Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025
@bwestcineaste.bsky.social
Film/theatre critic & educator | Founder/EIC of Seventh Row http://seventh-row.com | Engineer, IAQ enthusiast, consultant. #COVIDisAirborne
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
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
Today at 2pm ET → join the finale of Living Out Loud:
🎬 A 2017 British queer short
📜 A lost 1950s gay script
📂 Queer archives brought to life
💬 A live discussion to unpack it led by @bwestcineaste.bsky.social
👉 Register free: seventh-row.com/livingoutloud
🎬 A 2017 British queer short
📜 A lost 1950s gay script
📂 Queer archives brought to life
💬 A live discussion to unpack it led by @bwestcineaste.bsky.social
👉 Register free: seventh-row.com/livingoutloud
October 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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
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
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.
Today at 2pm ET → join the finale of Living Out Loud:
🎬 A 2017 British queer short
📜 A lost 1950s gay script
📂 Queer archives brought to life
💬 A live discussion to unpack it led by @bwestcineaste.bsky.social
👉 Register free: seventh-row.com/livingoutloud
🎬 A 2017 British queer short
📜 A lost 1950s gay script
📂 Queer archives brought to life
💬 A live discussion to unpack it led by @bwestcineaste.bsky.social
👉 Register free: seventh-row.com/livingoutloud
October 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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.
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
If you missed it, you can still catch the replay (which will be live shortly)!
Register for free here: seventh-row.com/livingoutloud
October 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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
If you missed it, you can still catch the replay (which will be live shortly)!
Register for free here: seventh-row.com/livingoutloud
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.
It’s free to attend!
Register here: seventh-row.com/livingoutloud
Can’t make it live? You’ll get the replay when you register.
October 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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.
It’s free to attend!
Register here: seventh-row.com/livingoutloud
Can’t make it live? You’ll get the replay when you register.
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!!
It’s free! You just need to register. So excited for this conversation!!
🌈 Living Out Loud starts this Friday!
A 3-day FREE online summit exploring queer + trans stories and histories on screen (and beyond). Each day builds on the last — you’ll get the richest experience if you join for more than one, but you’re welcome to drop in.
seventh-row.com/livingoutloud
A 3-day FREE online summit exploring queer + trans stories and histories on screen (and beyond). Each day builds on the last — you’ll get the richest experience if you join for more than one, but you’re welcome to drop in.
seventh-row.com/livingoutloud
October 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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!!
It’s free! You just need to register. So excited for this conversation!!
Really excited for this event I’ve been planning, which starts today at 2pm ET!
Register to attend for free!
Register to attend for free!
🌈 Living Out Loud starts this Friday!
A 3-day FREE online summit exploring queer + trans stories and histories on screen (and beyond). Each day builds on the last — you’ll get the richest experience if you join for more than one, but you’re welcome to drop in.
seventh-row.com/livingoutloud
A 3-day FREE online summit exploring queer + trans stories and histories on screen (and beyond). Each day builds on the last — you’ll get the richest experience if you join for more than one, but you’re welcome to drop in.
seventh-row.com/livingoutloud
October 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Really excited for this event I’ve been planning, which starts today at 2pm ET!
Register to attend for free!
Register to attend for free!
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!
And what that means for what stories get told, reach you, and are still missing!
🌈 What makes a story queer or trans? Depends who you ask — and when it was made.
Is it about LGBTQ+ characters or filmmakers?
Or something else entirely?
How we define it shapes how we assess the state of queer + trans cinema today.
Join us Saturday to discuss: seventh-row.com/livingoutloud
Is it about LGBTQ+ characters or filmmakers?
Or something else entirely?
How we define it shapes how we assess the state of queer + trans cinema today.
Join us Saturday to discuss: seventh-row.com/livingoutloud
September 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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!
And what that means for what stories get told, reach you, and are still missing!
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).
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...
seventh-row.com/living-out-l...
September 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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).
Reposted by Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025
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...
seventh-row.com/living-out-l...
September 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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...
seventh-row.com/living-out-l...
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
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
September 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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
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
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!).
It’ll be a great way to cap off Living Out Loud (come Friday &’Saturday too to learn from our amazing panelists!).
🎬 On Sunday, Oct 5 (2–4pm ET), Living Out Loud wraps up with a queer short film screening + live group discussion.
We’ll watch the film together, then unpack it with me facilitating — connecting it to the themes from Days 1 + 2.
seventh-row.com/livingoutloud
We’ll watch the film together, then unpack it with me facilitating — connecting it to the themes from Days 1 + 2.
seventh-row.com/livingoutloud
September 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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!).
It’ll be a great way to cap off Living Out Loud (come Friday &’Saturday too to learn from our amazing panelists!).
Reposted by Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025
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...
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...
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
seventh-row.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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...
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...
Reposted by Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025
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
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
🎬 What stories are being told about queer and trans lives — and what's still missing?
That’s the jumping-off point for Living Out Loud, an online summit on queer + trans stories in film, theatre, TV, and history.
📅 Oct 3–5, 2–4pm ET
💻 Free + online
👉 Save your seat: seventh-row.com/livingoutloud
That’s the jumping-off point for Living Out Loud, an online summit on queer + trans stories in film, theatre, TV, and history.
📅 Oct 3–5, 2–4pm ET
💻 Free + online
👉 Save your seat: seventh-row.com/livingoutloud
September 23, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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
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
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
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
September 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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
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
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
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
🎬 What stories are being told about queer and trans lives — and what's still missing?
That’s the jumping-off point for Living Out Loud, an online summit on queer + trans stories in film, theatre, TV, and history.
📅 Oct 3–5, 2–4pm ET
💻 Free + online
👉 Save your seat: seventh-row.com/livingoutloud
That’s the jumping-off point for Living Out Loud, an online summit on queer + trans stories in film, theatre, TV, and history.
📅 Oct 3–5, 2–4pm ET
💻 Free + online
👉 Save your seat: seventh-row.com/livingoutloud
September 23, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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
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
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...
I unpack SENTIMENTAL VALUE at #TIFF50 and some of its echoes of Trier’s earlier work: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s...
180. Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value (TIFF 2025)
Podcast Episode · Seventh Row Podcast · 2025-09-07 · 36m
podcasts.apple.com
September 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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...
I unpack SENTIMENTAL VALUE at #TIFF50 and some of its echoes of Trier’s earlier work: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s...
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.
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.
September 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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.
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.
Never happier to be embargoed than when I need more time to think about the new Joachim Trier film.
August 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Never happier to be embargoed than when I need more time to think about the new Joachim Trier film.
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!
August 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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!
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.
- 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.
July 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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.
- 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.
Reposted by Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025
THE SHROUDS just hit the Criterion Channel. Here's @amuredda.bsky.social's review from last year's TIFF. filmfreakcentral.net/2024/09/tiff...
TIFF '24: The Shrouds - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
***½/**** starring Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Guy Pearce, Sandrine Holt written and directed by David Cronenberg by Angelo Muredda David Cronenberg is no stranger to illness and death, from the syn...
filmfreakcentral.net
July 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
THE SHROUDS just hit the Criterion Channel. Here's @amuredda.bsky.social's review from last year's TIFF. filmfreakcentral.net/2024/09/tiff...
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.
And you know it’s an amazing movie when 10 years later, you see it differently and that lets you love it even more.
When we first watched 45 Years, we thought their marriage was doomed.
10 years later?
We’re not so sure.
We might even think it makes their relationship stronger.
🎙️Clip from our latest episode with @bwestcineaste.bsky.social & Lindsay Pugh.
10 years later?
We’re not so sure.
We might even think it makes their relationship stronger.
🎙️Clip from our latest episode with @bwestcineaste.bsky.social & Lindsay Pugh.
July 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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.
And you know it’s an amazing movie when 10 years later, you see it differently and that lets you love it even more.
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!).
@bwestcineaste.bsky.social talked about Materialists (2025) on a recent episode of the Seventh Row Podcast — strong premise, great blocking, but it left her cold.
On the episode, she talked about what worked, what didn't, and also...Gossip Girl?
Listen: pod.link/1437069031/e...
On the episode, she talked about what worked, what didn't, and also...Gossip Girl?
Listen: pod.link/1437069031/e...
July 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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!).
Reposted by Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025
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
June 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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
Reposted by Alex Heeney 🔜 #TIFF2025
And for more conversation, with spoilers, check out this follow-up episode: bsky.app/profile/seve...
June 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
And for more conversation, with spoilers, check out this follow-up episode: bsky.app/profile/seve...