MARY SOLLOSI

Mary Sollosi is a critic and journalist. Most recently, she spent six years on the staff at Entertainment Weekly, where she wrote primarily about film, fashion, books, Bravo, and Britney Spears. In 2014, she was selected as a Roger Ebert Fellow for the Indiewire | Sundance Institute Fellowship for Film Criticism. She has a bachelor’s degree in English and film studies from the College of William and Mary. She lives in Brooklyn.

film (reviews)

• Kristen Stewart dazzles in unconventional Princess Diana biopic Spencer (2021) 
• LeBron James enters the server-verse in exhausting reboot Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021) 
• Malcolm & Marie is a stylish, pretentious slog (2021)
• To All the Boys: Always and Forever is just a love letter to itself (2021) 
• Please, by all means, call off The Prom (2020) 
• Never Rarely Sometimes Always is never easy, always true (2020)
• The Personal History of David Copperfield has the charm but not the depth of Dickens (2020)
• Catherine Deneuve is as magnifique as ever in The Truth (2020) 

film (features)

• The Front-Runner: With Nomadland, Chloé Zhao is on the road to Oscars history (cover story, 2021) 
• Kirsten Dunst looks back on her most memorable roles (2021)
• With Black Bear, Aubrey Plaza has become the new queen of indies (2020) 
• The story of (500) Days of Summer, from its writers and director (2019)
• How Awkwafina got in touch with her dramatic side for The Farewell (cover story, 2019) 
• On the 20th anniversary of That Thing You Do, the Wonders look back (2016) 

costume design

• Back in black: How The Matrix 4 resurrects the original film’s unforgettable style (2022)
• Black Panther costume designer Ruth E. Carter looks back on her most stylish films (2021)
• Creating Cruella: Behind the seams of the high-fashion film’s punk rock look (2021)
• The Royal Tenenbaums costume designer on dressing ‘a family in decline’ (2021)
• The Crown costume designer on outfitting the evolution of Princess Diana (2020)
• Breaking down the fierce, funky fashion of Birds of Prey (2020)

fashion

• A history of Bond girl fashion (2021)
• The most (and least) on-theme Met Gala looks of the past 12 years (2021)
• Quarantine Book Club: Mourning the Met Gala (2020)
• 20 defining fashion moments of the 2010s (2019)

books

• The Meaning of Mariah Carey is a compelling account of suffering and survival: Review (2020)
• Don’t stare straight into the Midnight Sun: Reviewing the latest Twilight novel (2020)

bravo

• ‘Wives gone wild: The stars of Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip dish on the new series (2021)
• An ode to Bravo’s one-season wonders (2018)
• The original Housewives of Orange County get Real on the first season, 10 years later (2016)

britney spears

• The #FreeBritney movement finds vindication in Britney Spears’ hearing: ‘We just witnessed history’ (2021)
• Framing Britney Spears unravels a heartbreaking pop mystery (2021)