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Alex Heeney / May 27, 2022

Cannes: Marie Kreutzer’s film Corsage finds the Empress in an existential crisis

…by Vicky Krieps) attends a formal state dinner in misery in Marie Kreutzer’s film Corsage. She is seated next to her son (left) and her lady in waiting (right). In…

Alex Heeney / September 15, 2022

Unruly Film Review: women battle patriarchy and eugenics in 1930s Denmark

…by refusing to answer his insulting questions. She does not yet understand that her rebellion is only seen as proof of her “troubled mental state”. Soon, she discovers that most…

ABACUS: Small Enough to Jail, Steve James

Alex Heeney / June 2, 2017

Steve James talks ABACUS: Small Enough to Jail

…immigrant community, and which became the state’s target for prosecution during the banking crisis. The story was underreported in mainstream media so the film becomes a bit of a thriller…

Seventh Row Editors / April 13, 2022

Ep. 127: Fabian: Going to the Dogs and the rise of totalitarianism

We’re joined by Andrew Kendall to discuss the new German film Fabian: Going to the Dogs, directed by Dominik Graf, and how it portrays life in a totalitarian state. Listen…

Mina Shum, Meditation Park, Pei-Pei Cheng

Alex Heeney / March 9, 2018

Mina Shum ‘wanted Maria to receive the Batman treatment’

…all the choices in your life. That state of mind is also shared by people who have cell phones, bank accounts, and three PhDs. That is how people are feeling,…

A still from Ahed's Knee in which Y, a middle aged man, holds Yahalom's hand, a young woman in a dress, as they walk up a hill. The text on the images reads, 'TIFF Review'.

Orla Smith / September 24, 2021

Ahed’s Knee review: A filmmaker fights personal and political battles

…Israel, it’s a film haunted by the genocide of Palestinians, the oppressive Israeli state, and climate change, all filtered through a protagonist who feels the weight of the world’s problems…

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