The Sundance World Dramatic Competition always features international hidden gems, and the 2019 highlights included Queen of Hearts and The Last Tree.
Essays
Timothée Chalamet and the contradictions of coming-of-age
Timothée Chalamet is delivering some of modern cinema’s most compelling coming-of-age performances, dealing with the contradictions and confusion of figuring out your identity. For more on Timothée Chalamet, get our book on Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me by Your Name, which includes an analysis of his performance in the film. Get your copy here.
Review: the sober recollections of Richard Billingham’s Ray & Liz
The first feature from photographer Richard Billingham is a moving yet unsentimental portrait of a life in fragments, as empathetic as it is brutal.
Ep. 2: You Were Never Really Here
The second episode of our film podcast is now live! This in-depth conversation about Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here is a great complement to our Special Issue on the film.
Four films from Fantasia Fest 2018
Four short reviews from Fantasia Fest, the biggest genre film festival in North America.
Ep. 1: Leave No Trace
For the first episode of the new Seventh Row podcast, our host and Associate Editor Elena Lazic is joined by Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney, Associate Editor Orla Smith, and Contributing Editors Gillie Collins and Brett Pardy, for a discussion about Debra Granik’s Leave No Trace.