Henri de Corinth is a film writer based in Washington DC. An art historian and linguist by training, his writing has appeared in Lo Specchio Scuro, MUBI Notebook, Kinoscope, Senses of Cinema, and We Are The Mutants.

"De Corinth deserves much praise for the deep immersion in Polish history and culture that is evident in his readings of Zulawski."- Michal Oleszczyk, Eastern European Screen Studies, March 2025

• Part I: Landscapes of Affect Chapter 1: Kristeva and Zulawski Chapter 2: Zulawski and Ideology Chapter 3: The Maternal Chapter 4: Landscapes of Affect Part II: Abject Cinema Chapter 5: “Children Are An Ism” Chapter 6: Coenesthesia Chapter 7: Borders Chapter 8: Performance Chapter 9: Loss of Subjecthood Chapter 10: Returning to the Womb Chapter 11: The Image of Film Violence Chapter 12: The Sight of a Corpse Part III: Unfathomable, Darkness - A Conclusion Index