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Sensitive to Art & its Discontents

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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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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Brilliant? Hatable? Annette Is Both (and Neither)

by Eileen G’Sell August 28, 2021August 27, 2021

It remains to be seen whether future critics will see the film as contrarian triumph or empty provocation.

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Ema’s Visuals Ignite the Screen, but Its Story Ultimately Flickers Out

by Eileen G’Sell August 21, 2021August 20, 2021

Director Pablo Larraín doesn’t trust his own filmographic brilliance, and lets the story take over in the end.

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The Willful Jouissance of Hannah Wilke

by Eileen G’Sell August 14, 2021August 17, 2021

Wilke’s joyful effusions were a reminder of the limitlessness of the body’s creative potential.

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QTPOC Artists Mine the Power of Intimacy

by Eileen G’Sell July 24, 2021July 28, 2021

The Self Maintenance Resource Center is a living archive of personal, creative, and intellectual inspiration for artists.

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A Coming-of-Age Film That Sidesteps Cliché

by Eileen G’Sell July 3, 2021July 2, 2021

Ena Sendijarević’s debut feature, Take Me Somewhere Nice, follows a young Bosnian refugee as she sets off to visit a native country she no longer knows.

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The Darker Side of Keith Haring

by Eileen G’Sell May 15, 2021May 16, 2021

The exhibition “Keith Haring: Radiant Gambit” presents a more complicated — and certainly more interesting — take on an artist best known for his zippy visuals.

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The Art of Looking at, and With, Animals

by Eileen G’Sell April 17, 2021April 19, 2021

Gunda and Stray reveal how difficult it is not to romanticize the lives of other animals.

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In Sound of Metal, There Are No Small Sufferings

by Eileen G’Sell April 9, 2021April 9, 2021

Darius Marder’s Oscar-nominated film is less about the Deaf community than about the process of losing a sense inextricably tied to one’s identity.

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