In this episode Dario is joined at the Kino Teatr in St. Leonards by film director Hope Dickson Leach (@hopedickle) who introduces and discusses her newly released first feature The Levelling. Ellie Kendrick plays Clover, a young vet who has to reluctantly return to her father's farm after the sudden death of her brother. Deeply buried family tensions are brought to surface in a painful journey of guilt and self-examination told with an aesthetic precision that belies a low-budget first feature status. Hope outlines the production background and creative process behind this poignant and beautifully rendered drama.
The episode also features a interview with the founder of the Bechdel Test Fest Corrina Antrobus (@corrinacorrina). Corrina discusses the development of the organisation and ruminates on various themes related to the status of women in cinema.
Hope Dickson Leach
Watch The Levelling on the BFI Player
The Bechdel Test Fest
David Edelstein's Wonder Woman Review
Jezebel's response to the Edelstein's Wonder Woman Review
David Edelstein's response to the response to his Wonder Woman review
Speed
Making Waves (w/ dir. Midge Costin)
London Film Festival 2019
Film-Philosophy Conference 2019 (part 2)
Film-Philosophy Conference 2019 (part 1)
(Repost) Bronco's House w/ director Mark Jenkin
Sweet Country
Canons & Cinephilia (w/ So Mayer & Girish Shambu)
Sleep Has Her House (w/ Scott Barley)
California Typewriter (w/ dir. Doug Nichol)
Children of Men
Dr Racquel Gates
BFI Comedy Genius Finale
Berlinale 2019 Part 3
Berlinale 2019 Part 2
Berlinale 2019 Part 1
Clueless w/Ryan Gilbey (in association with the BFI Comedy Genius Season)
2018 review
Duck Soup (in association with the BFI Comedy Genius Season)
Her (live from the University of Chichester)
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