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On the occasion of the release of Steve McQueen's Blitz, we're bringing back our 2020 episode on his five BBC films about the Windrush Generation, Small Axe. With Blitz, McQueen returns to telling stories of Black British history. This episode was originally published on December 30, 2020. We discuss each film (or episode?) of McQueen's series and how they work together to form a cohesive whole. This episode features Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney, Executive Editor Orla Smith, Associate Editor Brett Pardy, and special guests Andrew Kendall and Debbie Zhou. For detailed show notes, visit: https://seventh-row.com/2020/12/29/ep-72-small-axe/ Follow Seventh Row on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and read our articles at seventh-row.com.
To celebrate our 100th episode, Executive Editor Orla Smith hosts nine regular contributors sharing their picks for a film which can be constructive for the world and illuminate something about the people and society around us. On this episode Orla Smith and Support the Girls (3:35) Alex Heeney and Proxima (9:41) Caitlin Merriman and The Lady in the Van (15:21) Debbie Zhou and Lust, Caution (19:35) Lena Wilson and Teeth (24:28) Andrew Kendall and The English Patient (27:19) Emily Garside and Pride (32:23) Fiona Underhill and Empire of the Sun (36:39) Lindsay Pugh and Ishtar (41:00) Brett Pardy and The Farewell (45:57) Contributors: Emily Garside (@EmiGarside), Writer, Researcher, and Theatre Maker. Visit her website. Alex Heeney (@bwestcineaste), Editor-in-Chief, Seventh Row. Andrew Kendall (@DepartedAviator), Film Critic, Stabroek News. Caitlin Merriman (@CaitlinSnark). Brett Pardy (@AntiqueiPod), Associate Editor, Seventh Row. Lindsay Pugh (@womaninrevolt), Contributing Editor, Seventh Row. Writer, Woman in Revolt. Orla Smith (@orlamango), Executive Editor, Seventh Row. Fiona Underhill (@FionaUnderhill), Editor-in-Chief, JumpCut Online. Lena Wilson (@lenalwilson), Culture Writer. Visit her website. Debbie Zhou (@debbie_zhou), Managing Editor, Rough Cut. Episode Notes: Read Alex's interview with Proxima director Alice Winocour Read Alex's 2014 review of Pride Read Orla's interview with The Farewell director Lulu Wang Related Episodes Ep. 51: Working Mothers: Proxima & Baby Boom Ep. 1: Leave No Trace Follow Seventh Row on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and read our articles at seventh-row.com.
Andrew, Lucy and Ben are joined by film critic Debbie Zhou for a conversation about Australian media's failure to embrace certain actors, representation in cinema and which animal had the best drum solo in Aquaman. Find Debbie on Twitter at https://twitter.com/debbie_zhou Read ROUGH CUT at https://roughcutfilm.com Read Debbie's piece in Guardian Australia here: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/feb/07/these-actors-are-doing-huge-things-in-hollywood-so-why-isnt-australia-celebrating-them *** Support our show and get exclusive bonus episodes by subscribing on Patreon: www.patreon.com/BoontaVista *** Merchandise available at: boontavista.com/merchandise *** Twitter: twitter.com/boontavista iTunes: tinyurl.com/y8d5aenm Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/s?fid=144888&refid=stpr Pocket Casts: pca.st/SPZB RSS: tinyurl.com/kq84ddb
The "I'm excited to going back to watch stuff on my Mac" edition. Cultural Capital invite the participants in this year's MIFF's Critics Campus on the pod to discuss the experience of spending a week as a film critic, share highlights of the festival so far and contemplate the future of film criticism. Meet Ivana Brehas, Sam Harris, Eliza Janssen, Valerie Ng, André Shannon, James Waters, Claire White and Debbie Zhou. And a big thank you to Luke Goodsell for bringing us all together. You can read the work of the MIFF Critics Campushere: http://miff.com.au/blog, and find Claire White's Teen Screen Cinemateque at @teencineteq
Where we chat to the Director of the inaugural Taiwan Film Festival Benson Wu, fight all things Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again with film critic Debbie Zhou, cover the James Gunn controversy and review Denzel's Equalizer 2
Where we fight about the latest and very different entry into the Marvel canon and Greta Gerwig’s phenomenon Lady Bird with special guest Debbie Zhou from The Social Film Network
Where we fight about what we hope isn’t Daniel Day-Lewis’ last film and who should go home with little gold statues with special guest Debbie Zhou from The Social Film Network
Where we fight about a film everyone should see, a tiny Matt Damon, what Gary Oldman has to do to win an Oscar, Tangerine Director Sean Baker’s latest, the bear from Peru & the year that was, with special guest Debbie Zhou from The Social Film Network