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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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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.

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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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The Brutality of Innocence in Lynne Ramsay’s Ratcatcher

by Eileen G’Sell October 28, 2021October 30, 2021

Lynne Ramsay’s 1999 debut film is arguably one of the masterpieces of 20th-century depictions of childhood poverty.

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As a Mockumentary About Celebrity, Nowhere Inn Just Bores

by Eileen G’Sell October 7, 2021October 8, 2021

In this film about stardom, the viewer has nowhere to appreciate and connect with the characters and concepts.

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For Udo Kier in Swan Song, Flamboyance Is Its Own Redemption

by Eileen G’Sell September 15, 2021September 15, 2021

Todd Stephens’s new film is a celebration of willful, collective flamboyance that flourishes within small cities.

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In Who You Think I Am, Juliette Binoche Transcends Mid-Life Crisis Stereotypes

by Eileen G’Sell September 9, 2021September 10, 2021

Binoche plays a woman who is ultimately accountable for herself and doesn’t pretend to be any better than she is.

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