For those of us not on the Croisette this week, Seventh Row programmes an alternate Cannes Film Festival 2021.
Essays
Scenes from an Empty Church: Onur Tukel’s melancholy pandemic comedy
In Scenes from an Empty Church, two NYC Catholic priests reckon with their faith in the face of a deadly pandemic.
Essential Indigenous films from the territories known as Canada
Here is Seventh Row’s guide to essential stories about Indigenous Peoples told by Indigenous people, all from the territories known as Canada.
Fathom: a documentary about humpback whales’ songs
Drew Xanthopoulos’s documentary Fathom follows two marine ecologists studying humpback whale songs on their month-long field research.
What to see at the 2021 Frameline Film Festival
The 2021 Frameline Film Festival, San Francisco’s annual LGBTQ+ film showcase, features Potato Dreams of America, Instruction for Survival, and Dear Tenant.
25 unsung queer cinema treasures
To celebrate Pride Month, our editors have hand picked twenty-five unsung queer films that don’t often crop up on June listicles.