Gabrielle Marceau

Gabrielle Marceau https://gabriellemarceau.com Gabrielle Marceau Sat, 07 Nov 2026 22:06:12 +0000 https://gabriellemarceau.com en Evening Mirror http://gabriellemarceau.com/Evening-Mirror Sat, 07 Nov 2026 22:06:12 +0000 Gabrielle Marceau 460626 Back Evening Mirror Gabrielle Marceau presents... Evening Mirror, a twice-a-month newsletter for those might spend their evenings at a desk or on a walk or pouring a glass of wine (why not) just for the purpose of thinking about something. Those who have trouble falling asleep because of a mysterious fixation: something that wants to be written, to take form, something you think that no one else has thought before. It’s a dispatch about film, art, writing, the way the day’s diminishing light might make us feel cinematic, even if there’s no one there to watch you.  Once a month, you will get two emails: one, a deep dive into something I’m obsessed with (problematic filmmakers, fairy tales, writing, a colour); and another, more casual, piece on what I’m watching, reading, making, and thinking about. Subscribe and read here <img width="1600" height="2000" width_o="1600" height_o="2000" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/3b8277e163deea39917413b1943a0b3d1dd48dcc3b660ec40f9490f537f96066/In-Feed-1.png" data-mid="1450060" border="0" data-scale="54"/> Designed by Chris Walker Back Evening Mirror Gabrielle Marceau presents... Evening Mirror, a twice-a-month newsletter for those might spend their evenings at a desk or on a walk or pouring... Programming http://gabriellemarceau.com/Programming Sat, 07 Nov 2026 21:59:28 +0000 Gabrielle Marceau 460625 Back Battle of the Sexes  Fox Theatre presents: Battle of the Sexes, a screening and lecture series that interrogates how gender plays out on screen through films by male directors about women and by female directors about men. Cinema has always been obsessed with the relationship between men and women. The medium itself, with its inherent voyeurism, is a perfect arena for projections and fantasies about others. But in reality, the difference between the sexes (and of course, different gender identities) is not as significant as we’ve been led to believe. And so why are we still so obsessed with naming and reinforcing this difference? The series poses this question through provocative works like Mary Harron's American Psycho, Chantal Akerman's La Captive, Alfred Hitchcock's Marnie, and Jonathan Glazer's Birth, films that lay bare gender projections, fantasies, and distortions. The series is hosted by Gabrielle Marceau, critic and editor-in-chief of In the Mood Magazine. Each screening is introduced by a guest writer or critic who will unpack these complex and sometimes controversial works. Through erotic obsession, fraught relationships, and psychological turmoil, Battle of the Sexes invites you to experience cinema’s most dangerous match-up. Buy Tickets Here <img width="3375" height="5175" width_o="3375" height_o="5175" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d4c100693b68e5b3b02dff73c6c3c403172debfbb988c5aab03ceb7b28af40fc/POSTER.Battle.of.the.Sexes.jpg" data-mid="1450059" border="0" data-scale="62"/> Poster by Brandon Lim Back Battle of the Sexes  Fox Theatre presents: Battle of the Sexes, a screening and lecture series that interrogates how gender plays out on screen through... Editing http://gabriellemarceau.com/Editing Fri, 01 Aug 2025 19:18:45 +0000 Gabrielle Marceau 457456 back Editing MDFF 2025 Student Film Showcase - Read Here <img width="2730" height="1202" width_o="2730" height_o="1202" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/65fd490b1f6a6765b9dd6181baa07728b84f41e2ae5659f23e9d2691e737aba0/Screenshot-2025-08-01-at-3.20.36PM.png" data-mid="1414670" border="0" /> In the Mood Magazine - Editor-in-Chief (2021-current) - Read Here <img width="2706" height="1182" width_o="2706" height_o="1182" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/657d62568c71928994dd9c5c5a0bb77edbe50fabfcf38a2ef4a735fdd0dfe7bf/Screenshot-2025-08-01-at-3.29.09PM.png" data-mid="1414674" border="0" /> back Editing MDFF 2025 Student Film Showcase - Read Here In the Mood Magazine - Editor-in-Chief (2021-current) - Read Here Theatre Criticism http://gabriellemarceau.com/Theatre-Criticism Mon, 02 Oct 2023 14:43:58 +0000 Gabrielle Marceau 448546 back Intermission Magazine  REVIEW: Mononk Jules is a powerful exploration of Indigenous Canadian history that asks more questions than it answers REVIEW: Convictions thoughtfully explores myth in the modern worldREVIEW: asses.masses is an endurance performance that takes boredom as its subject REVIEW: Vaches: The Musical at Théâtre Français de Toronto back Intermission Magazine  REVIEW: Mononk Jules is a powerful exploration of Indigenous Canadian history that asks more questions than it answers REVIEW:... Film Criticism http://gabriellemarceau.com/Film-Criticism Thu, 08 Apr 2021 17:59:24 +0000 Gabrielle Marceau 402816 backFilm Criticism In the Mood Magazine Oceans of Time: On Bram Stoker's Dracula Editor’s Note  Issue 1 | Issue 2 | Issue 3  | Issue 4 | Issue 5  | Issue 6 | Issue 8 | Issue 9  | Issue 10  | Issue 12  | Issue 13  | Issue 14  | Issue 15 Are You Still Watching? on Substack  On Mother Mary and the pleasures and pitfalls of pop star cinema - with Sennah Yee TIFF Report - 2025, 2023Scary Movie: On Ghostface and Scream Barbenheimer Report – with Sennah Yee Southland Tales vs. Don’t Look Up – with Sennah Yee Moulin Rouge vs. Eyes Wide Shut – with Sennah Yee Tales From The Crypt vs. The Holiday – with Sennah YeeDeath Becomes Her and Melancholia vs. Marnie – with Sennah Yee Downtime A Woman Is In Trouble In Max Ophüls' Modest Noir Masterpiece On Arnaud Depleschin‘s My Sex Life... Or How I Got Into the Argument  Reverse Shot Exit the Void: A Review of Barbie Lost in the Sauce: A review of Zola Distant Shores: maɬni – towards the ocean, towards the shore Sight and Sound Between Two Worlds: Juliette Binoche goes down and covert as a ferry cleaner Women Talking Review Paper Girls: well-drawn, well-acted characters can’t save this muddled time-travel series Copilot is a tragic romance set in the shadow of 9/11 Nowhere Special Review: A Dying Man’s Life Two of Us Review: A Hidden Romance <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/61666f86d5c0013acd0a93ad835c42c5095f59d95e2df4cf22dda932dbb830a1/IMG_4258.jpeg" data-mid="1356858" border="0" data-scale="57"/><img width="1158" height="1488" width_o="1158" height_o="1488" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b268839c2b9f1dcdb6b3eaf508c19e22f8ae11acb133105f0219e27d0fec6812/Red-Island.jpg" data-mid="1356857" border="0" data-scale="57"/> Cinema Scope TIFF 2023 Coverage TIFF 2021 Coverage Can’t Get You Out of My Head: Dasha Nekrasova and The Scary of Sixty-First Review of A Glitch in the Matrix <img width="3024" height="2692" width_o="3024" height_o="2692" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/819584932006e0afdab2526966a0d4cb2b49e0745346459770a527fa9076eb7c/GLITCH.jpg" data-mid="1356860" border="0" data-scale="52"/> Mubi Notebook Thoughts on Working Women Takashi Miike’s Audition in One Shot The Film Stage Isabelle Huppert on How Every Performance Is Like Acting for the First Time Review of No Hard Feelings  Review of Hold Me Tight Review of Blue Bayou Review of M. Night Shyamalan’s Old  Review of Black Widow Review of Cruella: A Neutered Origin Story   Next Magazine Review of Immaculate Review of French Girl Review of Dune Part Two Review of Poor Things Review of Priscilla Review of Oppenheimer Review of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Summer on Screen preview <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/13f38a7d58313cc144ece18794af6b4bdbe7f4547ea35ddb84a4d0717b8dc434/Caitlin.jpg" data-mid="1356862" border="0" data-scale="50"/> In the Mood Recommendation Generator Every Man For Himself - In the Mood Recommendation Generator (2020)   (Click through “Sad” and “Out of Sorts”) Match Factory Girl - In the Mood Recommendation Generator (2020)    (Click through “Anxious” and “Alienated”) Film review samples Leste Magazine <img width="2048" height="1462" width_o="2048" height_o="1462" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/dd99bb452e15cedbb8deaccdbba1f6530971e52bd133afeeb3e5baf11937d495/EtE1Y1HW4AE3ln2.jpeg" data-mid="1075136" border="0" data-scale="63"/> The Fuck of the Century is a triannual column on cinematic sex scenes published in Leste Magazine.  Gabrielle Marceau, Sennah Yee discuss sex scenes with a guest writer, filmmaker, artist, or cinephile. www.leste.com Leste Magazine Issue 10 - FOTC and special guest Willow Catelyn Maclay discuss scenes of sex, violence, love, and intimacy in the films Wild at Heart (1990), Bound (1996), and Lingua Franca (2019). Leste Magazine Issue 9 - FOTC and special guest Sofia Banzhaf examine early sexual awakenings in animated Disney films including The Sword in the Stone (1963), Robin Hood (1973), Aladdin (1992), and more. Leste Magazine Issue 8 - FOTC and special guest Nicole Richardson examine space, intimacy, and power structures in sex work depicted in Young & Beautiful (2013), Tangerine (2015), and the season 1 finales of The Girlfriend Experience (2016) and The Deuce (2017). Leste Magazine Issue 7 - FOTC and special guest Fan Wu look for threads of tenderness in the films Sauvage (2018), God’s Own Country (2017), Call me by Your Name (2017), and Attenberg (2010). Leste Magazine Issue 6 - Gabrielle Marceau and Sennah Yee talk about favourite, formative, and least favourite movie/TV sex scenes. <img width="373" height="498" width_o="373" height_o="498" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/9fb3d7ee2b55684694e6ae1477ec3c9295e86e331ed2b4b4bf55ac103bfe263d/IMG_9087.jpg" data-mid="1075149" border="0" /><img width="1295" height="728" width_o="1295" height_o="728" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/a7d4a4a2b7cd193d746f43f1dbcea14bbfdface1702995c02a59866a78055be4/IMG_9549.jpg" data-mid="1075160" border="0" /><img width="750" height="938" width_o="750" height_o="938" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/825a3a82d43d7f509f4ae74652e2c3dd91c3c7c3e0ac6ba014719bc9d0fea84a/Leste92-1.png" data-mid="1075151" border="0" data-scale="59"/><img width="3739" height="2924" width_o="3739" height_o="2924" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/9fb8c73bdd7d81a3f3c17e9754e8a4c34d624b8c28cb462e5b3480ffb1830080/IMG_9588.jpg" data-mid="1075155" border="0" /><img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/a46f72a9cbdd760f93351bf3ee026e184d49d4dd4748a9ef62db6cab0b98db45/IMG_9591.jpg" data-mid="1075156" border="0" /><img width="1226" height="1534" width_o="1226" height_o="1534" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/df41f9a7e47ada3c2e1da4739a4b6d63e5434ea76d9a91efbce658ab2f6075fc/D31B0337-D896-428B-B5BC-E5BED2EE993A-1.jpeg" data-mid="1075152" border="0" data-scale="59"/><img width="487" height="649" width_o="487" height_o="649" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/2417416c95c569e1a111e3fa516d4673e6f2dba0ca37f93e8dc678a0730dae51/EMzQXVzWkAAl8RU.png" data-mid="1075142" border="0" /><img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b37c9ca2041e4f9e017e927cac719babc32e82707469a1d2b6fb41eb4872cfba/IMG_9595.jpg" data-mid="1075157" border="0" /><img width="1000" height="1248" width_o="1000" height_o="1248" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/adfd56e22efc1e0e632628a29c23ce1a7a47ad702f46a684cd0a31277c18fd5e/IMG_0996-1.jpg" data-mid="1075153" border="0" data-scale="59"/><img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/8417806ce8ce50fa4990b1bbbeea72df5067f6ac7b6ca9af468f64cc47b769a5/IMG_9597.jpg" data-mid="1075158" border="0" /><img width="557" height="761" width_o="557" height_o="761" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/21108c852d70581d90045e3a36b83eb6aaf9148d78284168d5cc167b3683f05d/IMG-3041-copy-1.png" data-mid="1075154" border="0" data-scale="59"/><img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/03aa5efdc3162d81f6854702a1a58edd514a1c2c56761732830bcf5ce63281ef/IMG_9593.jpg" data-mid="1075159" border="0" /> The Fuck of the Century Birds of Prey: Hedren, Hitchcock, and Hollywood (2017)VIDEO OF THE WEEK: ARCADE FIRE/ EVERYTHING NOW (2017) VIDEO OF THE WEEK: THE STROKES/ THREAT OF JOY (2017) When I Think About Me I Touch Myself (2016) Give Me Shelter: A Bigger Splash (2016)BEFORE ETHAN HAWKE (2016)VIDEO OF THE WEEK: CHARLI XCX/ VROOM VROOM (2016) VIDEO OF THE WEEK: SONIC YOUTH/ KOOL THING (2016) From a Review of the Martian (2016) Joy and the Noxious Male Genius (2016) Notes on Miss You Already (2016) 10 Things I Remember About You (2016) VIDEO OF THE WEEK: GWEN STEFANI/ MAKE ME LIKE YOU (2016) From a Review of Mommy (2016)Video of the Week: Joanna Newsom/ Sapokanikan (2016) Video of the Week: Selena Gomez/ Good for You (2016) backFilm Criticism In the Mood Magazine Oceans of Time: On Bram Stoker's Dracula Editor’s Note  Issue 1 | Issue 2 | Issue 3  | Issue 4 | Issue... In the Mood Magazine http://gabriellemarceau.com/In-the-Mood-Magazine Thu, 08 Apr 2021 15:46:42 +0000 Gabrielle Marceau 402809 backIn the Mood MagazineIn The Mood is an online pop culture journal about the things we like to watch, created by Gabrielle Marceau and Sennah Yee. Each issue delves into film, TV, and pop culture through short personal essays, diary entries, conversations, poetry, comics, questionnaires, and more. For queries or collaborations, please write to inthemoodmagazine@gmail.com and follow on Twitter and Instagram Read here <img width="1000" height="1294" width_o="1000" height_o="1294" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b43ba15364950634a7d86b7aee427f2c4d4a50519a4581b1f28062b9361671ed/69c1aed27269947781b20611_issue-15-cover-final_small.png" data-mid="1441329" border="0" /> PAST ISSUES <img width="1276" height="1651" width_o="1276" height_o="1651" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/cbde76ce4cb195d459ac9f59a26d8002fdf57127c1c744aa2bea1193e4310a4e/issue-12-cover_final.png" data-mid="1414673" border="0" /><img width="932" height="1440" width_o="932" height_o="1440" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/177628d70bc49a60c9fc7a76968edcc297e4bd481e05527bd308f191be3b70d7/full-size-credit-studioralston.jpg" data-mid="1394380" border="0" /><img width="2480" height="3508" width_o="2480" height_o="3508" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/7e7e3c47214967e9f89a3414cfb968f2a70edb95a3f538e5d8b2c3bd372738d9/ITM-issue-10-cover-art-aidan-jeans.jpg" data-mid="1394381" border="0" /><img width="1276" height="1651" width_o="1276" height_o="1651" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/7359a1dccaad4ebe2fd9d2e5e84ed3781a8eff0e214c74ac511a473ead250185/65efab5088b9105a4cae23c3_issue-9-cover.gif" data-mid="1356855" border="0" /><img width="1276" height="1651" width_o="1276" height_o="1651" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/5df79e4fa851352621fdb3cd0f2ad5e6cb15b0868b5fd3339ee3b0876ebcb2bb/issue-8-cover-final.png" data-mid="1350530" border="0" /><img width="1276" height="1651" width_o="1276" height_o="1651" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/1b0fb6d2742a0cbbbeff13ec5d82cf62bcd2225ddc0de937bf7a94be0be95a07/issue-7-cover.png" data-mid="1296724" border="0" /><img width="1276" height="1651" width_o="1276" height_o="1651" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/9a0892a863c974fda59a129c8b30c9dfc54d25b0fbeb0a91c020b9a1da52fe70/issue-6-cover_final.png" data-mid="1295104" border="0" /><img width="2551" height="3301" width_o="2551" height_o="3301" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/cf1b9dda5bf41de6efc7f132329f82c92b6943e9ea05ffc5373a577388c12a70/issue-5-cover-final-final.png" data-mid="1295101" border="0" /><img width="1276" height="1651" width_o="1276" height_o="1651" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f892f6dcecaafe1f6f95cff3cb1a23e2de602a467cf4a560c5ec742bd8a4e6e5/issue-4-cover_FINAL.jpg" data-mid="1295100" border="0" /><img width="3300" height="2550" width_o="3300" height_o="2550" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/29bd662d62819bcd29a8f939e380ccfad3bd9ed3aa177a8bfd1f66c7d9c0a35d/issue-3-cover-final.png" data-mid="1295103" border="0" /><img width="1272" height="1910" width_o="1272" height_o="1910" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/7480e3c1933cb2498520a54610cedb308ef52139478d7a5d74beb53ef43cf7f5/in-the-mood-magazine-cover-issue-1.png" data-mid="1104470" border="0" /><img width="1272" height="1910" width_o="1272" height_o="1910" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ffa241e72986ce2789aaa88d095698f11208bab13e00e8978e81082053f6c1ad/InTheMoodCoverArt.png" data-mid="1295102" border="0" /> In the Mood Film Recommendation GeneratorThe accompanying In the Mood Film Recommendation Generator, which launched in December 2020, provides hand-picked film recommendations from artists, filmmakers, writers, critics, and poets based on your mood. So... are you in the mood? Illustration: Aidan Jeans, Logo: Marcela Huerta backIn the Mood MagazineIn The Mood is an online pop culture journal about the things we like to watch, created by Gabrielle Marceau and Sennah Yee. Each issue... Home http://gabriellemarceau.com/Home-1 Fri, 01 Jan 2021 17:54:03 +0000 Gabrielle Marceau 394164 Gabrielle Marceau Gabrielle is a writer, film critic, and editor based in Toronto. She writes film and pop culture criticism as well as poetry and fiction. Her work has appeared in Sight and Sound,  Leste Magazine, Jane Magazine, and Adult Mag.   Writing In the Mood Magazine Bio/ CV  <img width="479" height="601" width_o="479" height_o="601" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/88a8f22f0e0b3fdfd772185be7f67de643e8ec253c00dfdcdc29c1e6228c6e36/Screen-Shot-2021-01-01-at-1.58.43-PM.png" data-mid="1031569" border="0" data-scale="99" src="//cortex.persona.co/w/479/q/94/i/88a8f22f0e0b3fdfd772185be7f67de643e8ec253c00dfdcdc29c1e6228c6e36/Screen-Shot-2021-01-01-at-1.58.43-PM.png" style="width: 296.485px; height: 371.999px;"> Gabrielle Marceau Gabrielle is a writer, film critic, and editor based in Toronto. She writes film and pop culture criticism as well as poetry and fiction. Her... Essays http://gabriellemarceau.com/Essays Fri, 01 Jan 2021 17:17:49 +0000 Gabrielle Marceau 394155 back Essays  Glyphöria  “Hearts on Fire” excerpt  Geist Magazine “Main Character”, Issue 123, June 2023<img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/734fb43c198dc486ca22a971ca503e9e08533d10e3605fbad76fa77d9ce98cea/IMG_8370.jpg" data-mid="1296711" border="0" data-scale="51"/><img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/33477b5c0fe97fbc52f8e684a9d9d5d7ee6d4f6ef607df41cee99e82a25ea191/IMG_8375.jpg" data-mid="1296712" border="0" data-scale="51"/>Sharpe Magazine“Bryan Brock and Sen Floyd’s Photography Book Explores Life in Toronto and NYC”, Nov. 2022 Jane Magazine “In the Wind: Women of Travelling Cinema” Jane Magazine Issue 11 (2022) “Modern Meals: Notes on Lunch” - Jane Magazine Issue 9 (2021) “Ether of Images: Living on a Cloud” - Jane Magazine 2020 issue 7 (2020)    read here Misc. “Main Character” - Live reading for Hapenstance, a series by Pumice Raft    watch here back Essays  Glyphöria  “Hearts on Fire” excerpt  Geist Magazine “Main Character”, Issue 123, June 2023Sharpe Magazine“Bryan Brock and... Poetry http://gabriellemarceau.com/Poetry Fri, 01 Jan 2021 17:16:56 +0000 Gabrielle Marceau 394154 backPoetry In The Gallery - Arc Poetry Magazine Three Poems - Baldhip Magazine Two Poems - Metatron / Omega Readings Versefest 2020 - Arc Poetry Magazine Bonus Feature - Gabrielle Marceau’s Surroundings Video PoemsThis ongoing series of poems are constructed using the particular rhythmic and temporal properties of video. These pieces propose a new way to read poetry, in which much of the task of reading is imposed by the pace of the moving image, asking to reader to relinquish their agency to the author. Fucked (Wide Open) 2015Fucked (Wide Open) began with a query from Susan Sontag: To fuck or be fucked? Her conclusion was that being fucked was the better experience, “more gone”. This piece explores both sexual desire and the potentially liberating goneness of relinquishing our agency to another. Fucked (Wide Open) was screened at Xspace gallery in 2015 and Videofag Gallery in 2014 as part of the performance series Unhealthy, Badly. Some Nights (2014) backPoetry In The Gallery - Arc Poetry Magazine Three Poems - Baldhip Magazine Two Poems - Metatron / Omega Readings Versefest 2020 - Arc Poetry Magazine Bonus... Sample Reviews http://gabriellemarceau.com/Sample-Reviews Thu, 06 Aug 2020 14:44:24 +0000 Gabrielle Marceau 380508 back Sample Film ReviewsFirst Cow (2020) by Kelly Reichart    You Should Have Left (2020) by David Koepp Paterson (2016) by Jim Jarmusch  back Sample Film ReviewsFirst Cow (2020) by Kelly Reichart    You Should Have Left (2020) by David Koepp Paterson (2016) by Jim Jarmusch 