Seventh Row editors Alex Heeney and Orla Smith imagine their ideal winners and nominees for the 2021 Oscars.
Ep. 82: Quo Vadis, Aida and Our Lady of the Nile: Genocide on film
Jasmila Žbanic’s Quo Vadis, Aida is one of the best films of the year. On this episode, we discuss it in context of Atiq Rahimi’s Our Lady of the Nile, another film approaching the theme of genocide with tremendous empathy towards the human cost rather than being a spectacle of suffering.
Ep. 81: In Their Own Words: Fiction Directors
We’ve gathered a panel of editors who worked on our new ebook, In their Own Words: Fiction Directors, to talk about what is in the book, how it was made, and why it’s so exciting.
Ep. 80: The Babadook and Prevenge: Motherhood in horror
On this podcast episode, we revisit two horror films about motherhood, Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook and Alice Lowe’s Prevenge.
Ep. 79: Sundance 2021, part 2
This week we conclude our discussion of the best and worst of Sundance 2021, including CODA, Judas and the Black Messiah, Pleasure, and The World to Come.
The best films of IFFR 2021
We gathered four of our writers to each choose one IFFR 2021 film that stuck with them, and explain why it was a highlight.