Author Spotlight

Emma Wilson

Emma Wilson teaches European cinema and literature at the University of Cambridge. She has written on Pedro Almodóvar’s films previously in her monographs Cinema’s Missing Children (2003) and Love, Mortality and the Moving Image (2012). Her latest book is The Reclining Nude: Agnès Varda, Catherine Breillat, and Nan Goldin (2019).

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All About My Mother: Matriarchal Society

Of the many odes to motherhood in Pedro Almodóvar’s filmography, this Oscar-winning hit is the most exquisite exploration of maternal love’s all-consuming power.

By Emma Wilson

Essays— Jan 28, 2020
Cries and Whispers: Love and Death

Ingmar Bergman plumbs unfathomable depths in his cinematically sensual tale of four women facing the inevitable in mind and body.

By Emma Wilson

Essays— Apr 2, 2015