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Tag: Film
Identity, resistance, and doubled gazes in Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) and The Handmaiden (2016)
Several fates befall paintings in 2019’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire – defacement, distortion, conflagration. Early in the film, … More
About me
I’m Emily, an apprentice journalist, a writer and an occasional picture-maker. My thing is the long nineteenth century and Neo-Victorianism … More
Cinematic lycanthropy and monstrous femininity: a review of James Gracey’s The Company of Wolves
The Company of Wolves is a title in Auteur Publishing’s Devil’s Advocate series, which showcases a range of critical approaches … More
A review of Folk Horror: Hours Dreadful And Things Strange
Adam Scovell’s Folk Horror is an excellent primer on the cultural mode, as manifested in fiction, film, music and television. … More
The Other Screen
[This story was originally published in the October 2018 edition of etc magazine. A PDF version of the article is available … More
A Review of Clementine Ford’s Fight Like A Girl
Content warning for both Ford’s book and this review: sexual violence, rape culture, eating disorders, and mental health issues. Note: … More
Gilbert & George exhibition opens in Brighton
[This report was first published online on the Brighton and Hove Independent website on April 28, 2018. The original story can … More
Film screenings set to explore representations of disability
[This review was first published online on the Brighton and Hove Independent website. The original story can be read at westsussextoday.co.uk/news/film-screenings-set-to-explore-representations-of-disability-1-8403439.] … More
Laurie Penny’s Bitch Doctrine: a review
Laurie Penny’s writing has always struck a chord with me. I’ve followed her columns since my awkward, confused teenage years, … More
Emily Jessica Turner 