Filmmaker, costume designer, and artist Niki Lindroth von Bahr discusses the making of her short film The Burden, a stop-motion musical with animal puppets who sing about existential despair. The Burden is available to stream on The Criterion Channel and Hoopla in Canada and the US. You can rent or purchase the film on Vimeo […]
Bright Young Things: Introducing Jack Lowden
This is the first article of Seventh Row’s series on emerging artists, Bright Young Things. We take a look at the career of Scottish actor Jack Lowden, now starring in Dunkirk and England Is Mine. Jack Lowden’s notable, earlier supporting roles include Denial and War & Peace.
Director Joshua Z. Weinstein on authentically depicting Hasidic Jewish life in Menashe
Director Joshua Z. Weinstein discusses how he created an authentic portrait of Hasidic Jewish life in his narrative feature debut, Menashe.
Review: A surprisingly optimistic The Glass Menagerie from Lisa Portes
At CalShakes, director Lisa Portes reimagines Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie as a story of a well-intentioned but dysfunctional African American family.
Sundance review: An Inconvenient Sequel never proves necessary
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power is an unsatisfying followup to An Inconvenient Truth, more interested in Al Gore himself than the multi-faceted approaches needed to mitigate climate change.
37th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival interrogates Jewish identity
The 37th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival interrogates the complexities of Jewish life and identity. Highlights include: Love Is Thicker Than Water, Moos, and Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story.