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.
Joachim Trier - Podcast Episodes
With over a decade of scholarly work on the films of Joachim Trier, we have published podcasts on most of his feature films. These include: Oslo, August 31st (2011), Louder Than Bombs (2015), Thelma (2017), and The Worst Person in the World (2021).
You can also purchase access to the Joachim Trier Audio Commentaries: feature-length audio commentaries by Alex Heeney and Orla Smith on Trier's first four features, based on their research for the forthcoming book Existential Detours: Joachim Trier's cinema of indecisions and revisions.
Ep. 122: Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World
The entire Seventh Row editorial team is here to talk about site favourite Joachim Trier’s new film, The Worst Person in the World.
Ep. 112: Raw and Thelma: Modern female monsters
We discuss Raw and Thelma, two classics of modern horror from directors who both have exciting new films on the festival circuit.
Ep. 107: Another Round and Oslo, August 31st: Are men OK? Masculinity, mental health, & addiction Redux
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
Ep. 40: Stories We Tell, Louder Than Bombs, & Mouthpiece: Dead mothers
This episode is on Stories We Tell, Louder Than Bombs, and Mouthpiece, formally expressive explorations of grief, memory, and subjectivity.