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Romance

Seventh Row Editors / February 12, 2020

Ep. 29: Films about finite romance

How is the romantic film genre changing? Find out, as editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney and Executive Editor Orla Smith discuss a recent trend of films about the finite nature of romances – including site favourites On Chesil Beach, Call Me By Your Name, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, and more.

Wanuri Kahiu, Rafiki

Orla Smith / October 23, 2018

Rafiki interview: ‘Falling in love is when you giggle and blush the most’

Director Wanuri Kahiu discusses her controversial debut feature, Rafiki, a lesbian film which has faced bans in Kahiu’s native Kenya.

Suzie Davies, Suzie Davies Interview

Orla Smith / June 22, 2018

Interview: On Chesil Beach‘s sets destabilize its characters

On Chesil Beach production designer Suzie Davies discusses researching period, creating environments that contrast with the film’s characters, and how different her process is when working with Mike Leigh. Read the rest of our On Chesil Beach Special Issue here.

Sauvage, Camille Vidal-Naquet

Elena Lazic / May 15, 2018

‘Nudity is their work outfit’: Camille Vidal-Naquet on Sauvage

Writer-Director Camille Vidal-Naquet discusses telling the story of a male sex worker with humour, romance, and a frank approach to nudity.

The Night of all Nights, Yasemin Samdereli

Laura Anne Harris / May 4, 2018

The Night of all Nights asks: How do couples stay together?

The Night of All Nights director Yasemin Samdereli worked through doubts about her own marriage by making a documentary about long-term relationships.

Call Me by Your Name, Luca Guadagnino, Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet

Alex Heeney / December 18, 2017

‘You’re missing it!’: Tricks with time in Call Me by Your Name

In Call Me by Your Name, Luca Guadagnino uses framing and editing to expand and contract time so that we experience a summer slipping away.

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