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Luca Guadagnino's best film
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Hello Reader, 2024 has been a big year for Luca Guadagnino movies: his tennis movie Challengers was a spring hit, and his William S. Burroughs adaptation Queer is now in cinemas and Oscar campaigning. So this felt like a perfect opportunity to celebrate Guadagnino's 2017 queer romance Call Me by Your Name on the podcast -- especially as the opening credits of Queer are a direct callback to the opening credits of Call Me by Your Name. The film made Seventh Row's list of the top 10 films of the 2010s (we also wrote a book about it) and is, in my opinion, Guadagnino's best film. It's also seasonally a propos as it ends with Hannukah (and today is Day 3 of Hannukah!). Episode 151: Call Me by Your NameThis week on the podcast, I delve into why I love Call Me by Your Name, from how it works as a ‘romance of stuff,’ its attention to tactile details, its flirtatious editing style, and its ability to evoke a world beyond the frame. I talk about:
Happy watching/listening! Alex
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Seventh Row is a nonprofit Canadian film criticism publication and publishing house. We're dedicated to helping you expand your horizons by curating the best socially progressive films from around the world and helping you think deeply about them. This newsletter is run by Seventh Row (http://seventh-row.com) but features exclusive content not found on the website.
...is a Mike Leigh movie from 2018, set in 1800s England, called Peterloo! There are two very good reasons to watch Peterloo this month: Mike Leigh's excellent new film Hard Truths is out in cinemas...so what better time to watch his unsung masterpiece? As we collectively mourn the inauguration of Donald Trump, I find this historical drama a very moving story about how, even if the fight for democracy ends in carnage, there's still hope for the future (and that you and I can change it.) What...
Hello Reader, You are receiving this as a paying subscriber to The Globetrotting Watchlist (which includes Film Adventurer and Cinephile Members), a monthly newsletter that helps you expand your cinematic horizons through streaming recommendations for the best socially progressive under-the-radar films worldwide. Your support helps us pay our expenses to keep Seventh Row, a non-profit, ad-free and online. What's Inside the Globetrotting Newsletter This month, I'm recommending: One of the best...
Hello Reader, When it comes to watching movies... There are the choices you want to be making for yourself (e.g., watching your cultural vegetables that will feed you emotionally and intellectually) And there are the choices you actually make (e.g., watching junk food)...which might be because you're not even sure which choice to make because your watchlist is so long that you're endlessly scrolling. If this predicament sounds familiar...you're not alone. The Good News? Watching your cultural...