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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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Transforming Society Through Play

by Eileen G’Sell July 4, 2022July 1, 2022

Assembly Required suggests it is high time to strap on a colorful mask and play with someone you don’t know — or don’t know well enough.

Posted inFilm

A Body Horror Tale With an Avian Twist

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

Hanna Bergholm’s stunningly original debut film Hatching embraces the experience of female adolescence as the monster that it is, and then gives that monster literal wings.

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The Breezy Bisexuality of Anaïs in Love 

by Eileen G’Sell April 26, 2022April 26, 2022

Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet’s directorial debut offers a twist of zest to the tired tale of a vivacious young woman pursuing romance with an older man.

Posted inFilm

In The Girl and the Spider, Voyeurism Is Both Comical and Creepy

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

Everybody seems to be infatuated with everyone else in the film, locking eyes with an intensity that could shame a tantra guru.

Posted inFilm

A Poignant Family Portrait in the Trappings of Sci-Fi

by Eileen G’Sell April 4, 2022April 4, 2022

After Yang merges director Kogonada’s fastidious attention to form with a rare empathy for the insecurity of the human condition, especially within the nuclear unit.

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Playground Looks at the Psychological and Physical Carnage of Childhood

by Eileen G’Sell February 22, 2022February 22, 2022

Laura Wandel’s debut film examines the psychological — and physical — carnage wrought between children when grown-ups look the other way.

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The Figural Ghosts of Oliver Lee Jackson’s Expressive Abstraction

by Eileen G’Sell February 17, 2022February 20, 2022

Jackson’s two-dimensional surfaces lead us into a maze of shapes and visual gestures, yet tease us into recognizing the figures hidden within.

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The Worst Person in the World Is Among the Best Portraits of Modern Womanhood

by Eileen G’Sell February 9, 2022March 14, 2022

Part of the glory of the film is that its heroine’s choices, however unexpected, are taken seriously.

Posted inFilm

On Camouflage and Control in The Velvet Queen

by Eileen G’Sell January 5, 2022January 5, 2022

Rather than celebrate intrepid man capturing, and controlling, the magic of “nature,” the film focuses more on how nature watches us.

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Bruno Dumont’s France Is a Cogent, if Convoluted, Critique of Celebrity Culture

by Eileen G’Sell December 23, 2021December 23, 2021

This may not be a great film, but its narrative and tonal weaknesses throw into relief just how strong Léa Seydoux is as its thumping heart.

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C’mon C’mon and Mike Mills’s Vision of Masculine Vulnerability

by Eileen G’Sell November 24, 2021November 24, 2021

In the films of Mike Mills, sensitive male characters reckon with who they are when who they are doesn’t seem to measure up.

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The Automotive-Erotic Body Horror of Titane

by Eileen G’Sell November 4, 2021January 17, 2023

What’s more natural, the film seems to ask — the “body parts” under the hood of a car or those pulsing beneath a woman’s navel?

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