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Member Newsletter - October Edition: Sick, Stonewalling, Passages, and more to watch this month

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about 2 months ago • 4 min read

Film of the Week: The Event

Hello Reader, I recently discovered Frank Mosley and Hugo de Sousa's hilarious and heartbreaking short, The Event, about a filmmaker who can't get his friend to watch his new short film. The pair also have a short film making the festival rounds called Good Condition, which I highly recommend checking out if it comes to a fest near you. It's streaming free online on Vimeo, and it's only 11 minutes! Frank Mosley (left) and Hugo de Sousa (right) in The Event Watch The Event FREE Did someone...

3 months ago • 2 min read

An update from TIFF: highlights from Cannes & reviews so far

Hello Reader, I'm four days and 40 features (I started two weeks early!) into TIFF 2023, and it's been a solid year thus far. Almost everything in my top 5 films premiered at other festivals (Bas Devos's Here, which I discussed on the Berlinale 2023 episode of the Seventh Row Podcast, is still topping my list). So, I'll start by discussing some highlights I've caught that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Know anybody who might want to subscribe to this TIFF newsletter? Share this link...

3 months ago • 3 min read

Member Newsletter - September Edition: Rotting in the Sun, Agnieszka Holland, and more

Hello Reader, Did somebody forward this newsletter to you? Sign up for the FREE Newsletter You're receiving this monthly digest of the Premium Seventh Row Member. Seventh Row Members get free access to the premium newsletter. The Members Newsletter helps you expand your cinematic horizons through streaming recommendations for the best socially progressive under-the-radar films worldwide. You'll never miss the best films now streaming by and about women, 2SLGBTQ+ people, Indigenous People,...

3 months ago • 4 min read

Film of the Week: The Eight Mountains is now streaming

Hello Reader, The best movie of 2023, The Eight Mountains (tied with Other People's Children), is now on Criterion Channel in Canada and the US! It's also available to rent/buy on VOD. Did someone forward this email to you? Don't miss out on future recommendations and exclusive content from the Seventh Row Newsletter that you won't find on our website. Subscribe today for FREE! Subscribe to the Seventh Row Newsletter The Eight Mountains It won the Jury Prize at Cannes last year and is the...

3 months ago • 2 min read

Member Newsletter: 1970, Manhattan, Saint-Narcisse, and more

Hello Reader, You're receiving the Premium Monthly Newsletter because you are a Seventh Row Member. The newsletter will cover the best films to watch in the coming month on streaming/VOD/virtual cinemas, primarily in Canada, the US, and the UK — though it's a great resource for what to watch out for if you live in other places. This month, I've got a very varied set of recommendations for you. If you're still caught in Barbenheimer fever (or avoiding the crowds), I highly recommend this...

4 months ago • 4 min read

The Best Films of 2023 so far...

Hello Reader, I've just published my list of the Best Films of 2023. In the first half of the year, so many great small movies get released in the lead-up to and aftermath of the Oscars. These films don't have the marketing budgets to become Oscar contenders, but they are fantastic films — many of which we at Seventh Row have been raving about for months (or years). You won't hear much about most of these films anywhere else. As usual, my list of the year's best films is off the beaten path....

5 months ago • 2 min read

Member Newsletter: Everybody Loves Jeanne, Augustine, Fancy Dance, and more

Hello Reader, You're receiving the Premium Monthly Newsletter because you are a Seventh Row Member. The newsletter will cover the best films to watch in the coming month on streaming/VOD/virtual cinemas, primarily in Canada, the US, and the UK — though it's a great resource for what to watch out for if you live in other places. This month, some of our favourite Cannes 2022 films are finally finding their way to your television screens! Catch the French anti-rom-com Everybody Loves Jeanne...

5 months ago • 6 min read

New Podcast: Penny Lane on subjective documentaries and Confessions of a Good Samaritan

Hello Reader, In today's episode, Penny Lane discusses her new documentary film, Confessions of a Good Samaritan, about her journey to becoming an anonymous kidney donor and its emotional repercussions. While educating us on the kidney donation process and why it's important, the film is, above all, a portrait of the filmmaker in crisis. It is equally a film about making a film about donating a kidney. Lane uses many different techniques to get us inside her stressed and complicated brain:...

5 months ago • 3 min read