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Career Studies

Explore patterns in a filmmaker's or performer's body of work to date.

Alex Heeney / October 4, 2018

Familiar Faces: Ben Foster’s subtle depictions of trauma

Ben Foster has made a career out of portraying complicated men with some relationship to trauma, in as quiet and subtle way as possible. We delve deep into the …

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Rachel Morrison, Mudbound

Lena Wilson / May 9, 2018

Rachel Morrison’s deeply empathetic cinematography

In Fruitvale Station, Cake, Dope, and Mudbound, Rachel Morrison's cinematography immerses viewers in marginalized characters' points of view. …

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Elena Lazic / April 12, 2018

Ramsay’s characters escape trauma through sensations

Lynne Ramsay’s features centre on characters dealing with trauma by losing themselves in sensations, not language. This is an excerpt from our …

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Josh O'Connor, God's Own Country, Francis Lee

Alex Heeney / November 3, 2017

Bright Young Things: Josh O’Connor is ready to be vulnerable

We take an in-depth look at the career of rising star Josh O'Connor who plays Johnny Saxby in God's Own Country, his performance in the film, and talk to the …

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Jack Lowden

Alex Heeney / August 14, 2017

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 …

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Frederick Wiseman, Gianfranco Rosi

Alex Heeney / October 31, 2016

Two opposing sensibilities: Gianfranco Rosi and Frederick Wiseman

Every documentarian has a unique approach to filmmaking, but you might not expect that Frederick Wiseman and Gianfranco Rosi often have polar opposite …

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