Corsage(2022)

Published in MAI: Feminism & Visual Culture , this piece analyzes the film through the lens of feminist theory, specifically citing Cixous and Clément [13]. It explores the "path of refusal" Empress Elisabeth takes to escape a system that confines her to an allocated space [13, 25].

: The deliberate use of modern technology (telephones, fluorescent lighting) and music to emphasize Elisabeth's timeless isolation. Corsage(2022)

A review in the BJPsych Bulletin treats the film as a close study of psychic turmoil. It explores the lasting conflicts between submission and control, and how the script weaves in "moments of psychodynamism" to show Elisabeth as a woman "going through another world on her own". Published in MAI: Feminism & Visual Culture ,