On the podcast, Alex Heeney delves into how Bretten Hannam’s At the Place of Ghosts uses genre to tell a story about two people healing from trauma who can’t talk about it — and then talks to writer-director Hannam about crafting the film.
Toronto International Film Festival
Ep. 187 Sound of Falling + Interview with Mascha Schilinski
On the podcast, host Alex Heeney discusses why Sound of Falling is one of the best films of 2025 and interviews writer-director Mascha Schilinski about the image of falling, the film’s sound design, and more.
Ep. 185 Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet with Angelo Muredda
On the podcast, host Alex Heeney and guest Angelo Muredda dig into Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet as a work of adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel and why the film left use dry-eyed.
Ep. 183 The Choral (TIFF 2025): When queer characters don’t make a queer film
At TIFF 2025, Alex discusses Nicholas Hytner’s film The Choral on the podcast, starring Ralph Fiennes, and why it’s not a queer film despite having a queer protagonist and queer creatives.
Ep. 182 Couture (with Angelina Jolie) and Alice Winocour’s (TIFF 2025)
At TIFF 2025, Alex discusses Alice Winocour’s film Couture on the podcast, starring Angelia Jolie, and how it fits into Winocour’s body of work about traumatized bodies, outsiders, and backstage stories.
Ep. 181 Between Dreams and Hope and queer and trans survival (TIFF 2025)
At TIFF 2025, Alex discusses the Iranian film Between Dreams and Hope about a trans man seeking gender affirming care, and connects this to other recent international films about the legal and medical barriers for the queer right to exist.