SELECTED REVIEWS/PRESS


    EV Grieve Blog, "Anthology Film Archives hosting 'a long-overdue retrospective' of East Village artist Abigail Child" https://evgrieve.com/ 2023/03/anthology-film-archives-hosting-long.html March 22, 2023

    Self Discovery Media network. Podcast Sara Troy "AK23 - The Artist Abigail Child Gets Her Due" https://soundcloud.com/self-discovery- wisdom/ak23-the-artist-abigail-child-gets-her-due? si=1f6d86531c834e5e8d4f2cabe887964b&utm_source=clipboard&utm_m edium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing March 15, 2023.

    Interview with Kami Spangenberg for Classic Couple Academy podcast. "Exclusive Interview: Moving-Image Artist Abigail Child" https:// classiccoupleacademy.com/exclusive-interview-moving-image-artist- abigail-child? utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=exclusive-interview- moving-image-artist-abigail-child North Carolina. March 1, 2023.

    Interview with Matt Skallerud of Pink Media for the #ILoveGay web channel. https://queerguru.com/career-retrospective-of-experimental- visual-artist-filmmaker-and-poet-abigail-child/ Feb. 9, 2023.

    Andrew Mack, Screen Anarchy, Experimental And Documentary Filmmaker Abigail Child Receives Career Retrospective at NYC's Anthology Film Archives, Feb. 20, 2023

    DiamondKesawn, Raynbow Affair Magazine, "Anthology Film Archives Present: Abigail Child" https://raynbowaffair.com/anthology-film-archives- present-abigail-child/ Feb. 4, 2023.

    Women’s Crush Wednesdays Podcast, highlighted the Anthology Film Archives Retrospective, https://tinyurl.com/52pmmk86 March 1, 2023.

    Zachariah Anderson, ILUMINACE Volume 34, 2022, No. 1 (125) Virtual Looking: Home Movies as Historical Evidence in The Future Is Behind You (Abigail Child)

    Rachel Garfield, Found Footage Magazine 2022. #8 on Abigail Child. The Suburban Trilogy: AC’s CAKE AND STEAK

    Maureen Turim, Found Footage Magazine 2022, #8 on Abigail Child. Poetic Questions and Empathic Ruptures: The FUTURE IS BEHIND YOU

    Jeffrey Skoller, Found Footage Magazine 2022, #8 on Abigail Child. 'I want to speak with my time’ Radical Biography in AC’s ACTS AND INTERMISSIONS

    Gracia Ramirez, Found Footage Magazine 2022 #8 on Abigail Child. “Abigail Child: We cannot control the pacing of this movie"

    Camilla Margarida. Found Footage Magazine 2022 #8 on Abigail Child. An Interview: A little of the transcendental universe of AC

    Rachel Garfield, Experimental Filmmaking and Punk. , Bloomsbury Press. London. 2021 nominated for the Kraszna-Krausz award. Child’s work is discussed in 3 chapters. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/experimental-filmmaking-and-punk-9781788313995/

    Jan Op de Beek: Rond de eerste minuut van Abigail Childs Mayhem – Is This What You Were Born For? Part 6 (1987) | Sabzian. 2020 On the First Minute of Mayhem. In online journal SABZIAN. Translated Sis Matté

    Adam Vaughn, Film Festival Today, Nov. 2020: https://filmfestivaltoday.com/film-reviews/doc-nyc-film-review-delving-into-the-world-of-artificial-intelligence-origin-of-the-species-is-both-insightful-and-artistically-poignant

    Alina Faulds, Flip Screen, https://flipscreened.com/2020/11/25/review-origin-of-the-species-2020-and-humanitys-reliance-on-technology/

    Simon B. The Pendragon, https://thependragonsociety.com/origin-of-the-species-2020/

    Carla Hay, Culture Mix, https://culturemixonline.com/review-origin-of-the-species-starring-hiroshi-ishiguro-bruce-duncan-takashi-ikegami- matthias-scheutz-elizabeth-tyler-kabara-andy-schwartz-and-matt-mcmullen/s

    Fernando Fernandez, Fern TV, https://www.ferntv.ca/now-is-the-future-in-origin-of-the-species/

    Carey-Ann Pawsey, Orca Sound, https://www.orcasound.com/2020/11/12/origin-of-the-species/

    Women and Hollywood Interview: https://womenandhollywood.com/doc-nyc-2020-women-directors-meet-abigail-child-origin-of-the-species/

    Burke Allen, Big Time Talker: https://www.blogtalkradio.com/wams/2020/11/10/documentary-filmmaker-abigail-child-on-her-new-movie-origin-of-the-species

    Andrew Mack, Screen Anarchy, https://screenanarchy.com/2020/10/origin-of-the-species-exclusive-clip.html

    Douglas Messerli in International Cinema Review Blog: https://internationalcinemareview.blogspot.com/2020/11/abigail-child-origin-of- species.html

    Alex Juhasz, https://hyperallergic.com/617414/for-feminist-artists-recognition-often-comes-too-late/

    Dossier on my work published in Uzak Film Journal, an online magazine from Italy on cinema and contemporary visual culture: http:// www.uzak.it/. With articles by Colin Beckett, Michael Sicinski and others. Plus essays by A. Child

    Brandon Brown, “Trash Masterpiece” in The Bigness of Things: New Narrative and Visual Culture, pg 100-110. Ed by Daniel Benjamin & Eric Sneathen

    Colin Beckett on Acts & Intermissions, Ji.hlava International Doc FF. Oct. 2017 Revue: https://www.dokrevue.com/news/acts-and-intermissions

    Kristin Cato. The Blinking Eye Blog. 4.12.17. https://blinkingeyeblog.com/2017/04/12/acts-and-intermissions/

    Interview with Ari Weinzweig, Ann Arbor Michigan: https://www.zingermanscommunity.com/2017/03/ann-arbor-film-festival-ari-speaks-with-acts-and-intermissions-director-abigail-child/

    Roger Costa, Brazilian Press https://www.brazilianpress.com/v1/2017/02/16/movies-reviews-collecting-important-truths-at-momas-doc-fortnight-2017/

    Daniel Eagan, Film Journal online http://www.filmjournal.com/museum-modern-arts-16th-doc-fortnight-expands-definition-docs

    Peter Bo Rappmund, Interview in BOMB Magazine, Feb. in conjunction with P.S. 1 show https://bombmagazine.org/articles/2016/02/16/abigail-child-peter-bo-rappmund/

    Steve Dalanchinksy, “Outtakes” Brooklyn Rail October 2016. Some Books I’ve Caught Recently, on MOUTH TO MOUTH.

    Juan Carlos Kase, “Abigail Child and Henry Hills: Turn Towards the Concrete” in Millennium Film Journal, 35th Anniversary issue No. 58 Fall 2013

    Yanan Wang. Avant Garde Crystallized, New Haven https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2012/09/14/avant-garde-crystalized/

    Paul Williams, “Abigail Child: What We Desire @ DIM Cinema. DECOY, Vancouver online mag. Review 8-20-12

    Michael Sicinski “Abigail Child and Stephanie Barber”, Cineaste, July 2012

    Holly Willis, “The Poetics of Abigail Child: Experimental Media at Redcat.” April 2nd, 2012. SoCal Focus (blog)

    Jim Supanick, “Abigail Child” Brooklyn Rail (Dec. 2011)

    An ABIGAIL CHILD MONOGRAPH of Critical Articles + Dvd. To be published by MetisPresse, Geneva Switzerland with articles by Tom Gunning, Tom Zummer, Melissa Ragona and Redell Olson plus interview with Child. Launch: April 2011 at Geneva International Book Fair.

    Xxx, Cult Vault Review, Dazed & Confused. London, 2011

    Wanda Balzano “Abigail Child’s Mirror Worlds: Feminist Reflections” in MILLENNIUM FILM JOURNAL, no 54. Winter 10-11

    Eivind Rossaak, "Celluloid City: Diary from an Encounter" pgs 12-27. MILLENNIUM FILM JOURNAL, Presence. No 52. Winter 2009-10

    Frederica Polidori, http://www.ilfaroonline.it/magazine.php?id=927. July/August Rome. 2010

    Carolyn Eldering, “Textures of Collaboration: Pop Music Culture and the Experimental Films of Abigail Child and Bill Morrison” in Cineaction #79 Collaboration Issue. Chapter length essay.. 2009

    Manohla Dargis, “Revisting a Cinematic Smackdown, and Other Avant-Garde Pleasures”, NY Times, Oct. 1 2009

    David Jhave Johnston, THIS IS CALLED MOVING in Poetry Project Newsletter February 2009.

    P. Adams Sitney, Chapter: Eyes Upside Down: Visionary Filmmakers and the Heritage of Emerson. The thirteenth chapter is called: "Abigail Child: Textual Self-Reliance." U. of California Press. Spring 2008.

    Maureen Turim, Chapter “Abigail Child” in EXPERIMENTAL WOMEN FILMMAKERS. Ed Robin Blaiser. Duke U. Press. Fall 2007 Tina Wasserman.

    "Abigail Child's This is Called Moving: A Critical Poetics of Film," Senses of Cinema (website: www.sensesofcinema.com), online journal, Issue 44 (July - September 2007)

    Andrea Simakis, “Films study local down-low men” in CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER. 9-22-07

    Anthony Glassman, “Real life on the down low” in Gay People’s Chronicle. Cleveland. 9-21-2007

    Kush Azrael, “One on One” in Cleveland Call and Post. 9-20-07. Interview.

    Anthony Glassman, “Four + Four”. Gay People’s Chronicle. August 31, 2007

    David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle. Sunday June 17, 2007

    K. Huston, San Francisco Bay Guardian, June 18th, 2007

    Jim Browne, On The Downlow in Divine Caroline (www.divinecaroline.com/article/31/30390) June 2007

    Kathleen J. King, Interview with Abigail Child. in Divine Caroline (www.divinecaroline.com/article/31/30346s) June 2007

    Vadim Rizov, The REELER, posted May 1, 2007

    The A List Magazine. May 2007 http://thealistmagzine.blogspot.com/2007/05/68.html

    Jennifer Merin, “Director Spotlight—Women filmmakers at Tribeca—“ Posted May 3, 2007 on THE REELER. Interview.

    Ed Halter, “Collective Memory” in the VILLAGE VOICE, Arts Choice. April 4-10, 2007

    Karen Kramer, “Re-living the Living Cinema” in THE REELER. April 06, 2007

    Karen Schiff, “Fragment Fiesta!: Abigail Child @Agassiz House, Radcliffe Institute” in BIG RED AND SHINY, Issue 42. 5/06 Jeffrey Skoller, SHADOWS, SPECTERS, SHARDS: MAKING HISTORY IN AVANT-GARDE FILM. 2006 U. of Minnesota

    Tom Gunning, Foreword to THIS IS CALLED MOVING: A Critical Poetics of Film 2005.

    Scott MacDonald, A Critical Cinema Volume 4. University of California Press 2003. Abigail Child Chapter.

    Gary Morris, “Private Eye: Abigail Child in brief " in Bright Lights Film Journal April 2001 Issue 32. at <https://brightlightsfilm.com/private-eye-avant-garde-filmmaker-abigail-child-brief/>

    Holly Willis, LA Weekly, May 29th 2001

    Dennis Lim, “Wish You Were Queer” VILLAGE VOICE, Nov 20, 2001

    Ed Halter, "Views from The Avant-garde" NEW YORK PRESS, October 4-10, 2000

    Alissa Chadburn, "8 Days a week" SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN, Oct 11, 2000

    Gary Morris, "Child's Play" BAY AREA REPORTER, October 12, 2000

    Shelly Bancroft, "Child explores new directions in filmmaking", SOUTH END NEWS, Nov. 16, 2000

    Peter Keogh, THE BOSTON PHOENIX, November 14, 2000

    P.Adams Sitney, Visionary Film American Experimental Film 1940-2000. 4th Edition, Oxford Press. 2002. New York/London. Bacque, "the russian chronicles", (Catalog ) Visions du Reel, April 1999

    Jean Perret, "incontournables: b/side", (Catalog) Visions du Reel, April 98

    Jeffrey Skoller, "Home Sweet Home", AFTERIMAGE, November/December 1998

    Gordon Bowness, "In from the Margins" XTRA! (Toronto) April 24, 1997

    Cameron Bailey, "B/side pushes documentary limits" NOW (Toronto) April 24-30 1997

    Cara Ben-Yaagov, "Ground Zero", THE ITHACA TIMES Sept 18-24, 1997

    Kevin Thomas, Screening Room, LA TIMES October 16, 1997

    Manola Darghis, LA WEEKLY, October 18, 1997

    Bill Stamets, “Reeling 97,” Chicago Sun Times. Monday nov 17, 1997

    ROTTERDAM DAILY "Homeless in New York, Feb 1,1997

    Lisa Phillips and Louise Neri, Co-curators, 1997 (Catalog), The Whitney Museum of American Art, Biennial Exhibition. Spring

    Michael Kimmelman, "Biennial Narratives" Weekend THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 21, 1997


    John Bentley Mays, "Whitney Biennial" TORONTO GLOBE AND MAIL. March 22, 1997

    Dan Bischoff, "NJ Filmmaker captures ambience of show" The Whitney Biennial, NEWARK STAR-LEDGER, March 30, 1997

    Michael Atkinson, "Finders Keepers" THE VILLAGE VOICE April, 4 1997

    Michael Atkinson, "Film Festival Favorites" LONDON HERALD. Nov. 1996

    Liz Kotz, "An Unrequited Desire for the Sublime" in QUEER LOOKS, Routledge, 1993

    ed. Martha Gever Pratibha Parmar, John Greyson

    Liz Kotz, "Remapping Boundaries" ART SPACE Catalogue, 1992

    Annette Kuhn, editor, WOMEN IN FILM, an International Guide, Fawcett Columbine, NY 1990

    Pat Mellencamp, INDISCRETIONS, Minnesota Press, 1990

    Dennis Barone, ARTS MAGAZINE, NYC, 1990, "The Films of Abigail Child"

    Madeline Leskin, SKOP Journal, Berlin, West Germany, Feb. 1989, Introduction and Interview with Child. Reprinted in part in MOTION PICTURE, Vol 3. 1989 Fall

    Tom Kalin, THE INDEPENDENT,Jan/Feb 1989 "Identity Crisis: The Lesbian + Gay Experimental Festival

    John Hanhardt, THE WHITNEY BIENNIAL, Catalogue May 1989

    Marjorie Keller, Catalogue, Toronto Experimental International Film Conference l989

    Caryn James, NEW YORK TIMES, Sunday Oct. 1, 1989, "Uncommon Places in Avantgarde Trilogy"

    FRAULEIN UN FILM, vol 44/45 1988, "Entmythologisierungen der Sexualitat"

    Marjorie Keller, CENTER QUARTERLY, Vol 9, No. 3 Spring 1988 Woodstock NY "Independent Women, Independent Film"

    Elizabeth Pincus, GAY COMMUNITY NEWS, Sept. 4, 1988, "Celluloid Rebellion"

    Catalogue, Centre Pompidou, France, Nov. 1988, "Image/Mots/Dites"

    Steve Anker, Catalogue, Independent America: New Film 1978-88, AMMI (NY), "Avantgarde into the Eighties"

    Monica Raymond, CINEMATOGRAPH, Vol. 3 SF 1988, "The Pastoral in Abigail Child's Films"

    Todd Haynes, AFTERIMAGE, Dec. 1988, "A Queer Kind of Film"

    Jan Stuart, FILM COMMENT, vol 23. No. 6 Nov-Dec 1987

    Kathy Geritz, PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE CALENDAR, June 1987, "In Person"

    Calvin Ahlgren, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, June 7, 1987, "Born for the Cinema"

    Elliot Stein, VILLAGE VOICE, Sept. 22, 1987, "Eros and Vertov"

    Shelley Manns, SOJOURNER, Oct. 1987, "Feminist Independents at the Brattle"

    Robert Hilferty, NEW YORK NATIVE, Oct. 26, 1987, "Child Moves"

    Katherine Dieckmann, VILLAGE VOICE, Oct. 27, 1987, "Mayhem"

    Michael Bronski, GAY COMMUNITY NEWS, Nov. 1987, "Perversely Independent"

    Andrew Rasanen, BAY WINDOWS, Nov. 1987, "Brattle Fest"

    Robert Hilferty, NEW YORK NATIVE, April 14, 1986, "Child's Play"

    Marjorie Keller "The Films of Abigail Child" and Anne Robertson, X-DREAM, Vol.1 #1, l986 Features articles reviewing filmwork and interview with Charles Bernstein.

    Maureen Turim, WOMENS FILM QUARTERLY, 1986, "Four Women Filmmakers"

    Bruce Andrews, JIMMIES HOUSE OF KNOWLEDGE, California, "Introduction to Reading Writing"

    Exhibition Catalogue, Wurzburg Eleventh Film Weekend, Feb. 1985

    Daryl Chin, THE INDEPENDENT, May 1984, "Choreographers Who Make Film Move"

    John Zorn (interview) , OP, #26-Z, 1984

    Charles Bernstein, CONTENT'S DREAM: Essays 1975-84, Sun and Moon Press, "Films of Perception, Frames of Reference"

    THE EAST VILLAGE EYE, Oct. 1983, "Ludlow Street Films"

    The Collective For Living Cinema, Filmmakers Statement, Exhibition Catalogue, "Ten Years of Living Cinema"

    J. Hoberman, VILLAGE VOICE, June 21, 1983, "War Bond"

    Noel Carroll, MILLENNIUM FILM JOURNAL, 10-11, 1982, "Causation, the Ampliation of Movement and Avantgarde Film"

    Anthology Film Archives, West Coast Films, Catalogue Exhibition, 1981

    Henry Hills, CINEMANEWS, 79-5&6, "Four Paragraphs"

    Henry Hills, CINEMANEWS, 78-2, "Child Labor"

    Ron Silliman, "Art With No Name" in THE POETRY OF READING: A Contemporary Compendium on Language and Performance, California State of the Arts, Vol. 1, No. 10, Nov. 1977, ed. By Stephen Vincent and Ellen Zweig, MOMO's Press.

    Linda Dackman, CINEMANEWS, 77-5, "Five Films by Five Women"

    Roger Greenspan, Whitney Series, 1975, THE NEW YORK TIMES

    Vincent Canby, THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov, 18,1974, "Whitney Series Looks at America/Amerika"

    Archer Winston, NEW YORK POST, Nov. 19, 1974, "The New Movie"