Seventh Row Podcast

About Seventh Row Podcast

A weekly film podcast that helps you have a more rewarding experience watching movies by connecting you to the best under-the-radar films from around the world so that you don't have to watch all the movies to watch good movies that expand your cinematic horizons — both in content and form. This is a podcast about those films, the joys and challenges of finding and watching those films, how filmmaking choices affect our experience of them, and the people and places we discover through looking outside the mainstream and beyond the English language. Our mission is to upend the canon to be more inclusive by spotlighting and diving deep into international and independent films by and about women, Indigenous People, LGBTQ+ people, and other marginalized groups. Find multiple episodes on the films of Kelly Reichardt, Céline Sciamma, Andrew Haigh, and Joachim Trier. Become a member to access the full (200+ episode) podcast archive and get early access to new episodes: http://seventh-row.com/join

Publisher

Seventh Row

Category

tv & film · tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

4 Oct 2018

Latest episode

1 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

4 of 174 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   194. Tender Loving Care: Mike Leigh's wonderful film about what care can and can't do

   Host Alex Heeney interviews film critic Alex Heeney about Mike Leigh's "Tender Loving Care," exploring the film's portrayal of empathy and the limits of care.

2. 

   14 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   193. TIFF: Why Stuffed, the taxidermy romance starring Jodie Comer and Harry Melling, needed to be a musical

   Host Amelia has an interview with director Theo Rhys about his musical romance "Stuffed," exploring how song enhances the connection between Jodie Comer and Harry Melling's characters.

3. 

   20 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   192. At the Place of Ghosts with director Bretten Hannam

   Host Alex Heeney interviews Two-Spirit L'nu filmmaker Bretten Hannam about how "At the Place of Ghosts" uses horror to explore trauma, history, and healing.

Inside a recent episode

194. Tender Loving Care: Mike Leigh's wonderful film about what care can and can't do

Published 1 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] But the film is punctuated with scenes from both of their working lives. One of the moments that really stands out to me is the first time we see Amy at work. And she's working with a young teenage boy who has been rehomed because his mother was not offering him the care that he needed as a child. And he's hurting. He's hurting because he doesn't feel loved in his new home. He feels like his mother didn't love him enough to care for him. And he's telling Amy all of this. And he's obviously really hurting, and Amy can't change the situation. His mother did what she did and continues to be hurtful and harmful. […]

Who has been a guest on Seventh Row Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Bretten Hannam
• Lindsay Pugh
• Angelo Muredda
• Mike Leigh
• Ken Loach

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

24 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

12 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 44 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

49

Social presence

91

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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