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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

If you’ve recently discovered a love of sensitive men of the cloth who solve murders, have great stores of empathy, and have a dark past… There’s a TV show for you from 2014 called GRANTCHESTER about just that! (It’s still on the air, but the best crime-solving vicar was the OG so start with S1)

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

HAMNET left @amuredda.bsky.social and me dry-eyed, so we dug into why it didn’t work, how it adapts Maggie O’Farrell’s novel, and why some passing knowledge of Shakespeare might hinder rather than help your appreciation of the film: seventh-row.com/2025/12/12/e...

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Ep. 185 Chloe Zhao's Hamnet with Angelo Muredda - Seventh Row Film Podcast

On the podcast, we dig into Chloe Zhao's Hamnet as a work of adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's novel and why the film left use dry-eyed.

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Happening today! A chance to watch and discover a thoughtful queer film… But also to pause, to consider, to reflect, to share your ideas, and to hear others’. Come join the fun. It’s free! Register here: seventh-row.com/livingoutloud

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Come join the fun! See the film, meet other people curious about queer cinema, and walk away with new insights that you wouldn’t have noticed on your own.

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

We had a great conversation today with @tylekurner.bsky.social , @cjprince.bsky.social, and Lena Wilson on so many different aspects of queer cinema today! If you missed it, you can still catch the replay (which will be live shortly)! Register for free here: seventh-row.com/livingoutloud

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Living Out Loud

A FREE three-day online summit celebrating queer and trans stories and reclaiming queer and trans histories.

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Join @cjprince.bsky.social @tylekurner.bsky.social, Lena Wilson, and me today from 2pm-4pm ET to take stock of the current state of queer & trans cinema. It’s free to attend! Register here: seventh-row.com/livingoutloud Can’t make it live? You’ll get the replay when you register.

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Living Out Loud

A FREE three-day online summit celebrating queer and trans stories and reclaiming queer and trans histories.

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

We kick off in less than an hour…but there’s still time to join us in the room. It’s free! You just need to register. So excited for this conversation!!

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Really excited for this event I’ve been planning, which starts today at 2pm ET! Register to attend for free!

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Come join @cjprince.bsky.social, @tylekurner.bsky.social, Lena Wilson & me on Saturday afternoon as we ponder what we even mean by queer and trans stories? How has this shifted in the last 5, 10, 50 years (or more)? And what that means for what stories get told, reach you, and are still missing!

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

So excited to have Kyle at Living Out Loud — who recently wrote a book on queer cinema history (and I can’t wait to hear what he learned) but is also always thinking about queer film & theatre (and the cross-pollination between the two).

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kyle 中和 turner @tylekurner.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

thrilled to be joining such a fab group of folks (@cjprince.bsky.social, Lena Wilson, and the terrific @bwestcineaste.bsky.social) to talk about queer and trans cinematic storytelling for @seventhrow.bsky.social's Living Out Loud weekend for Day 2! come through! seventh-row.com/living-out-l...

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

I’m running a free online summit on LGBTQ+ stories and histories this weekend. And have designed so that if you show up live, you get lots of space to interact with our guests incl. @cjprince.bsky.social, @emilygarside.bsky.social, @tylekurner.bsky.social Register: seventh-row.com/livingoutloud

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Living Out Loud

A FREE three-day online summit celebrating queer and trans stories and reclaiming queer and trans histories.

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Join me on Sunday for a free film screening & facilitated discussion — the kind that’s usually only available in my paid offerings but this one is free and open to all!! It’ll be a great way to cap off Living Out Loud (come Friday &’Saturday too to learn from our amazing panelists!).

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Seventh Row @seventhrow.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

THE CHORAL (which had its world premiere at #TIFF50 and stars the always excellent Ralph Fiennes) has queer characters and queer creatives. But is it a queer film? That’s the question I unpack in Ep. 183 of the Seventh Row podcast. seventh-row.com/2025/09/18/e...

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Ep. 183 The Choral (TIFF 2025): When queer characters don't make a queer film - Seventh Row Film Podcast

On this TIFF podcast, Alex discusses Nicholas Hytner's film The Choral, starring Ralph Fiennes and reclaiming vs. sanitizing history

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

I’ve put together a very cool (FREE) summit on queer + trans stories & histories Oct 3-5. It’s got panels of experts but loads of audience participation too. Join me & @cjprince.bsky.social, @tylekurner.bsky.social, @emilygarside.bsky.social & more Save your seat: seventh-row.com/livingoutloud

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

We’re kicking off Living Out Loud with a conversation about reclaiming history: What role do films/tv/theatre/archives play in our memory of queer history? Expect super thoughtful panelists like @emilygarside.bsky.social & a chance to shape the convo when you join. seventh-row.com/livingoutloud

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Living Out Loud

A FREE three-day online summit celebrating queer and trans stories and reclaiming queer and trans histories.

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Ten years of obsessing about Joachim Trier’s LOUDER THAN BOMBS is finally relevant again! I unpack SENTIMENTAL VALUE at #TIFF50 and some of its echoes of Trier’s earlier work: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s...

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180. Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value (TIFF 2025)

Podcast Episode · Seventh Row Podcast · 2025-09-07 · 36m

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Spent today noticing about 100 connections between SENTIMENTAL VALUE and Trier’s earlier work that I missed in the moment on first and second viewing… And laughing at my worry that maybe I should have rewatched his complete ouevre last week to prepare…as if I’m not a walking encyclopedia for it.

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Never happier to be embargoed than when I need more time to think about the new Joachim Trier film.

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Not even knees deep in #TIFF25 films but trying to remind myself it’s OK to be the person who didn’t finish the film/walk out of the film. Not every film is for me!

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

TIFF Platform competition this year feels like a throwback to 2019: - a film from Netflix with a movie star that doesn’t need the platform - a few up & coming women directors I’ve had my eye on - a Cannes film (?! Breaking their world premiere rule for Pellerin) Really gunning for a breakout hit.

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

It’s the 10th anniversary of 45 YEARS this year. And you know it’s an amazing movie when 10 years later, you see it differently and that lets you love it even more.

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

I podcasted on MATERIALISTS a couple of weeks ago and quoted @amuredda.bsky.social and Lindsay Pugh, both of whom really helped me think through my own response to the film (big thanks!).

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The B-Side @tfsbside.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

On our latest, @bwestcineaste.bsky.social joins us to discuss one of our greatest living filmmakers, Mike Leigh! Covering CAREER GIRLS, PETERLOO and more, we discuss Leigh's intensive process, his radical empathy, and more! bit.ly/4ll0jlV

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Elisa Davis @elisa515.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

And for more conversation, with spoilers, check out this follow-up episode: bsky.app/profile/seve...

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Elisa Davis @elisa515.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Saw JANE AUSTEN WRECKED MY LIFE yesterday. This podcast episode from @bwestcineaste.bsky.social will help you decide whether to see it (or, if you've already seen it, to enjoy it even more).

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

On the latest episode of the podcast, @amuredda.bsky.social joins me to discuss MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (1996). Here’s a clip from him about what makes the writing so good!

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

And get some air filters for your home! A game changer

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

From my first of two eps on this film that I’ve now seen more times than I can count.

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

In my second episode on JANE AUSTEN WRECKED MY LIFE, I dig into the nerdy details that make this film sing…like lining the shelves of Shakespeare & Co with red books for this one scene.

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

My #Cannes25 thought of the day is that [redacted prominent trade publication] assigning [their redacted bigoted critic] to review [prominent queer film] instead of their [queer critic who has been covering the queer director’s films for them for over a decade] is one embarrassing editorial screwup.

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Did you know that the film voted #1 in the Sight & Sound Poll didn’t even screen in Competition at Cannes? It screened in one of the sidebars. Like so many amazing and important films. Today on the podcast, I dive into navigating Cannes like an insider & why it’s worth looking beyond the Palme.

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Elisa Davis @elisa515.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

One of my favorite podcasts discusses THE WEDDING BANQUET, a film I enjoyed seeing this week. I saw it followed by ON SWIFT HORSES, which turned out to be a great double feature. 📽️ #FilmSky

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Seventh Row @seventhrow.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Why is it so hard to see African films? On today's podcast episode, @bwestcineaste.bsky.social explains the many levels of this problem...and what you can do if you'd like to see more African films. seventh-row.com/2025/05/08/e...

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Seventh Row @seventhrow.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

On the episode, @amuredda.bsky.social joins @bwestcineaste.bsky.social to dig into Cronenberg's new film, THE SHROUDS, one of the year's best films, and how it fits into Cronenberg's filmography. Listen in full here: seventh-row.com/2025/05/01/e...

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The Shrouds directed by David Cronenberg - Seventh Row Film Podcast

On the podcast, Alex and Angelo discuss David Cronenberg's excellent The Shroud and the misleading myths about his films.

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Seventh Row @seventhrow.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

What do we love about David Cronenberg's films? "Regardless of what genre he's currently ostensibly working in, his movies are about talking and about working through ideas." -@amuredda.bsky.social In this clip, Angelo gets at so much of what makes Cronenberg's films great.

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Seventh Row @seventhrow.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Listen to the full episode here: seventh-row.com/2025/04/25/e... @bwestcineaste.bsky.social delves into why this film is a delight, how thinking about the film as a work of adaptation can open it up even more, and what she loved about Ahn's direction (the blocking! the sound! the editing!).

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The Wedding Banquet directed by Andrew Ahn - Seventh Row Film Podcast

On the podcast, Alex recommends Andrew Ahn's queer rom-com The Wedding Banquet, which updates and reimagines the 1993 Ang Lee film for 2025.

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Seventh Row @seventhrow.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Looking to be surprised and delighted at the movies? Look no further than Andrew Ahn's queer dramedy THE WEDDING BANQUET, a smart and thoughtful remake of Ang Lee's 1993 queer rom-com classic. Alex introduces the delightful film in this clip and explains how it quickly allayed her hesitations.

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Joachim Trier Summer? The feeling when summer is for everyone but you…and everything is just reminder that it’s going to end soon. “They’ll drain the pool tomorrow.”

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Big year for Quebec at the Director’s Fortnight! New films from Anne Émond (Our Loved Ones, Nelly) and Félix Dufour-Laperrière (Archipel)!

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I am so excited for the new Maeve Kerrigan! I can also attest to this. I waited way too long to jump on the ship, and started with The Close. Then I binged through the prior 9 books in a matter of weeks and in a totally nonsensical order (I think I worked backwards because the library had those.)

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

It was the one-two punch of Sam Mendes’s CABARET and his COMPANY with Adrian Lester that made me a diehard Mendes fan (COMPANY also solidified me as an Adrian Lester and Sophie Thompson superfan).

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

New podcast, in which I get to talk about a new American mainstream film that’s actually really good!!

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

The only way to see this used to be through a series of shitty YouTube videos and that was enough to make it clear that this production is brilliant. Now, all I want is to find out somebody taped Marianne Elliott’s production! www.whatsonstage.com/news/sondhei...

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Sondheim's Company, with Adrian Lester, to be broadcast on BBC this month

Sondheim and Furth’s iconic musical will be shown next weekend

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The Licorice Kid @thelicoricekid.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

The thing about the public library is that even if you absolutely adore it as an institution you are probably still underrating how vital it is

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

NYC pals: Get yourself a ticket to Rebecca Frecknall’s STREETCAR at BAM — forget Paul Mescal, go for the great Patsy Ferran!! On until April 6. (I’d be there if I lived there. I’ve not seen it but would follow Ferran anywhere.)

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

She’s marvelous! She also did a play at the Old Vic with Ben Chaplin and she’s great — I know there’s a recording kicking around because they broadcast it on YouTube during the early pandemic. Worth seeking out!

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Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025 @bwestcineaste.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Not only was Soderbergh savvy enough to put Tom Burke in his new movie, but he also told David Fincher to put Burke in HIS movie years ago.

Soderbergh said that Tom Burke, who plays another spy, was someone he’d been “watching for a while.” He said that he suggested Burke to Soderbergh’s bestie David Fincher for his “Citizen Kane” movie “Mank.” “I saw ‘The Souvenir’ and said, ‘I just saw your Orson Welles.’”

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