Francey Russell

Francey Russell is an assistant professor of philosophy at Barnard College and Columbia University. She works primarily on topics in moral psychology, history of philosophy, and aesthetics.

Articles

Identifications and Their Refusal: On Alice Diop’s “Saint Omer”
Francey Russell reviews Alice Diop’s film “Saint Omer.”
Francey RussellMar 2, 2023
- Film
It’s Over
Francey Russell inspects Amy Seimetz's "She Dies Tomorrow," hailed as the first COVID film.
Francey RussellAug 20, 2020
Last Man: On Claire Denis’s “High Life”
"The film is not just about violence, the film is itself violent and the audience suffers this directly." Francey Russell on "High Life."
Francey RussellDec 7, 2018
- Film
Exercises in Self-Destruction: On Paul Schrader’s “First Reformed”
"First Reformed" is a serious exercise in thinking through faith and despair, but at the same time it indulges unabashedly in oneiric pleasures.
Francey RussellJul 13, 2018
- Film
- Religion
Trust and Violence in “Beach Rats”
Francey Russell reviews Eliza Hittman's new film.
Francey RussellSep 21, 2017
- Film
- Gender & Sexuality
The Spirit of Things: On “Personal Shopper”
Francey Russell on the specters that haunt "Personal Shopper."
Francey RussellApr 25, 2017
- Film
An Education: On Barry Jenkins’s “Moonlight”
Francey Russell on Barry Jenkins's coming-of-age film.
Francey RussellNov 14, 2016
- Film
Bourne Again: “Jason Bourne” and the Politics of Self-Knowledge
Francey Russell on how "Jason Bourne" doesn't fit in the series.
Francey RussellAug 21, 2016
- Film
Precarious Paintings, Precarious Lives: On “Kerry James Marshall: Mastry”
Kerry James Marshall: Mastry, the first museum retrospective of the Chicago artist’s work.
Francey RussellJun 28, 2016
- Art & Architecture
Images to Work With: On the Ethics of Representation in “Son of Saul”
On the Ethics of Representation in "Son of Saul."
Francey RussellFeb 28, 2016
- Film
How to Be Together: On Andrew Haigh’s “45 Years”
"45 Years" shows the difficulty of being present with someone you know.
Francey RussellDec 23, 2015
- Film
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.
Francey RussellDec 26, 2014
- Film
Kara Walker: A Subtlety at the Domino Sugar Factory
: Kara Walker and the spectacle of spectatorship.
Francey RussellJun 20, 2014
The Unknown Inside
Alain Guiraudie’s "L’inconnu du lac" (“Stranger by the Lake”)
Francey RussellFeb 21, 2014