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A place to think deeply about movies | J. Trier, Reichardt, Sciamma experts | We write film ebooks 📚 We podcast🎙 | Latest ebook: subjectiverealities . com
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🎬 What if talking about movies felt more like improv?

Not “being clever on cue” improv.
But listening closely.
Picking up on what someone just noticed.
Adding something new.
Discovering something together.

That’s the spirit we bring inside The Long Take.

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October 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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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
October 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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📜 A lost 1950s gay script.
🎬 A queer short film that mixes archives + fiction.
💡 And a live discussion to unpack it.

Join us tomorrow (Sunday, Oct 5 | 2–4pm ET) for the finale of Living Out Loud.

👉 Register free: seventh-row.com/livingoutloud
October 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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🌈 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.

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October 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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🌈 Tomorrow we kick off Living Out Loud — a free, 3-day online summit on queer + trans cinema and history.

Day 1 (Friday, Oct 3, 2–4pm ET): Reclaiming Queer + Trans History

How do film, TV, theatre, and archives reclaim LGBTQ+ history?

Register FREE to join us: seventh-row.com/livingoutloud
October 2, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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🌈 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
September 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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🎬 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.

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September 29, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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I podcasted on two of the queer/trans films I saw at #TIFF50

They got me thinking about what kinds of stories we get about queer and trans lives in different parts of the world — and how those stories are told.

(Questions we'll keep exploring at Living Out Loud next week!)

Some thoughts 🧵
September 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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🎬 What gets remembered — and what gets erased — is never neutral.
Day 1 of Living Out Loud explores how queer + trans history is reclaimed through art + archives.
Oct 3–5 | Free + online
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September 23, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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👥 Featuring Elspeth Brown, @emilygarside.bsky.social @bwestcineaste.bsky.social, Anamarija Horvat, Angelo Madsen, @cjprince.bsky.social, @tylekurner.bsky.social, and Lena Wilson

👉 Save your seat: seventh-row.com/livingoutloud
Living Out Loud: A 3-day online summit about queer and trans stories in film, theatre, TV, and the archives. 🎟️ Free to attend 🗓️ Oct 3–5 | 2–4pm ET | Zoom 💬 Join live and help shape the conversation 👉 Register now at seventh-row.com/livingoutloud Big ideas. Lots of time for Q&A + audience discussion. No prep required.
September 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Each day offers a new way in:
🗓️ Queer + trans histories, and how we’re reclaiming them
🎞️ What stories are being told today — and how they land
🎥 A short film screening + live discussion to tie it all together

🎟️ Free to attend
👉 Save your seat: seventh-row.com/livingoutloud
September 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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What to expect:
💬 Panel convos with critics, scholars + artists
🧠 Plenty of time to share your thoughts + shape the conversation
🌈 Queer- and trans-centred space — allies welcome
September 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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🎬 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
Living Out Loud A FREE 3-day online summit about queer and trans stories — how they’re told, how we find them, and why they matter. Join us to explore: 🎬 The films, shows, and plays telling queer and trans stories today 📚 The historical and cultural context that shapes how we see them 🗣️ Every session includes a Q&A — your questions + ideas shape the discussion. 📅 Each day offers a new lens: history, storytelling, and a live film discussion. 🗓️ Oct 3–5 | 2–4pm ET | Free on Zoom Day 1 – Reclaiming Queer + Trans History Friday, Oct 3 | 2–4pm ET Why does knowing queer and trans history matter? And how do film, theatre, and archives help us reclaim it? Join a panel of historians, educators, and artists to explore: 📌 How history shapes the stories we see today 📌 What gets erased — and what’s being recovered 📌 How personal memory, art, and academia intersect Featuring: Elspeth Brown, Emily Garside, Anamarija Horvat, Angelo Madsen Day 2 – Queer + Trans Stories On Screen Saturday, Oct 4 | 2–4pm ET What queer and trans stories are getting told on screen — and what makes them resonate? We’ll explore: 🎞️ Why so many great queer films fly under the radar 🧠 How context + history shape how we experience them 💬 Why these stories can hit home — even if they’re not about us Featuring a panel of film and culture critics: C.J. Prince, Kyle Turner, Lena Wilson Day 3 – Watch + Discuss a Queer Short Film Sunday, Oct 5 | 2–4pm ET We’ll screen a rarely seen but incredibly rich hybrid doc-fiction queer short film — then unpack it in a facilitated group discussion led by host Alex Heeney. 🎬 This session brings together the themes from Days 1 & 2: reclaiming history + what queer and trans stories get told 🧠 You’ll notice things you wouldn’t on your own — and hear what others saw, too. 💬 Come curious. Leave with deeper insight, new questions, and a new deep cut. 👀
September 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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She's also made a bunch of curios you probably haven't heard of, like the film about the poet Rimbaud (TOTAL ECLIPSE) with Leonardo DiCaprio and David Thewlis (fresh off NAKED)...the only way I know of to watch it is to rent it from @baystreetvideo.com (Treat it well if you do!)
August 23, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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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.
July 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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@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...
Can you have love and financial security? That’s the dilemma at the heart of Materialists (2025), Celine Song’s new film — and the focus of a recent episode of the Seventh Row Podcast.
July 2, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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One of the smartest things about the Langley sequence in Mission: Impossible (1996)?

The way it builds tension from something as tiny — and human — as a single drop of water.

That cold drink on the table? It’s not just set dressing. It’s foreshadowing.
June 13, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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In this podcast excerpt, we unpack how the very first scene of Mission: Impossible doesn’t just kick off the action — it sets the tone for everything that follows.

👀 Someone’s always watching.
🎭 Everyone’s performing.
🎥 And spycraft? It’s just filmmaking with higher stakes.
June 11, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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One of the things that makes Mission: Impossible (1996) land?
The writing.
The characters’ motivations make sense. The plot is straightforward without being over-explained.
We’re told the plan — and then we get to track how it unfolds, step by step.
🎧 In this clip, @amuredda praises the writing.
June 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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In Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, Agathe dances through a Paris bookshop — past shelves lined with red books.

Not by chance.

In the episode, I discuss how subtle choices like that shape the film’s emotional world.

🎧 For when you’re in the afterglow — or wondering if this one’s for you.
June 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Part 2 of me talking about Jane Austen Wrecked My Life.

This time: the bookends.
What the opening + closing scenes reveal — about hiding out from life, and maybe coming back to it.

🎧 For when you want to live in the afterglow of a great film.
June 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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JANE AUSTEN WRECKED MY LIFE is one of the year's best movies.

Yes, it’s a rom-com — and a fantastic one at that — but it’s also an anti-rom-com about a woman in her 30s who’s stuck, not just romantically, but professionally and personally.

Listen to the episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
May 27, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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It's a little-known fact that some of the most important films in cinema history that have screened at Cannes didn't actually screen in the Official Competition.

E.g. Akerman's Jeanne Dielman screened in the Directors' Fortnight.

So many gems hide out in the festival's sidebars.
May 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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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.

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May 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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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.
May 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM