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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.

An image of David Thewlis in two of his best roles: one the left, Thewlis in Atom Egoyan's new film, Guest of Honour; on the right, Thewlis in Mike Leigh's Naked.

Alex Heeney / August 8, 2020

Remember David Thewlis’s greatness with Guest of Honour (or just rewatch Naked)

If you haven’t seen Naked, we’d suggest catching up with it on the Criterion Channel over watching Guest of Honour, but either will leave you hungry for more of Thewlis’ acting.

Lily Gladstone, Kelly Reichardt, Lily Gladstone Certain Women, Lily Gladstone First Cow

Orla Smith / July 25, 2020

Lily Gladstone on Kelly Reichardt and her love of linguistics – an ebook preview

Actress Lily Gladstone discusses her two collaborations with director Kelly Reichardt, Certain Women and First Cow.

Seventh Row Editors / July 19, 2020

A masterclass with Amma Asante on directing

In the 11th session of Lockdown Film School, we delve deep with BAFTA-winning writer-director Amma Asante into her entire body of work, including A Way of Life, Belle, A United Kingdom, and Where Hands Touch.

Seventh Row Editors / June 25, 2020

An Alice Winocour masterclass on directing

In this session of Lockdown Film School, we talk to writer-director Alice Winocour about her features Augustine, Disorder, and Proxima.

Mira Burt-Wintonick, Wintopia, HotDocs 2020

B. P. Flanagan / June 12, 2020

Mira Burt-Wintonick on Wintopia: “You need to make the film only you can make”

Wintopia director Mira Burt-Wintonick on how she worked out a personal approach to making a documentary eulogy to her father, filmmaker Peter Wintonick.

Alex Heeney / April 28, 2020

Jeff Barnaby on Blood Quantum and colonialist zombies

In our interview with Jeff Barnaby, he discusses his zombie film about colonialism, Blood Quantum, telling Indigenous stories through genre, and working as his own editor and composer

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