reflects on his breakout role in Oslo, August 31st

For the 10th anniversary of Joachim Trier’s Oslo, August 31st, Anders Danielsen Lie reflects back on his work on the film.

The header image of this essay shows a still from Oslo, August 31st next to a still of characters from Louder Than Bombs, behind a streak of purple bearing the white text: "Oslo, August 31st at 10".

Alex Heeney / August 30, 2021

There is a world elsewhere: Exile in Joachim Trier’s Oslo, August 31st and Louder Than Bombs

In this essay, we discuss exile in two Joachim Trier films: Oslo, August 31st’s clear cut, fatalistic story of exile, and how that sense of estrangement in Louder than Bombs is much more complex and optimistic.

A young woman sits on a boat in this still from CODA. The text on the image reads, 'Review'.

Alex Heeney / August 13, 2021

Sundance Review: CODA is a crowdpleaser with nuanced ideas about disability

Siân Heder’s crowd-pleaser, CODA, is a film that, in any other year, would have the Eccles Theatre on its feet with rapturous applause.

Alex Heeney / July 23, 2021

Reviews: The Hidden Life of Trees and The Loneliest Whale

Two straightforward nature docs drop you into worlds unseen: travel to forests around the world in The Hidden Life of Trees and underwater in the Pacific Ocean in The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52.

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