In this episode of the podcast, Alex
Heeney discusses one key element of character dramas (world-building) and how The Girl With the Needle exemplifies this, then talks to director Magnus von Horn about it.
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Ep. 148 How I almost missed the best films of the 2010s..and what I learned
In this episode of the podcast, Alex
discusses how she almost missed seeing the best movie of the 2010s and what she learned about making space for exploration in our movie-watching diet.
Ep. 147 Why is it so hard to see the new Cillian Murphy movie?
In this episode of the podcast, Alex
discusses why the excellent new Cillian Murphy movie, Small Things Like These, is so hard to see and yet very easy to see compared to other films of its ilk.
Ep. 146 Tim Mielants’ Small Things Like These
In this episode of the podcast, Alex
Heeney reviews and discuses the Irish independent film Small Things Like These, its cultural context, and why it’s worth seeing.
Ep. 145: From the Archives: Steve McQueen’s Small Axe
To cover Steve McQueen’s ambitious Small Axe series, we have assembled one of our most ambitious episodes of the year. We discuss each film (or episode?) of McQueen’s series.
TIFF 2024 Ep. 10: Marianne Elliott on directing for stage vs. screen and The Salt Path
Alex interviews legendary theatre director Marianne Elliott about directing for stage vs. screen and her first film, The Salt Path.