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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.
Andrew Haigh's Lean on Pete shares DNA with Kelly Reichardt's westerns (e.g. Wendy and Lucy): both filmmakers are making modern westerns that deromanticize …
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Josh O'Connor is the primary reason to see both Emma. and Hope Gap. Alex Heeney looks at what makes his performances so memorable.Despite the fact that he’s …
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From Water Lilies to Portrait of a Lady on Fire, we analyse 10 of Céline Sciamma's best scenes, revealing what makes her a master. This is an excerpt from our …
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Kelly Reichardt’s latest film about the myth of the American West, First Cow, follows two men searching for a better life elsewhere that’s always just slightly …
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Rosie McCaffrey discusses why Katharine Isabelle's performance in American Mary is one of her favourites by an actress in a horror film. Explore our coverage of …
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In this excerpt from her essay on Kristen Stewart in Personal Shopper, which features in our feminist horror ebook Beyond Empowertainment, Joseph Earp discusses …
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