Seventh Row Podcast

Episode 11 celebrates our new ebook, Peterloo in Process: A Mike Leigh collaboration. Peterloo, the latest film from the legendary Mike Leigh, portrays the events leading up to the Peterloo Massacre, where British soldiers killed 15 and injured as many as 700 people protesting for parliamentary reform. Our new ebook pulls back the curtain on how Leigh builds films in which every frame feels real and full of life. We've interviewed all of Leigh's central team, not just the actors, but also the heads of department he's collaborated with for years. Authors Alex Heeney and Orla Smith are joined by Brett Pardy to discuss how conducting and reading the interviews deepened their admiration and understanding of Mike Leigh's latest film. To purchase our eBook, visit: mikeleighbook.com For show notes, visit: https://seventh-row.com/2019/04/18/ep11peterloo/

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This episode concludes our discussion on the best of 2018 Canadian Cinema, through the lens of Canada's Top Ten Film List. In this episode, we discuss Genesis, Giant Little Ones, Mouthpiece, Roads in February, and What Walaa Wants Each year, the Toronto International Film Festival releases a list of Canada's ten best films. Using this list to guide discussion, Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney, Executive Editor Orla Smith, Associate Editor Brett Pardy, and Contributing Writer Justine Smith discuss each film. To purchase our eBook on Lean on Pete, visit: seventh-row.com/ebooks/lean-on-pete/ For show notes, visit: https://seventh-row.com/2019/03/15/ep-9:-best-of-2018-canadian-cinema,-part-ii/ Follow Seventh Row on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and read our articles at seventh-row.com.

This episode begins our discussion on the best of 2018 Canadian Cinema, through the lens of Canada's Top Ten Film List. In this episode, we discuss Anthropocene, Edge of the Knife, Firecrackers, The Fireflies are Gone, and Freaks. Each year, the Toronto International Film Festival releases a list of Canada's ten best films. Using this list to guide discussion, Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney, Executive Editor Orla Smith, Associate Editor Brett Pardy, and Contributing Writer Justine Smith discuss each film. To purchase our eBook on Lean on Pete, visit: seventh-row.com/ebooks/lean-on-pete/ For show notes, visit: https://seventh-row.com/2019/03/08/ep-8-best-of-2018-canadian-cinema-part-1/

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In this episode, we discuss Andrew Haigh's latest film, Lean on Pete, a film we loved so much we wrote an entire eBook on the film, which you can now purchase in our shop. Based on the book by Willy Vlautin, Lean on Pete tells the story of 15-year-old Charley, who finds himself suddenly without a home or guardian, and sets off alone, in search of somewhere and someone to call home — first at the local horse racing stable, and later, on the road and into the wilderness with the horse Lean on Pete, as they head toward Charley's long-lost aunt's house. For this discussion, Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney is joined by Associate Editor Orla Smith and Contributing Editor Brett Pardy. To purchase our eBook, visit: https://seventh-row.com/ebooks/lean-on-pete/

For show notes, visit: https://seventh-row.com/2019/01/15/lean-on-pete-podcast/

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To celebrate the release of our eBook of our Special Issue on You Were Never Really Here, the writers and editors behind it discuss the film and what they learned about it from putting the issue together. Associate Editors Elena Lazic (@elazic) and Orla Smith (@orlamango), who spearheaded our Special Issue on You Were Never Really Here, are joined by Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney (@bwestcineaste) for a discussion on Lynne Ramsay's film. Between them, Orla and Elena have interviewed the key creative team behind the film, and they share the insights they gained from each of the interviews and from the collective group of them. The panel also discusses the film's approach to the hit man genre, Lynne Ramsay's visceral, haptic filmmaking, and more. To get the most out of this episode, we recommend listeners watch the film and/or read our Special Issue (http://seventh-row.com/ywnrh) on it before listening. You can read our Special Issue on You Were Never Really Here at https://seventh-row.com/category/articles/essays/you-were-never-really-here/ Follow Seventh Row on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and read our articles at seventh-row.com.

Our brand new Seventh Row podcast brings together the writers who participated in a given Special Issue to talk about the film in question in depth and in detail. Having already spent so much time thinking about the given film, each guest on the podcast will always be familiar with it, and ready to truly engage with all of its elements. In our first episode, our host and Associate Editor Elena Lazic (@elazic) is joined by Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney (@bwestcineaste), Associate Editor Orla Smith (@orlamango), and Contributing Editors Gillie Collins and Brett Pardy (@AntiqueIpod), for a discussion about Debra Granik's Leave No Trace. To get the most out of this episode, we recommend listeners watching the film and/or reading our Special Issue on it before listening. You can purchase our Special Issue on Leave No Trace at https://seventh-row.com/product/leave-no-trace-special-issue-ebook/ Follow Seventh Row on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and read our articles at seventh-row.com.

This episode was edited by Edward von Aderkas.