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Eileen G’Sell

Eileen G’Sell is a poet and critic with regular contributions to Hyperallergic, Reverse Shot, The Hopkins Review, and The Riverfront Times, among other publications. In 2019 she was nominated for the Rabkin Prize in arts journalism. She teaches at Washington University in St. Louis. More on her writing can be found here.

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Cauleen Smith’s Drylongso Depicts a Bygone Oakland

by Eileen G’Sell March 17, 2023March 19, 2023

Smith’s 1998 film exudes the DIY charm of a low-budget, first-time feature while keenly depicting the complexities of both race- and gender-related inequalities.

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Achingly Intimate Doc About Ukrainian Orphans Insists on Hope

by Eileen G’Sell March 13, 2023March 13, 2023

A House Made of Splinters bears witness not only to children’s ongoing trauma, but to their enduring ability to seek out and sustain their own support networks.

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The Women Who Dominated This Year’s Sundance 

by Eileen G’Sell February 7, 2023February 7, 2023

At this year’s Sundance International Film Festival, more than half the feature-length movies were made by directors who identify as women.

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Why The Rules of the Game Is Still Required Viewing

by Eileen G’Sell January 31, 2023January 31, 2023

Jean Renoir’s newly restored 1939 classic proves that lawless wealth — then as now — makes a marvelous farce of us all.

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Barbara Chase-Riboud Breathes Life Into Bronze

by Eileen G’Sell January 22, 2023January 31, 2023

The aggressive kineticism of Futurism in Chase-Riboud’s sculpture is tempered by a keen appreciation of the erotic and lyrical.

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Set in a Lesbian City in the Year 2700, Flaming Ears Is Queer and Campy Fun

by Eileen G’Sell November 21, 2022December 7, 2022

For those up for seriously weird, naughty “cyberdyke” mayhem, this movie will likely disturb and delight.

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All That Breathes Redefines the “Nature Doc”

by Eileen G’Sell November 13, 2022November 13, 2022

Capturing an urban ecosystem of animals and humans, Shaunak Sen’s second feature sits somewhere between a nature doc, political drama, and touching family portrait.

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Claire Denis’s New Film Is Stronger on Steam Than Story

by Eileen G’Sell November 1, 2022November 2, 2022

Just as sex with a revolutionary does not make one revolutionary, a penchant for setting films in developing countries does not make Denis a resident expert.

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Sandra Payne’s Bling Manifesto

by Eileen G’Sell October 18, 2022October 21, 2022

The unabashedly feminine oeuvre of the collagist, sculptor, and conceptual artist is a smorgasbord of shimmer and sequin, a bling manifesto for the senses.

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A Feminist Film Classic That Has Its Cake and Eats It Too 

by Eileen G’Sell September 6, 2022September 6, 2022

With its recent 4k restoration, Daisies endures as a New Wave masterpiece and hyper-feminine smorgasbord of sensory pleasure.

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Documenta 15 and the Power of Productive Disruption

by Eileen G’Sell September 5, 2022September 2, 2022

The most fruitfully jarring artistic disruptions at documenta 15 unsettle their own settings, stealthily intervening in traditional German institutions or landmarks.

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Nicole Miller Bears Witness Through Sound

by Eileen G’Sell July 11, 2022July 12, 2022

The engulfing vocal testimony of Miller’s audio-visual art speaks to the threat of death faced by people of color in this country.

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