Pandora’s Box (Die Büchse der Pandora)

Pamela Hutchinson revisits & challenges many assumptions made about the film, its lead character and its star. Putting the film in historical and contemporary contexts, Hutchinson investigates how the film speaks to new audiences.

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I am a freelance writer, critic, curator, & film historian. I contribute regularly to publications including the Guardian & Sight & Sound, as well as editing silent cinema website Silent London. I am a member of Fipresci, the London Film Critics’ Circle & the Society of Authors. I have been working full-time as a journalist since 2001. After 12 years on staff at the Guardian, I went freelance in summer 2016.

My publications include two monographs as part of the BFI Film Classics series: one on The Red Shoes, published in 2023, another on Pandora’s Box, published in November 2017. I also edited 30-Second Cinema, published in March 2019.

I am a regular guest on BBC Radio 4’s arts programmes, & Radio 3’s Free Thinking.

Twitter: @pamhutch