At TIFF 2025, Alex discusses Alice Winocour’s film Couture on the podcast, starring Angelia Jolie, and how it fits into Winocour’s body of work about traumatized bodies, outsiders, and backstage stories.
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Ep. 181 Between Dreams and Hope and queer and trans survival (TIFF 2025)
At TIFF 2025, Alex discusses the Iranian film Between Dreams and Hope about a trans man seeking gender affirming care, and connects this to other recent international films about the legal and medical barriers for the queer right to exist.
Ep. 180 Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value (TIFF 2025)
On the podcast, Alex Heeney unpacks Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value at TIFF 2025, tracing its echoes of Louder Than Bombs and what it adds to Trier’s ongoing explorations of family, grief, and memory.
Ep. 179 What if we told stories about women beyond their love lives?
Rewatching Far from the Madding Crowd (2015) sparked this podcast where Alex Heeney asks: What happens when women’s stories aren’t built around who they end up with?
Ep. 177 45 Years (dir. Andrew Haigh) with Lindsay Pugh — 10th anniversary celebration
On the podcast, Alex Heeney takes a close look at Celine Song’s film Materialists, which poses the question: Is love enough when money is tight? Alex digs into the film’s strengths and weaknesses.
Ep. 176 Materialists (dir. Celine Song)
On the podcast, Alex Heeney takes a close look at Celine Song’s film Materialists, which poses the question: Is love enough when money is tight? Alex digs into the film’s strengths and weaknesses.