Articles by Orla Smith

Orla Smith is the former Executive Editor of Seventh Row, a regular contributor at The Film Stage, and a freelance writer with bylines at JumpCut Online, Cinema Year Zero, and Girls on Tops. In her free time she makes movies.

Orla Smith / October 2, 2020

‘This film is a cemetery’: Kirsten Johnson on Dick Johnson is Dead

Kirsten Johnson discusses Dick Johnson is Dead, her surreal documentary about her father’s dementia, and how it made her think differently about life and death.

Orla Smith / September 25, 2020

Merawi Gerima’s Residue is an ‘archive of a community’ facing gentrification

Merawi Gerima’s directorial debut Residue, which ARRAY Now released on Netflix last Friday, is an impassioned ode to a rapidly gentrifying Washington D.C..

Orla Smith / September 25, 2020

TIFF Review: Shadow in the Cloud is a film of two halves

Shadow in the Cloud is a strange Frankenstein of director Roseanne Liang’s feminist perspective and the ludicrous sensibilities of screenwriter Max Landis, who was removed from the project after numerous sexual assault allegations.