Chris O'Rourke (@chrisorourke1) 's Twitter Profile
Chris O'Rourke

@chrisorourke1

Film historian, interested in British/silent/queer cinema. Convenor @BAFTSS_LGBTQIA. Special issues editor, Early Popular Visual Culture rb.gy/1pjysq

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The Garden Cinema (@thegardencinema) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Muriel Box is Britain’s most prolific female director. The Passionate Stranger is a highly satirical takedown of romantic novel tropes that feels decades ahead of its time. On 9 June there is a post-film discussion with Melanie Williams & @norloll thegardencinema.co.uk/film/the-passi…

Muriel Box is Britain’s most prolific female director. The Passionate Stranger is a highly satirical takedown of romantic novel tropes that feels decades ahead of its time. On 9 June there is a post-film discussion with <a href="/BritFilmMelanie/">Melanie Williams</a> &amp; @norloll

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Who doesn't enjoy an encounter with a passionate stranger? Very much looking forward to this on Sunday (part of The Garden Cinema 'Women Aren't Funny' season that launches tonight 🄳) Some tickets for this brill Muriel Box film still available! thegardencinema.co.uk/film/the-passi…

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Here's a wonderful new blog post by Warwick student Jess Sinclair about her trip to the Bill Douglas Museum in search of 1920s Hollywood fans sinclairjess44.wixsite.com/satmornmovies/… Warwick Film & TV

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New article in Screen Journal about visibility, invisible labour and the career of a trans production worker in 1940s British cinema - Open Access tinyurl.com/59wcrrty

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On writing the lives of two exceptional film pioneers, Elsie Cohen and Constance Bromley lukemckernan.com/2024/09/25/els…

On writing the lives of two exceptional film pioneers, Elsie Cohen and Constance Bromley lukemckernan.com/2024/09/25/els…
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Fantastic talks at Pordenone Silent by @magshenny and Yiman Wang about their new books on women’s laughter and Anna May Wong - including Wong’s map of the places she visited in the UK

Fantastic talks at <a href="/PordenoneSilent/">Pordenone Silent</a> by @magshenny and <a href="/hahumiaomiao/">Yiman Wang</a> about their new books on women’s laughter and Anna May Wong - including Wong’s map of the places she visited in the UK
BAFTSS LGBTQIA+ Screen Studies (@baftss_lgbtqia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We're looking for proposals for a SIG panel at the BAFTSS conference, Warwick, 26-28 Mar 2025. Any papers or panel ideas related to LGBTQIA+ screen studies that respond to the theme of Global Aesthetics are welcome. Get in touch with us at [email protected] by 2 Dec

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Did 1920s Hollywood hate itself? And why so many lions? The final post from Warwick Film & TV student Jess Jess | Saturday Morning at the Movies about her research into Hollywood's silent-era self-mythologising sinclairjess44.wixsite.com/satmornmovies/…

Did 1920s Hollywood hate itself? And why so many lions? The final post from <a href="/WarwickFilmTV/">Warwick Film & TV</a> student Jess <a href="/saturdaymovies_/">Jess | Saturday Morning at the Movies</a> about her research into Hollywood's silent-era self-mythologising sinclairjess44.wixsite.com/satmornmovies/…
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As part of the Weimar 100 project, there will be a free screening of the German silent film The Last Laugh (1924) in the FAB Cinema on Thursday 28th Nov at 7pm, w/ an introduction by Dr Ian Roberts of the German department. Reserve a spot here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/weimar-100-d…..

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Congratulations to Chris O'Rourke for winning best journal article at the BAFTSS Conference 2025 baftss.org/winners-pub-20… academic.oup.com/screen/article…