On the podcast, Alex Heeney interviews South African director and co-writer Oliver Schmitz about the 4K restoration of his landmark 1988 film Mapantsula.
Seventh Row Podcasts
We run two podcasts at Seventh Row:
- Our flagship Seventh Row podcast, featuring in-depth discussions on individual films that we've done Special Issues on or that we think deserve special attention. Subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, or TuneIn.
- Our 21st Folio podcast, a podcast about modern Shakespeare productions of stage and screen. Subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, or TuneIn.
Ep. 139: Green Border: An interview with Agnieszka Holland
Legendary Polish director Agnieszka Holland joins me on the podcast for an interview about her new film Green Border, the Polish-Belarusian border crisis, and how her new film is in conversation with her body of work.
Ep. 138: Ghostlight: An Interview with Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson
Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson join us on the podcast to discuss their new film Ghostlight, adapting and working with Shakespeare, and more.
Ep. 137: Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers
In this episode, we discuss Luca Guadagnino’s new film Challengers (2024), which stars Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Seventh Row favourite Josh O’Connor as competitive tennis players and romantic rivals.
Ep. 136: Nowhere Special with James Norton and Uberto Pasolini
On the podcast, Alex Heeney interviews Director Uberto Pasolini and James Norton about avoiding sentimentality and collaborating on their film Nowhere Special (2020).
Creative Nonfiction #5: Penny Lane on Confessions of a Good Samaritan and playing with form
In the fifth and final episode of our Creative Nonfiction Film podcast season, Penny Lane discusses her experiments with form in Confessions of a Good Samaritan.