Brett Pardy reviews Igor Drljača’s documentary The Stone Speakers, which questions what selective presentations of history for tourist consumption mean for the country’s current identity.
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Cinematographer David Raedeker on The Souvenir
In this interview excerpt from the ebook Tour of Memories: The Creative Process Behind Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir, cinematographer David Raedeker discusses developing the film’s aesthetic, staying light on his toes, and using multiple film stocks.
Ep. 15: Vita & Virginia and the author biopic
In this episode of the Seventh Row podcast, we discuss Chanya Button’s Vita & Virginia, a biopic about the romantic relationship between Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West.
An interview with Lulu Wang on framing a family in The Farewell
Orla Smith interviews The Farewell director Lulu Wang about making cinema of her own life and framing a family.
Review: Midsommar is a chaotic, visceral horror
Orla Smith reviews Ari Aster’s Midsommar, an exquisitely crafted horror with innovative sound design that unfortunately struggles to come together thematically. Listen to our podcast episode about Midsommar here.
Spatial relationships in the films of Joanna Hogg
In all of her films, Joanna Hogg uses spaces to structure her characters’ relationships, often finding them trapped by their own privilege and complacency in safe spaces; the characters need to step outside their comfort spaces to grow and develop. This essay appears in the new Seventh Row ebook Tour of Memories: The Creative Process […]