If you don’t happen to be a massive film buff, you might not have heard of Laura Mulvey, but the British critic and filmmaker is a real trailblazer when it comes to film theory, greatly influencing the way we think about gender, the male gaze and psychoanalysis in film. Her influence is such that Mulvey was recently awarded a prestigious BFI Fellowship, and the South Bank institution has scheduled an entire season of screenings and special events the celebrate her achievement.
The showcase includes the collaborative films she created with former husband Peter Wollen and Canadian artist Mark Lewis, including Riddles of the Sphinx, a seminal work of experimental cinema drawing on feminist theory and the avant-garde. Mulvey herself will be apprearing at the South Bank institution to receive her recent award at an In Conversation event where audiences will get to hear more about her distinctive career.
Essentially, this will be the perfect chance to embrace your inner film nerd and deep-dive into the unconventional world of a lesser-known cinema legend.
