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Alex Heeney / May 20, 2025

Interview: Lucio Castro on Drunken Noodles

In this interview, Lucio Castro discusses the total freedom of low-budget filmmaking for his queer Cannes ACID film Drunken Noodles.

Alex Heeney / May 17, 2025

Film Review: Alice Douard’s Love Letters

Alex Heeney reviews Alice Douard’s debut feature Love Letters, which screens in the Critics’ Week sidebar at Cannes. The film tells the story of a queer woman in 2014 whose partner is pregnant with their child, and the paperwork involved with becoming her daughter’s legal parent.

Seventh Row Editors / May 8, 2025

Ep. 170 Why is it so hard to see African films?

On the podcast, Alex discusses why it’s so hard to see African films compared to films from other continents and what you can do if you’d like to seek out more African films.

Alex Heeney / April 25, 2025

Ep. 168 Andrew Ahn’s The Wedding Banquet

On the podcast, Alex recommends Andrew Ahn’s remake/adaptation of the 1993 Ang Lee queer rom-com The Wedding Banquet.

admin / April 21, 2025

Ep. 167 Nanni Moretti’s We Have a Pope (redux)

On the podcast, Alex recommends Andrew Ahn’s remake/adaptation of the 1993 Ang Lee queer rom-com The Wedding Banquet.

Seventh Row podcast logo -- three people staring at a screen with a white chat symbol around them. On this episode of the podcast, Alex discusses what makes a movie 'important' and how a particular Indigenous film meets this criteria.

Seventh Row Editors / April 7, 2025

Ep. 166 Introducing…one of the most important films of this decade

On the podcast, Alex recommends Alain Guiraudie’s film Misericordia and delves deep into the film’s compelling opening scene.

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