Thelma has been compared to Brian De Palma’s Carrie, but Trier gives his female lead agency whereas Carrie was simply a victim. This is an excerpt from our …
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Must Reads
Must reads are the best of the best articles at The Seventh Row. These include reviews, interviews, and essays. If you're new to the site, this is a good place to start to get a sense of what kinds of stories we write. Here is the best of our multidisciplinary approach to reviewing films, our most illuminating and original interviews, and our best essays.
Personal Shopper conflates depression with technological obsession
In Personal Shopper, the boundary between Maureen and others is both because of technology and merely exacerbated by it. This is an excerpt from our book, …
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Birds of Passage co-director Ciro Guerra on genre, tragedy, and hope
Ciro Guerra discusses telling a familiar story in an original way, using genre as a Trojan horse for ideas, and much more. Read our interview with co-director …
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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 …
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Anders Danielsen Lie: ‘When I’m performing, I don’t really know what’s going on’
Norwegian actor Anders Danielsen Lie discusses playing the 'Hitler of Norway' in 22 July, its connection to his medical training, and his career as a whole. …
Gustav Möller and Jakob Cedergren on The Guilty: ‘Prepare for chaos’
Promising filmmaker Gustav Möller and breakout actor Jakob Cedergren discuss their intense thriller set entirely in one location, with only one character …
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