Isabella Gullifer-Laurie 

 







Isabella is a writer and graduate researcher based in Melbourne.

She is an MA candidate in English at University of Melbourne, where her research considers ‘cool’ in the work of Renata Adler, Joan Didion, and Elizabeth Hardwick.  

She has written on literature and film for a number of publications, including the Chicago Review, Meanjin, and The Saturday Paper. Recently, she participated in the 2024 Melbourne International Film Festival Critics Campus.

Some of her writing can be found here:

In the Mirror on Monica Vitta and Alba Rohrwacher for Roughcut
Cold Enough for Snow on Jessica Au for Chicago Review
The  Empusium on Olga Tokarczuk for The Saturday Paper
Us and the Night on Audrey Lam for MIFF + Kill Your Darlings
Un rêve plus long que la nuit
on
Niki de Saint Phalle for MIFF

Into the hedges that line the walk on A Horse at Night by Amina Cain for Meanjin  
The Modern
on Anna Kate Blair for The Saturday Paper
The long and the short of it on Wall by Jen Craig for Overland
Contiguity on Theory of Colours by Bella Li for Meanjin

To get in touch, email her at isabellagulliferlaurie@gmail.com