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Women Directors

In honour of #52filmsbywomen, we've collected all of our reviews of films directed by women and interviews with female directors all in one place.

Seventh Row Editors / April 6, 2022

Ep. 126: Run Woman Run: An Indigenous coming of age after 30 film

On this episode we dig into how Run Woman Run explores coming of age in your thirties through an Indigenous perspective.

Seventh Row Editors / March 23, 2022

Bonus Episode 26: Benedict Cumberbatch’s best, worst, and poshest performances

We discuss Benedict Cumberbatch at his best, worst, & poshest, from The Power of the Dog to The Courier to The Electrical Life of Louis Wain.

Seventh Row Editors / March 16, 2022

Ep. 125: Berlinale 2022

Alex and Orla report from the 2022 Berlinale Film Festival, and introduce you to the films they loved, from Lullaby to Comedy Queen.

A still from My Two Voices, in which a pair of hands with red painted nails runs a small brush through a strand of hair. Next to the still is a purple box with white text that reads, 'Quick Thoughts'.

Per Morten Mjølkeråen / March 15, 2022

Quick thoughts: The abstract recollections of My Two Voices

Lina Rodriguez’s poetic documentary My Two Voices follows the stories of three Latin American women, in their own words. My Two Voices premiered in the Forum section of the 2022 Berlinale.

In a still from Girl Picture, one teenage girl leans on her friend as both look in the mirror. Next to this still is a purple block featuring white text that reads, 'Quick thougts,' above a cartoon drawing of a pen drawing a line on a page.

Orla Smith / January 24, 2022

Quick thoughts from Sundance: Girl Picture is a World Dramatic highlight

Alli Haapasalo’s Girl Picture is a delightful Finnish coming-of-ager which takes teenage girls, their sexuality, and their trauma seriously.

Alex Heeney / January 23, 2022

Happening looks at the culture of shame around abortion

Audrey Diwan’s Happening follows a young woman’s journey in the 1960s to even find a backstreet abortionist amidst a culture of shame and silence.

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