This week, we’re celebrating the 10th anniversary of Joachim Trier’s Oslo, August 31, our favourite film of the 2010s. As part of the celebration, we are presenting a special edition of our December 2020 podcast episode
Existential crisis - podcast episodes
At the Seventh Row Podcast, we love a good film about an existential crisis — especially now that there are more and more of them. We regularly cover films that fit into this category. Dive deep into the best contemporary films about characters in the midst of an existential crisis with these episodes.
Ep. 94: HBO’s Looking
On the first in our series of Pride Month episodes we delve into one of our favourite TV shows, HBO’s Looking
Ep. 92: Sugar Daddy and An Easy Girl: Commodifying women
In this episode, we discuss two recent films directed by women about how women commodify themselves and are commodified by society and the people around them: Wendy Morgan’s Sugar Daddy and Rebecca Zlotowski’s Easy Girl. We ask how these films comment on patriarchal norms without (or if they manage to do so) reproducing them.
Ep. 90: Jeanne Dielman and Les Rendez-vous d’Anna: A Chantal Akerman mother’s day
We celebrate Mother’s Day with queen of on-screen mothers, Chantal Akerman, and her films Jeanne Dielman and Les Rendez-vous d’Anna
Ep. 89: Spinster and The Forty-Year-Old Version: Coming of age at forty
This podcast episode explores two wonderful 2020 dramedies, Spinster and The Forty-Year-Old Version, about women who find themselves at a personal and career crossroads as they approach forty.
Ep. 87: Ordinary Love and Hope: Couples dealing with cancer
We discuss Ordinary Love and Hope, two recent films about couples dealing with a cancer diagnosis. We compare the film’s depictions of relationships, hospitals, and cancer film tropes.