Here is a preview of our interview with director Mike Leigh on Peterloo, from our new ebook Peterloo in Process: A Mike Leigh Collaboration. To find out more and to purchase the book, click here. To read a review of the book, click here. After falling in love with Peterloo at the Toronto International Film […]
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.
Peterloo in process: A Mike Leigh collaboration Foreword
Take a sneak peak at our forthcoming ebook on Mike Leigh and his collaborators, Peterloo in process, with a look at the foreword to the book.
Christian Petzold discusses Transit
In this interview, Christian Petzold tells us about finding the past within the present (and vice versa) in Transit, adapting a novel without re-reading it, and much more. On the Seventh Row podcast, we discussed Transit in depth. Listen to the episode here.
‘Authenticity above all’: Todd Douglas Miller on Apollo 11
Director Todd Douglas Miller discusses his documentary Apollo 11 about the historic mission to the moon, sifting through archival footage, offering new perspectives, and getting the sound right.
Behind the Lens: Franklin Dow on the technical innovation behind the documentary Evelyn
Director of Photography Franklin Dow discusses his personal involvement in the documentary Evelyn and the complex camera rig he built especially for the film. Read our interview with director Orlando von Einsiedel here. Discover more illuminating interviews with documentary filmmakers with our ebook In Their Own Words: Documentary Masters Vol. 1, which you can purchase […]
Orlando von Einsiedel discusses his documentary Evelyn
One of the most eye-opening and subtle films about grief and suicide, the moving documentary sees the director Orlando von Einsiedel and his family talk about the suicide of his brother Evelyn for the first time. Read our interview with Evelyn cinematographer Franklin Dow here.