Francey Russell is a PhD student in philosophy at the University of Chicago. She works on issues in moral philosophy and subjectivity, and how these get worked out in art.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
Bourne Again: “Jason Bourne” and the Politics of Self-Knowledge
Francey Russell on how "Jason Bourne" doesn't fit in the series....
Precarious Paintings, Precarious Lives: On “Kerry James Marshall: Mastry”
Kerry James Marshall: Mastry, the first museum retrospective of the Chicago artist’s work....
Images to Work With: On the Ethics of Representation in “Son of Saul”
On the Ethics of Representation in "Son of Saul."...
How to Be Together: On Andrew Haigh’s “45 Years”
"45 Years" shows the difficulty of being present with someone you know....
Repetition and Difference: “Two Days, One Night”
The Dardennes' "Two Days, One Night" is animated by a complex conception of human life as both singular and serial....
Kara Walker: A Subtlety at the Domino Sugar Factory
: Kara Walker and the spectacle of spectatorship....
The Unknown Inside
Alain Guiraudie’s "L’inconnu du lac" (“Stranger by the Lake”)...
