It's 1987. PREDATOR and THE RUNNING MAN are in theaters. It's 2025. PREDATOR and THE RUNNING MAN are in theaters.

Our own @kathleenloock.bsky.social was interviewed by the Deutschlandfunk radio on the remake boom in cinema—from the new version of GHOSTBUSTERS with an all-female cast to the remake of the German classic PUMUCKL. Listen to the full German piece below ⬇️ www.deutschlandfunk.de/120-jahre-fi...

Friendly reminder: this is happening tomorrow! If you're in the area, come say hi 👋

Halloween's over and there's still some time before Christmas, so we've come up with a special series for this month: In keeping with the gloomy weather, our #FreakyFriday's all about Noirvember, meaning that Friday' wil be all about film noir! Let's start with: THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (2004). 1/9

For anyone who would like to ask us in person what we actually investigate: our team will be participating in the “Nacht, die Wissen schafft” @unihannover.bsky.social! Come by, ask us questions, watch our video essay, and become part of science! More information below 👇 www.dndws.uni-hannover.de

Wir sind auf Raige-bait der ZEIT reingefallen und haben uns "Die sogenannte Gegenwart" zu Tradwives angehört: Viel eloquentes Bellypedia und wenig bis keine Expertise. Dafür gibt's diese in unserer Folge. Sharing is Caring 💝 open.spotify.com/episode/4Z1k...

Call For Papers: #CFP #Film ‘Stars and Screen’ #Cinema and #Media #History Virtual #Symposium, May 16, 2026 Proposals Due: February 1, 2026 starsandscreen.blogspot.com/2025/10/call... #CinemaStudies #MediaStudies #FilmStudies #conference #CallForPapers #CinemaHistory #MediaHistory #FilmHistory

Männer kaufen überdimensionierte Fahrzeuge, sie rasen häufiger und prägen die Verkehrspolitik. Es ist Zeit für eine feministisch inspirierte Wende.

Call for Papers: Reading Fanfiction/ Fanfiction Reading If you have a 3000-4000 literary close reading of a fanfiction story burning to get out, please be in touch! :D rb.gy/8hqqzb

Two more #FreakyFridays in October, and you know what that means: for the next two weeks, we'll be featuring nothing but Halloween-themed content (with occasional reminders to sign up for our US case study). Today's pick: ATTACK OF THE 50 FT. WOMAN (1993)! 1/9

Reminder: This is happening this week 📆 Here's your chance to catch @jmittell.bsky.social sharing his insights on TV narrative development and the field of videographic criticism!

This week we have a special guest: Jason Mittell @jmittell.bsky.social will be giving a guest lecture on Thursday, Oct 23, in Kathleen's @kathleenloock.bsky.social class on seriality and popular culture. If you have the chance, be sure to join us to learn more about serial TV (and FARGO)! 📺

New Issue Out Now! | COPAS Vol. 26 No. 1 (2025) With our first post on Bluesky, we’re excited to announce the release of the newest issue of COPAS, guest edited by Chiona Hufnagel, Arunima Kundu, Lisa Seuberth & Ruxandra Teodorescu. Read it here: copas.uni-regensburg.de/index.php/co...

The summer of JAWS continues, with Kathleen and KOKI Hannover collaborating once again to present the cult classic (more information at the end of the thread!). And to stir up more fear of large bodies of water, we have another shark-themed film for this #FreakyFriday: THE REEF: STALKED (2022)! 1/9

Can't wait! @jmittell.bsky.social

Freue mich, dass der "Summer of Jaws" noch ein bisschen weitergeht - im Kommunalen Kino im Künstlerhaus Hannover an diesem Freitag (17.10.) mit Filmscreening und Filmgespräch, zusammen mit @kathleenloock.bsky.social.

Kommt alle zu DER WEISSE HAI! 🦈 Am Freitag im KOKI Hannover auf der großen Leinwand. Mit anschließender Gesprächsrunde zur Neuauflage von DER WEISSE HAI REVISITED (2025) -- dem Sammelband von @schwanebeck.bsky.social. Weitere Infos hier: www.hannover.de/Kommunales-K...

Diesen Freitag (17.10.) kehrt in Hannover DER WEISSE HAI anlässlich seines 50. Geburtstags auf die große Leinwand zurück! Wir feiern das auch mit der Neuauflage von DER WEISSE HAI REVISITED (2025): www.wielandschwanebeck.de/buecher-1/de... @schwanebeck.bsky.social

JAWS and we are back at the KOKI Hannover, and you have the chance to join in on the fun! Come see us on October 17 for a screening of the classic, and a panel discussion starring @kathleenloock.bsky.social, Jan Kucharzewski, and Wieland Schwanebeck. 🦈 More below! www.hannover.de/Kommunales-K...

This is your weekly reminder that we're looking for participants from the US 👀 Share, sign up, be part of our study! bsky.app/profile/did:...

Today is German Reunification Day, celebrating the reunification of East and West Germany 35 years ago. I'm feeling quite sentimental about it this year ... Time to share my video essay "Memories of It" again that deals with my childhood memories of that time. vimeo.com/827670996?fl...

We're looking for participants in our "Hollywood Memories" project. Please tell anyone you think might be interested!

Check out the video essay on OM SHANTI OM (2007) we made! intransition.openlibhums.org/article/id/1... So glad to be part of IVERN and this collaborative experiment.

🚨 I'm in today's @nzz.ch! Nadine Brügger interviewed me for her piece on repetition, remakes, and sequels in Hollywood cinema. There's a longer online version of the article (www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/i...) and the print version. @hollywoodmemories.bsky.social

I was interviewed for this France Info piece about remakes and sequels.

Today we're doing something different for #FreakyFriday, because one of the most successful German movies has just gotten a sequel, and @kalliloo has been busy talking to German news outlets about it. So today we present: DAS KANU DES MANITU (2025)! 1/9

Don't miss out on this! Kathleen @kathleenloock.bsky.social was interviewed on German TV, talking about the sequel to one of the most successful German movies — DAS KANU DES MANITU. And we don't want to sound too dramatic, but you have 24h to watch the clip on the ntv website. 👀 Link below! 👇

I was interviewed about sequels and DAS KANU DES MANITU on German TV this morning! You can watch it on the ntv website for the next 24h (starting at the 3:30 mark). www.n-tv.de/9833631 @hollywoodmemories.bsky.social @unihannover.bsky.social

Our #FreakyFriday this week is about FREAKIER FRIDAY, the sequel to FREAKY FRIDAY that has just come out. Enjoy!

Ausführliche Antworten auf die Frage gibt es übrigens in meinem neuen Buch HOLLYWOOD REMAKING! @ucpress.bsky.social www.ucpress.edu/books/hollyw...

Our very own @kathleenloock.bsky.social was interviewed by the German Press Agency about all the remakes coming out this summer. The piece has been published in several news outlets (in German). For more, also check out her new book HOLLYWOOD REMAKING.

Für den Beitrag wurde ich diese Woche von der @dpa.com interviewt. Erschienen ist er jetzt u.a. im STERN. Gehen Hollywood die Ideen aus? www.stern.de/kultur/film/...

Twelve PhD positions (E13, 65%, 48 months) in our new interdisciplinary @dfg.de research training program "Aesthetics of Democracy" @goetheuni.bsky.social in Frankfurt. Application deadline November 14, 2025. Program start April 1, 2026. Drop me a note if you need further info.

📣📣📣 Hooray! Our article on piracy is out with the journal Rebeca. "Hollywood entre piratería y suscripción: el curioso caso de México" explores the reasons why Mexican audiences seek out pirated content based on data from our Mexican case study. Check it out! @hollywoodmemories.bsky.social

Reposting: See the light of our dossier of the Rebeca Magazine "Looking at the cinema audiences in Latin America", co-edited by @arosasmantecon, Bianca Pires and who speaks to them. Articles in Spanish & Portuguese. rebeca.socine.org.br/1/article/vi... Thanks to all who worked to get this out!

Check out this week's #FreakyFriday post that fits our team's presence at #HoMERIstanbul2025! It's all about Turkish remakes of Hollywood movies. Enjoy!

Here's more from our panel yesterday at #HoMERIstanbul2025! Thank you also to our panel chair, the fantastic Ana Rosas Mantecón, a long-term friend and associated member of the "Hollywood Memories" project! @kathleenloock.bsky.social @homer-network.bsky.social

Always a conference highlight: @homer-network.bsky.social's annual conference, this year in Istanbul, Turkey. I'm very happy to be here.

The next screening of our #Original&Remake series at KOKI Cinema in Hannover will be a TRUE GRIT double feature with the 1969 classic starring John Wayne and the Coen brothers' 2010 remake with Jeff Bridges. I will introduce both films next Monday! www.hannover.de/Kommunales-K...

What a wonderful panel! Thanks to all our speakers talking about "Digital Archives and American Studies" on day 2 of #DGfA2025. @hollywoodmemories.bsky.social

My students in Hannover are organizing a conference on "Feminism and Popular Culture" (July 3-5) with students from Hannover and Freiburg. They are still looking for funding. If you want to support this great project, please donate here: gofund.me/a7d9c48f Any amount is appreciated. Thank you!

Hurra! Es gibt zum 50. Geburtstag von DER WEISSE HAI jetzt eine Neuauflage dieses tollen Buches veröffentlicht. Mein Beitrag zu den Fortsetzungen JAWS II-IV ist auch wieder mit dabei.

The first review of my new book HOLLYWOOD REMAKING has just been published in the International Journal of Communication! Thanks to Ryan David Briggs for the generous assessment of my research.

Para mis amigas y amigos hispanohablantes: Ya está en librerías LA LECTURA SALVAJE de @aceballos.bsky.social, un ensayo sobre cómo damos sentido a los textos literarios. No os lo perdáis!

This was starting to get a bit scary here in Madrid. But after 10 hours, electricity is back, baby! Internet and phones work again! #blackout #Madrid #apagón

¿Qué es la literatura, después de todo? ¿Cómo percibimos las obras literarias? ¿Por qué tres lectores tienen cuatro interpretaciones distintas? Leer literatura ¿nos hace más empáticos, más críticos, más guapes, o, por el contrario, nos inculca las ideas del enemigo?

¡Ya está aquí! ¡Ya llegó! ¡La #LecturaSalvaje! Una introducción lúdica a los estudios empíricos de la recepción literaria, un balance personal de lo que enseñan la Historia cultural y las ciencias cognitivas sobre cómo percibimos, recordamos, comentamos e interiorizamos las obras literarias. 1/4

This is happening next week! We'll launch our new film series at KOKI cinema Hannover, starting with A STAR IS BORN (1978/2018) and the presentation of my new book HOLLYWOOD REMAKING. Really looking forward to this event and the film series.

I'm in Chicago, Chicago, that toddling town! at @scmstudies.bsky.social talking about my Love Affairs To Remember project...