We discuss French director Mia Hansen-Løve's newest film Bergman Island and her 2016 film, Things to Come. We analyze both films' shared themes of women in existential crises, the passage of time, and the speed of change. This episode features Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney, Executive Editor Orla Smith, Associate Editor Brett Pardy, and special guest Lindsay Pugh. Show notes

• Sign up for updates on the first book to ever be published on the films of Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier
• Read Elena Lazic's interview with Mia Hansen-Løve about her 2019 film Maya
• Read Lindsay Pugh's discussion of Vicky Krieps and Mia Wasikowska in Bergman Island
• Bergman Island was our 4th favourite film of TIFF 2021. See the other 19 choices here.

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