Read more about the vast project undertaken by Dr Matt Hilborn & Professors Jeanette Steemers & Andrea Esser on Screen Encounters with Britain around Europe: x.com/matthewhilborn…

One of my favourite podcasts showcases our research on the 'soft power' of British comedy! Screen Encounters with Britain at King's College London

CALL FOR PAPERS: "What's Class Got to Do With It? Rethinking TV from the Inside Out" - One-day symposium Leeds Uni Media, 19 Sept 2025 - Keynote: Philip Ralph - Abstracts (250 words) due 4 July at [email protected] whatson - Registration is free (details TBA)

I told you we’d be back

Rick Moranis will be coming out of retirement to reprise his role as Dark Helmet in ‘SPACEBALLS 2’ Bill Pullman will also return as President Skroob (Source: Deadline)

It's a great time for serialised film comedies!

So much of the discourse surrounding James Gunn's #Superman reminds me of his Spanish parody, #Superlópez (2018). Extracts from my new book, "Film Comedy and Spain: Humour, Genre, and the Nation 1970-2020"! mhra.org.uk/publications/F…

New Pod!🎙️ Remember the Jenni Hermoso/Luis Rubiales "kiss"? 🎧 Palomitas explores feminist struggles in Spanish docs: 📽️ No estás sola (fighting the "Wolf Pack" cse) ⚽ #SeAcabó (Spain’s women’s football revolution) Special guest Dr. Abigail Loxham 🔗 tinyurl.com/mr3vaz5x

NEW Palomitas episode on Fe de etarras (Bomb Scared) (2017)! We dissect Borja Cobeaga's satire of 4 inept militants trapped in a flat during Spain's 2010 World Cup win ⚽️ With expert Alison Posey Listen: tinyurl.com/4jt682cw #PalomitasPodcast #CineEspañol #ETA #Spanishfilm

Fantastic start to @ACIS46th in Santiago de Compostela! So great to connect with Hispanists across the globe! 🌎

What an amazing panel on gender and the body in Spanish cinema at @ACIS46th! Thanks to the organisers for putting together such a marvellous conference 😍

A pulsating panel on self-representing streaming services at ECREA 2025! I spoke about how Netflix Spain comedies about sex & intimacy incorporate Netflix itself into their own diegesis!

Thrilled to present at #ECREA2025 Università di Bologna on "Film & Television’s Transformations in the Streaming Era". I spoke on how Spanish Netflix comedies "Valeria" & "Machos alfa" use self-reference to incorporate/manage critique. Thanks to the organisers! #Netflix #LoveIrishResearch

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📣 Thrilled that my article "Tough Love: Violence and Revenge in Contemporary Spanish Comedy" is out in Bulletin of Spanish Visual Studies! I analyse a wave of cynical anti-romcoms - like new film The Roses (2025) - reflecting deep cynicism #filmstudies doi.org/10.1080/247416…

UCD's Newman Building was transformed by 'Metamorphosis' - a giant inflatable sculpture by Olga Diego. Students & staff drew and performed on this reusable plastic canvas, turning art into a living act of sustainability. Kudos colleagues Ana Vera & Eva Bru-Domínguez! University College Dublin

After a year online, our Convergence article is out in print! 🎉 We analysed how British film & TV circulate (and sometimes hide) on Europe’s VoD platforms. Huge thanks to my co-authors Jeanette Steemers and Cathrin Bengesser! doi.org/10.1177/135485…

The paperback of Ophelia Through Time: Reimaginings in Art and Film (by Prof Carolina Sanabria, translated & edited by me, with a co-written Intro) is out now via Cambridge Scholars! 📖 £32.99 - or ask me nicely for a cheeky further discount 😉 Buy here! lnkd.in/ejHTwd_U

📢 My chapter is out in Feminismos e Humor! I analyse Javier Fesser's "Ayoub's birthday" (2020) as a romcom gone wrong, inverting national myths to critique historical amnesia RE Spain's "de-Africanization". Full ebook: €5! tinyurl.com/56bhesuf #SpanishFilm #AcademicTwitter