Alex Heeney picks 15 must-see films at TIFF 2024 (sight unseen).
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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.
Five films to buy in the Kino Lorber 2024 Summer Sale
Five (and a bit) must-see/must-own films to buy in the Kino Lorber 2024 Summer Sales
Theatre Review: A Streetcar Named Desire at Soulpepper in Toronto
Alex Heeney reviews the Soulpepper Theatre’s remount of their 2019 production of A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Artistic Director Weyni Mengeshi. The production updates the performances to reflect modern mores to mixed results as the interpretation clashes with Tennessee Williams’ text in the second half.
Interview: Patricia Rozema on filmmaking, social safety nets, and dog resurrection
In this interview, legendary indie filmmaker Patricia Rozema sits down with us to discuss her works, from Cannes award winner I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing to her lesbian romance When Night is Falling to Kit Kittredge: An American Girl.