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Alexandra Heeney

Alexandra Heeney writes film, theater and jazz reviews. She has covered the Sundance Film Festival, San Francisco International Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival and her favorite, the Toronto International Film Festival. As a Toronto native, the lack of Oxford commas and Canadian spelling in this bio continue to keep her up at night. In her spare time, Alex does research on reducing the environmental impact of food waste for her PhD in Management Science and Engineering.
A scene from Greg Whiteley's "Most Likely to Succeed." Photo by Gabriel Patay courtesy of Sundance Institute.

Our schools are broken: An interview with director Greg Whiteley about his Sundance doc ‘Most Likely to Succeed’

Alexandra Heeney
  •  
Feb. 6, 2015
Homesick

The highs and lows of being a member of the press at Sundance 2015

Alexandra Heeney
  •  
Feb. 6, 2015
Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons and Shameik Moore star in "Dope." Photo by David Moir, courtesy of Sundance Institute.

Sundance 2015: promising black auteurs emerge but with disappointing films

Alexandra Heeney
  •  
Feb. 4, 2015
Tanya Habjouqa (Jordan, b. 1975
, Untitled from the series Women of Gaza, 2009. Pigment print. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Museum purchase with general funds and the Horace W. Goldsmith Fund for Photography. Photography © 2014 MFA, Boston.

This week in Arts & Life (Feb. 2–8)

Alexandra Heeney
  •  
Feb. 1, 2015
Still from Summer of Sangailé. Courtesy of the Sundance Film Festival.

Sundance 2015: Female directors reign in the World Dramatic Competition

Alexandra Heeney
  •  
Jan. 30, 2015
Scene from "The Stanford Prison Experiment," courtesy of Sundance Film Festival.

Sundance Review of ‘The Stanford Prison Experiment’: Harrowing but disappointing

Alexandra Heeney
  •  
Jan. 29, 2015
Roy Dupuis in "The Forbidden Room." Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival.

Sundance film ‘The Forbidden Room’ gets the most walkouts of the festival

Alexandra Heeney
  •  
Jan. 27, 2015
Scene from "The Mask You Live In," a documentary directed by Stanford alum Jennifer Siebel Newsom.

Jennifer Siebel Newsom ’96 discusses ‘The Mask You Live In’ and masculinity in the U.S.

Alexandra Heeney
  •  
Jan. 24, 2015
"Most Likely to Succeed." Courtesy of Sundance Institute.

Sundance Diaries Day 1: A Stanford Ph.D. student at Sundance

Alexandra Heeney
  •  
Jan. 23, 2015
Benedict Cumberbatch stars in "The Imitation Game." Photo courtesy of The Weinstein Company.

Computer Science Ph.D. student Chris Piech discusses “The Imitation Game”

Alexandra Heeney
  •  
Jan. 23, 2015
Brad Mehldau. Photo by Michael Wilson

Jazz pianist Brad Mehldau discusses his craft

Alexandra Heeney
  •  
Dec. 1, 2014
Seana McKenna in "Testament." Photo by Kevin Berne, Courtesy American Conservatory Theater

Seana McKenna stars in the one-woman show ‘Testament,’ Mary’s take on Jesus’s story

Alexandra Heeney
  •  
Nov. 13, 2014
Tessa Thompson and Justin Simien on the set of Dear White People. Photo by Ashley Nguyen, courtesy of Roadside Attractions.

Writer-director Justin Simien talks “Dear White People,” his filmmaking process, and the performance of identity

Alexandra Heeney
  •  
Oct. 24, 2014
THE IMITATION GAME

Mill Valley Film Festival showcases Hawking and Turing biopics

Alexandra Heeney
  •  
Oct. 17, 2014
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Capsule reviews from the Toronto International Film Festival

Alexandra Heeney
  •  
Oct. 3, 2014
Still from "Clouds of Sils Maria," courtesy of the Toronto International Film Festival.

Top 5 films at the Toronto International Film Festival that had critics buzzing

Alexandra Heeney
  •  
Sept. 25, 2014
Michael Pitt as Ian and Brit Marling as Karen in Mike Cahill’s “I Origins.” Courtesy of Fox Searchlight.

Writer-director Mike Cahill discusses his new film “I Origins”

Alexandra Heeney
  •  
July 31, 2014
The 'Merry Wives' (Julia Coffey and Greta Wohlrabe) fool Falstaff (Richard Ziman) into yet another trick in Santa Cruz Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor." Photo by Shmuel Thaler.

Theater review: “The Merry Wives of Windsor” at Santa Cruz Shakespeare

Alexandra Heeney
  •  
July 31, 2014
Photo Credit: Joan Marcus

Spotlight on NYC Theatre: Sam Mendes’ brilliant and chilling “Cabaret” is back

Alexandra Heeney
  •  
July 17, 2014
THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN Daniel Radcliffe (Billy) in THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN, by Martin McDonagh, directed by Michael Grandage. © Johan Persson

Spotlight on NYC Theater: a great revival of “The Cripple of Inishmaan” starring Daniel Radcliffe

Alexandra Heeney
  •  
July 16, 2014
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