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 tired western tropes. This is an excerpt from our ebook on Lean on Pete. We will soon publish an ebook on the works of Kelly Reichardt.
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Ep. 36: Never Rarely Sometimes Always and abortion on screen
Inspired by Eliza Hittman’s new drama, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, we discuss various depictions of abortion on screen ranging from this year’s Saint Frances to Obvious Child and 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days. For this discussion, Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney is joined by Executive Editor Orla Smith and guest Lindsay Pugh of Woman in Revolt.
Ep. 35: The Invisible Man and Unsane
Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man re-imagines the Universal Monsters character as a stalker. The theme reminded us of one of Seventh Row’s favourite films, Stephen Soderbergh’s Unsane (2018), so we had to discuss them in conversation with each other.
The month of Josh O’Connor: Emma and Hope Gap
Josh O’Connor is the primary reason to see both Emma. and Hope Gap. Alex Heeney looks at what makes his performances so memorable.
Feel Good is a TV rom-com that skips the honeymoon stage
Mae Martin’s Feel Good is a rom-com about addiction and queer identity that’s more interested in staying together than it is in the honeymoon phase.
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