On the March 15, 2025 edition of The Richard Crouse Show we meet Atom Egoyan and Amanda Seyfried of the new film “Seven Veils.” In this a new psychological thriller, now playing in theatres, Seyfried is Jeanine, a director dealing with repressed trauma as she mounts a production of her mentor’s most famous work, the opera “Salome.” Rich with metaphor and suspense “Seven Veils” is an intellectual thriller about art imitating life.
We also meet Sonequa Martin-Green. You know her from “Star Trek: Discovery,” “New Girl” and “The Good Wife.” She also played Sasha Williams, a main character and a survivor of the outbreak in “The Walking Dead.”
Today we’ll talk about her new film, the dark comedy “My Dead Friend Zoe,” now playing in theatres. In it she plays an Afghanistan veteran haunted by her late best friend Zoe. Now in civilian life, she searches for a way forward as she suffers from PTSD and tends to her retired Lieutenant-Colonel grandfather played by Ed Harris.
Then we meet Keira Jang, star of Can I Get A Witness?” a new Canadian eco-sci fi/coming-of-age film now playing in theaters. It’s set in a future where climate change and world poverty have been eradicated. To mitigate these modern-day issues, travel and technology are banned and every citizen must end life at 50. Documenting the process are artists as witnesses, like the character Kiera plays, a teenager on her first day on the job.
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Here’s my interview with Atom Egoyan and Amanda Seyfried of the new film “Seven Veils.” In this a new psychological thriller, now playing in theatres, Seyfried is Jeanine, a director dealing with repressed trauma as she mounts a production of her mentor’s most famous work, the opera “Salome.” Rich with metaphor and suspense “Seven Veils” is an intellectual thriller about art imitating life.
I join CTV NewsChannel anchor Scott Hirsch to talk about the strange sci fi of “Mickey 17,” the kid-friendly “Night of the Zoopocalypse” and the suspense of “Seven Veils.”
Fast reviews for busy people! Watch as I review three movies in less time than it takes to make some toast! Have a look as I race against the clock to tell you about the strange sci fi of “Mickey 17,” the kid-friendly “Night of the Zoopocalypse” and the suspense of “Seven Veils.”
SYNOPSIS: In “Seven Veils,” a new psychological thriller from director Atom Egoyan, and now playing in theatres, Amanda Seyfried is Jeanine, a director dealing with repressed trauma as she mounts a production of her mentor’s most famous work, the opera “Salome.”
CAST: Amanda Seyfried, Rebecca Liddiard, Douglas Smith, Mark O’Brien and Vinessa Antoine. Directed by Atom Egoyan.
REVIEW: “Seven Veils” isn’t an adaptation of “Salome,” the story of violence, desire and the severed head of John the Baptist. Instead, it uses Richard Strauss’s controversial opera as a catalyst for the action.
The real world and the world of theatre converge as director Jeanine (Amanda Seyfried) remounts the opera “Salome,” a production previously helmed by her mentor and groomer Charles. Charles’s successful vision of the show suggested Salome was sexually abused by her father, a notion he reinforced with the use of upsetting videos of Jeanine’s abuse at the hand of her father.
When she says she wants to make “small but meaningful changes” to the show, the opera company management reject her ideas, even going so far as to insist on publishing Charles’s production notes in the program instead of hers. If she wants, they say, she can talk about her ideas for the show on an obscure podcast.
Her personal life is equally unsettled. Her husband may be having an affair with her mother’s caregiver, and it turns out that Charles’s wife may have known more about her husband’s proclivities than she let on.
Over time, as tensions mount, the unsettled situation uncorks Jeanine’s memories as an undercurrent of trauma is revealed.
There’s more, but it’s Jeanine’s main story that enthralls.
Rich with metaphor and suspense “Seven Veils” is an intellectual thriller about art imitating life.
As the parallels between Jeanine and Salome are revealed—the domination by male authority figures, confrontation of desire—Seyfried artfully plays Jeanine’s emotional turmoil, as a person torn between raw trauma and the “show must go on” ethos of her profession. It’s a career high for her as she portrays multitudes with a minimum of dialogue.
“Seven Veils” departs from “Salome” in its closing moments, avoiding the violence of the opera. Instead, it paints a compelling portrait of how trauma molds Jeanine’s personal and professional lives.
On this week’s show performers Rebecca Liddiard, Gerry Dee and Lisa Berry discuss MADE | NOUS a movement to encourage all Canadians to recognize and celebrate the creative talent from our country at home and abroad. Listen to the whole thing HERE!
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On the March 15, 2025 edition of The Richard Crouse Show we meet Atom Egoyan and Amanda Seyfried of the new film “Seven Veils.” In this a new psychological thriller, now playing in theatres, Seyfried is Jeanine, a director dealing with repressed trauma as she mounts a production of her mentor’s most famous work, the opera “Salome.” Rich with metaphor and suspense “Seven Veils” is an intellectual thriller about art imitating life.
