The ultimate genre #filmonfilm event is back this September! Tickets and passes on sale this Friday at 10am -->theregent.co.uk/whatson/grindf…

Happy Before Sunrise Day ✨

Excellent piece by Arash Abizadeh explaining the reasons behind PAPA’s entire editorial board resignation (JPP did the same a few months ago) and the exploitation on which (commercial) academic publishing is based. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Our edited book with leading academics in transnational cinema studies has just been published in paperback: routledge.com/Transnational-….

Looking forward to the next two days at the South Asian Popular Culture conference - with a full day devoted to the legendary Sholay (1975) #BeesSaalBaad #SAPCconf24

After a fantastic first day of the symposium, we now have a full day devoted to Sholay at (nearly) 50. Looking forward to papers covering everything from the Cypriot folk song that inspired Mehbooba, through to Kanti Shah’s trash remake Duplicate Sholay! #SAPCconf24 #Sholayat50

Is this one of the best line-ups we've ever had for our annual 'To Be Continued' online symposium? Taking place on September 12/13, you can register for free here: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Next week (12/13 Sept), I'm co-organising this online symposium on adaptation & seriality with Julie Grossman, Thomas Leitch and Con Verevis. We have a great lineup of speakers and you can sign up (for free!) at this link: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

🌟 Spotlight on Arts & Humanities 🌟 Did you know Turkey remade Star Wars and Exorcist? 🇹🇷 Iain Robert Smith led a project to restore and showcase Turkish remakes of Hollywood classics from the Yesilçam era. Tap the banner to read more ⏬⤵️⤵️ kcl.ac.uk/news/spotlight…

📽️ Low-budget, unauthorised imitations and adaptations of #Hollywood blockbusters have long been the butt of the joke. But remakes of popular classics such as Star Wars indicate more than a disregard for copyright, according to Dr Iain Robert Smith ⬇️ kcl.ac.uk/news/spotlight…

Delighted to welcome Iain Robert Smith to the Fantasy/Animation podcast to talk about René Cardona's Mexican superhero caper The Batwoman (1968), discussing everything from the history of unlicensed remakes to imitation via strategies of localisation. #cult fantasy-animation.org/all-episodes/e…

You are a dangerous fool.

Wow. What a disgusting human being Donald Trump is.

Trump berates Zelensky, the leader of a democratic country courageously fighting Russian imperialism, while he allies himself with Putin, a dictator who started the bloodiest European war in 80 years. Sorry, President Trump. We believe in democracy, not authoritarianism.

You are a disgrace.

The common factual frame of reference seems key here. The US administration now dwells somewhere else - a space shaped by Russian propaganda and conspiracy culture, fantasies, falsehoods. Perhaps this is the new American dream.

I don't normally take to social media to complain, but I'm making an exception. I bought a ticket for EndOfTheRoadFestival through TicketSellers using the payment plan. After paying £235 of £240 total, my final payment didn't go through. Received an email saying that my ticket had been

Really looking forward to this online zoom symposium next month (18-19 Sept) on adaptation & seriality that I'm co-organising with Julie Grossman, Thomas Leitch and Con Verevis. You can sign up (for free!) at this link: ubalt.zoom.us/mee.../registe…