In this episode of the podcast, Alex recommends Maura Delpero’s film Vermiglio, which is set in the Italian Alps during WWII.
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TIFF 2024 Ep. 10: Marianne Elliott on directing for stage vs. screen and The Salt Path
Alex interviews legendary theatre director Marianne Elliott about directing for stage vs. screen and her first film, The Salt Path.
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.
E132: Sarah Polley’s Women Talking
n this episode of the podcast, we discuss Sarah Polley’s new Oscar hopeful film: her screen adaptation of the Miriam Toewes’s novel Women Talking. We talk about how the film works (or doesn’t) as an adaptation, its lack of specificity in depicting a mennonite community, and the many problems that plague the film.
Ep. 113: About Time and I’m Your Man: Sci-fi love stories
We discuss two sci-fi-ish romantic comedies, Maria Schrader’s I’m Your Man and Richard Curtis’ About Time
Ep. 98: Angels in America: Comparing two adaptations
On this episode, we discuss two renditions of Tony Kushner’s gay fantasia Angels in America: Mike Nichols’ HBO Miniseries from 2003 and the NTLive recording of Marianne Elliot’s 2017 production at the National Theatre in London.