Eileen G’Sell is a poet and culture critic with regular contributions to Salon, VICE, Hyperallergic, the Boston Review, and DIAGRAM, among other publications. In 2019, she was nominated for the national Rabkin prize for arts journalism. Her first full-length volume of poetry, Life After Rugby, was published in 2018. She currently teaches composition and film at Washington University in St. Louis, and creative writing for the Prison Education Project at Missouri Eastern Correctional Center.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
Having a Job Sucks: Talking Sex, Labor, and Pre-Code Cinema with Amalia Ulman
Eileen G’Sell sits down with actress-filmmaker Amalia Ulman about her film, “El Planeta.”...
“MLK/FBI” and “Her Socialist Smile” Desanitize Two Radical Icons
Eileen G’Sell compares two documentaries about Martin Luther King, Jr. and Helen Keller, both of whom had radical politics that have been whitewashed....
On Mothers, Daughters, and “The Truth”: A Conversation with Juliette Binoche
Eileen G’Sell sits down with actress Juliette Binoche to discuss craft, family dynamics, and her latest work on the film “The Truth.”...
Innocence to the Extreme: An Interview with Cannes Best Director Winners Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Eileen G’Sell talks to the award-winning directors about their newest film, "Young Ahmed."...
On the Power of Sisterhood and the Limits of Nostalgia: An Interview with Brazilian Director Karim Aïnouz
Eileen G’Sell interviews Karim Aïnouz, director of “Invisible Life.”...
White Fear, Black Grief, and the Horrors of Being Put in a Box: A Conversation with “Luce” Filmmaker Julius Onah and Actor Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Eileen G’Sell interviews the director and star of “Luce” (2019), a tense psychodrama about race, prejudice, and trauma....
