In this episode, Alex Heeney introduces our new TIFF 2024 podcast season
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Ep. 142: Good One (feat. India Donaldson): A teenager heads into the woods with her divorced dad
Writer-director India Donaldson joins us on the podcast to discuss her first feature Good One, an exploration of masculinity through the eyes of a teenage girl who goes camping with her divorced dad.
Ep. 141: My Lady Jane (feat. Nathalie Atkinson): An addictive, swashbuckling, Tudor-era romance
Toronto film critic Nathalie Atkinson joins Alex Heeney to discuss their latest obsession — Amazon Prime’s swashbuckling fantasy series, My Lady Jane — and why we can’t stop thinking about it.
Ep. 140: Mapantsula: An interview with director Oliver Schmitz
On the podcast, Alex Heeney interviews South African director and co-writer Oliver Schmitz about the 4K restoration of his landmark 1988 film Mapantsula.
Ep. 139: Green Border: An interview with Agnieszka Holland
Legendary Polish director Agnieszka Holland joins me on the podcast for an interview about her new film Green Border, the Polish-Belarusian border crisis, and how her new film is in conversation with her body of work.
Ep. 138: Ghostlight: An Interview with Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson
Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson join us on the podcast to discuss their new film Ghostlight, adapting and working with Shakespeare, and more.