As a romantic (in life) and a Romantic (in college studies) I loved Del Toro's Frankenstein—the sweep, the beauty and the headlong emotion of it. Its visual and thematic echoes range from Burke & Hare to Ingres to Hammer, but it's no pastiche—it's a vividly individual film.

Heard @realgdt.bsky.social's FRANKENSTEIN sneaked at BeyondFest. Here's my review of it from Telluride: filmfreakcentral.net/2025/09/tell...

I want to urge anyone interested in FRANKENSTEIN to see it at a theater where the big screen will let you bask in the visuals. And do it soon after the movie opens (Oct. 17) because I don't think Netflix plans a long stay in cinemas.

So excited for the book launch of @mattfee.bsky.social’s FANTASTIC SPACES: IRISH CINEMA AND THE SUPERNATURAL. Join us @lemoynecollege.bsky.social Oct. 29/4:30pm/Reilly 446 (followed by a reception in the pub!).The night before, we’ll screen Kate Dolan’s YOU ARE NOT MY MOTHER, 7:15 in Reilly 244!

“It is the nostalgic fury of right-wing movements that want to return to an idealised past, one that perhaps never truly existed, and to re-establish hierarchical orders.”

Almost time for the Giornate del Cinema Muto / #SilentFilm Festival!!! If you can't make the journey to Pordenone, friendly reminder that there are daily screenings online with beautiful music. 🎞️🎶 www.giornatedelcinemamuto.it/en/abbonamen...

Last time with this one.

The Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture conference has a website! Join us in New Orleans this February! blackmedia.tulane.edu

CALL FOR CHAPTERS: Reimagining Frankenstein in the 21st Century, ed. Cenk Tan & Defne Ersin Tutan. For full call text & inquiries, email [email protected]

New Ida Lupino movie on blu-ray alert ‼️ “Out of the Fog” (1941) 👇

We are very excited that @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social are sponsoring our #BritNoir strand at #FilmNoirFest 2025. The films for the strand as well as the rest of the festival are below. Festival passes are priced at £75 and gets you entry to everything: ti.to/film-noir-uk...

There's still time to sign up for the 5th To Be Continued... online conference, which launches this Thursday 18 September! Join us to talk about David Lynch, copyright, franchises, and legacies with a stellar group of scholars!

A British crime double bill is on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social today from 4:15pm with Out of the Fog (1962) and then The Embezzler (1954) at 5:35pm. #BritNoir

I'm so pleased to be quoted at some length in David Hudson's @dwhdaily.bsky.social roundup of writing on Alexander Horwath's fascinating HENRY FONDA FOR PRESIDENT: www.criterion.com/current/post...

Just about one week until To Be Continued 5! See here lists of adaptation and seriality panels, speakers, & presentation titles. Free registration here: ubalt.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @adaptstudies.bsky.social @adaptationsig.bsky.social @adaptationtoday.bsky.social @litfilmquarterly.bsky.social

What a thrilling @lemoynecollege.bsky.social screening of the great Keaton film SHERLOCK JR. last night, accompanied by the society for new music performing the premiere of Nic Scherzinger's new score--wow! If you weren't able to be there, Hamilton College will host another performance on Feb. 8!

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THERE IS STILL TIME ⏳ to register for TBC5, featuring some of my favorite scholars/people tackling some 🔥 topics in intertextual culture studies. A highlight of the Adaptation Studies academic calendar!

THE LATEST from @adaptationtoday.bsky.social: a conversation about the highlights of the AAS İstanbul conference, led by host @reraddatz.bsky.social and featuring conference co-organizers @ssedaozz.bsky.social and @cbkenkar.bsky.social!

If you're looking for a firsthand glimpse at the best sidebar chat in online academic conferencing, JOIN US for the 5th iteration of To Be Continued...! Free to register, with a great slate of presenters & topics 👇

Two weeks until SHERLOCK JR., with a new score by Nic Scherzinger performed by the Society for New Music. Le Moyne College, Sept. 9th, 7:15pm.

Adaptation, seriality, film, media, literature, and cultural studies scholars, come to the fifth annual online To Be Continued conference, Sept. 18-19! Presenter and (free) registration information can be found on this flyer. Hope to see you there! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Touching example of how (most) great actors are *generous.* Plus you get to hear Ida’s late-life off-the-set voice which I find very elegant and beautiful and real.

Consider submitting a proposal (by 8/15) to a SAMLA (Nov. 6-8, Atlanta) roundtable I'm chairing on doing adaptation studies in the context of changed perspectives on knowledge. Can we process adaptations without sharing a common cultural heritage and knowledge base? southatlanticmla.org/conference/

This was wonderful.

So excited to share the cover and order information for the 2nd edition of IDA LUPINO, DIRECTOR (including an eloquent foreword by Imogen Sara Smith), out next March from Rutgers UP! www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/wp-content/p...

Another joy-filled experience with my @lemoynecollege.bsky.social students in Bologna and at il cinema ritrovato!

Star Sally Forrest and Director Ida Lupino on the set of our Lupino film-of-the-week “Never Fear” (The Filmakers, 1949) #IdaLupinoFOTW

I hope scholars interested in adaptation studies will consider submitting a proposal (SAMLA in Atlanta in Nov.) for this roundtable on knowledge and adaptation! @adaptationtoday.bsky.social @adaptstudies.bsky.social @adaptationsig.bsky.social samla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19316

Unbelievable orchestral accompaniment to Charlie Chaplin in the Piazza Maggiore tonight! #ilcinemaritrovato

Love this movie so much—seeing a gorgeous 4K restoration screened last night at il cinema ritrovato was really wonderful!

So much fun today hiking with my fab @lemoynecollege.bsky.social students down from San Luca (Bologna) through the porticos (666 arches!).

I wrote about James Wong Howe for @criterion.bsky.social once: www.criterion.com/current/post...

What a first night at il cinema ritrovato watching a 70 mm print of this in the Piazza Maggiore!

Interested in adaptation studies? @adaptationtoday.bsky.social sponsors mentorship programs: adaptationtoday.com/professional... If you'd like to provide feedback for our future planning, pls fill out this survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @adaptstudies.bsky.social @adaptationsig.bsky.social

The excitement builds as #IlCinemaRitrovato2025 posts its official schedule, with program notes! I wrote the brief for Lowell Sherman's delightful "three girls" pre-Code, THE GREEKS HAD A WORD FOR THEM (1932). festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/en/proiezion...

Of potential interest to many delegates fresh out of @adaptstudies.bsky.social 2025!

Deep thanks to @ssedaozz.bsky.social and @cbkenkar.bsky.social and the wonderful Bilge team for hosting @adapt in Istanbul. What a memorable conference and experience!

Also yesterday we got to celebrate 10 years of the Palgrave Adaptation series, run by @grossmjj.bsky.social and Barton Palmer. There was an excellent cake, and I’m so happy to have been on a cake in such excellent company

Tune into @tcmtv.bsky.social Friday, where they're serving up a whopping EIGHT noirs! The line-up includes Mystery Street; While the City Sleeps; one of my all-time favorites, The Big Combo; and my noir pick of the month, the first-rate Crime Wave. You won't be sorry. bit.ly/3PrJsjX

This @adaptationtoday.bsky.social mentorship workshop is a week from tomorrow, and I am really looking forward to hearing these fantastic colleagues talk about their unique adaptation studies projects! Join us—registration information and a flyer are below!

Always an exciting day when one of our writing group gets their book out into the world... 😍 Congratulations, @alfredmartin.bsky.social! It's gorgeous! 🥂

This week's episode of @rememberthispod.bsky.social covers the final years of William Wyler's career, including HOW TO STEAL A MILLION and FUNNY GIRL, as well as darker fare like THE COLLECTOR and THE LIBERATION OF L.B. JONES. Listen now: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/wil...

This is so moving—I ❤️ David Byrne and the communal audience participation in this mass sing along at NYC’s Public Theater in 2018. Bowie wrote the song “Heroes” about the Berlin Wall (and people divided…). www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2pG87Lm/

Five years ago today, physical theatre spaces in the UK were forced to go dark as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold of the nation and the world. I remain in awe of what creative practitioners achieved during a time of unimaginable loss and uncertainty through the will to innovate, adapt and survive /1

In person or online, come next Tues. at 4pm eastern to what is sure to be a brilliant talk by Matt Fee: www.lemoyne.edu/event/the-ir...

It's only neighborly to let you know that you can watch the glorious 1926 Mexican pulp adventure film THE GHOST TRAIN for free in HD with a jazzy score! If you liked LES VAMPIRES and MABUSE, you'll love this! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu24...

Join us for the Adaptation Today Spring Mentorship Workshop II 📅 April 25, 2025 | 💻 Online Event 🔹 Talks on adaptation in fine arts, pop culture & podcasting 🎨 Kim Waale | 🎬 Liam Burke | 🎙️ Gracie Bain 📍 Register now: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #AdaptationStudies #FilmStudies #PublicScholarship

A great opportunity for film students!

A new installment of The Old Man is Still Alive drops tonight at 12am Eastern Time! Listen to our latest flashback episode to prepare, as we'll be discussing Billy Wilder in the 60s and 70s, and this flashback's discussion of KISS ME, STUPID offers a good intro: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...