Lesley Manville delves into the challenges of portraying a cancer patient’s physical development, and discusses her work with Mike Leigh.
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.
Ep. 30: Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Our latest episode of the Seventh Row podcast is the perfect companion piece to our new ebook, Portraits of Resistance. Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney is joined by Executive Editor Orla Smith and Associate Editor Brett Pardy to discuss Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady of Fire, a chapter-by-chapter breakdown, behind-the-scenes stories of the book, and reader reactions.
Ep. 27: Comparing Little Women adaptations
In this episode, we compare and contrast two film adaptations of Little Women: Gilian Armstrong’s 1994 film and Greta Gerwig’s 2019 one.
Sundance ’20 Review: Okavango: River of Dreams
Okavango: River of Dreams is a stunningly photographed nature documentary about the ecosystem in and around the Okavango in Africa.
Sundance ’20 Review: Cuties (Mignonnes)
Maïmouna Doucouré’s Cuties is an often compelling crowd-pleaser, if somewhat under-baked, which looks at how girls end up becoming over-sexualized at a young age.
Alla Kovgan on translating dance onscreen in Cunningham
Alla Kovgan discusses restaging and shooting excerpts from Cunningham’s work for her 3D doc Cunningham, including creating the camera choreography and capturing the sound.