Alex Heeney
Film/Theatre Critic and Editor-in-Chief at Seventh Row
Film/theatre critic, podcaster, EIC & founder @SeventhRow. Canadian. Engineer. Indoor Air Quality. alex @ seventh-row dot com. @bwestcineaste on other socials.
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2 days ago |
seventh-row.com | Alex Heeney
Alex Heeney reviews Chase Joynt and Julietta Singh’s The Nest, a Gothic documentary about a haunted house that reveals lesser-known parts of Winnipeg’s intersectional history. Not in the zeitgeist. Not pushed by streamers. But still easy to find — and worth sitting with. And a guide to help you do just that. → Send me the guide Not in the zeitgeist. Not pushed by streamers. But still easy to find — and worth sitting with. And a guide to help you do just that.
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3 days ago |
seventh-row.com | Alex Heeney
Alex Heeney reviews Rafaela Camelo’s The Nature of Invisible Things and Čejen Černić Čanak’s Sandbag Dam at Toronto’s InsideOut LGBTQ+ Film Festival: two sensitive films about young people that young people should see. Not in the zeitgeist. Not pushed by streamers. But still easy to find — and worth sitting with. And a guide to help you do just that. → Send me the guideThere was a time not too long ago when LGBTQ+ film festivals were filled with films about adults for adults.
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2 weeks ago |
seventh-row.com | Alex Heeney
In this interview, Lucio Castro discusses the total freedom of low-budget filmmaking for his queer Cannes ACID film Drunken Noodles. Discover how other directors approach low-budget filmmaking. Not in the zeitgeist. Not pushed by streamers. But still easy to find — and worth sitting with. And a guide to help you do just that.
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2 weeks ago |
seventh-row.com | Alex Heeney
Alex Heeney reviews Pauline Loquès’s film, Nino, starring Théodore Pellerin, which screens in the Critics’ Week sidebar at Cannes. The film tells the story of a twentysomething man’s nervewrecking weekend after he’s diagnosed with cancer and before he starts treatment. Not in the zeitgeist. Not pushed by streamers. But still easy to find — and worth sitting with. And a guide to help you do just that.
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3 weeks ago |
seventh-row.com | Alex Heeney
Alex Heeney reviews Alice Douard’s debut feature Love Letters, which screens in the Critics’ Week sidebar at Cannes. The film tells the story of a queer woman in 2014 whose partner is pregnant with their child, and the paperwork involved with becoming her daughter’s legal parent. Click here to sign up for the Seventh Row Newsletter. Now that same-sex marriage has been legal in most Western countries for years, it can be easy to forget that the dark ages for queer people were just a decade ago.
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If I were on the jury, I’d want awarding Josh O’Connor his first Best Actor at Cannes as a feather in MY cap.
I’d say with THE MASTERMIND we have a strong new contender for best screenplay, best actor for Josh O’Connor and even potentially best direction depending on what some other films in the competition considered for that award get #Cannes2025
Cosign! (Come for Stellan; stay for Andrea Bræin Hovig)
It's heartening to see so much love for Stellan Skarsgård in these SENTIMENTAL VALUE reactions. If you're interested in more brilliant work from this prolific actor who sometimes seems like he's in everything, I strongly recommend Maria Sødahl's HOPE.
RT @SeventhRow: Today on the podcast, @bwestcineaste offers a guide to navigating the Cannes Film Festival like an insider (even if you're…
