Episode 66: Blue Heron

Blue Heron is a 2026 semi-autobiographical drama, the debut feature of writer-director Sophy Romvari, based on her short film Still Processing. In the mid-1990s, a Hungarian family emigrates to Vancouver Island. The eldest of the children, Jeremy (Edik Beddoes), exhibits increasingly defiant and dangerous behavior, to the dismay of his parents, played by Iringó Réti and Ádám Tompa. The film also features Eylul Guven, Liam Serg, Preston Drabble, and Amy Zimmer. Timestamps: (0:02:03) Blue Heron (Sophy Romvari, 2025) (0:31:58) Spoilers (2:27:17) Next Time: Virginia Film Festival 2026 Works Cited: Aftersun (Charlotte Wells, 2022) Blue Heron (Sophy Romvari, 2025) Blue Heron (2026) (Walter Chaw, 2026) "Blue Heron" Is an Exalted Drama of Troubled Childhood (Richard Brody, 2026) The Butcher Boy (Neil Jordan, 1997) Email us at Miseenscreenpodcast@gmail.com! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social https://swvadcta.org/ Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict