This post has been reproduced with attribution to Senses of Cinema. Continuing with the focus of my previous world polls, this list collates a representation of the year’s franchise movies. Continue reading Senses of Cinema, World Poll 2019
Published in The Superhero Symbol: Media, Culture, and Politics, edited by Liam Burke, Ian Gordon, and Angela Ndalianis, and published by Rutgers University Press, 2019. Continue reading Practicing Superhuman Law: Creative License, Industrial Identity, and Spider-Man’s Homecoming
Article published in issue 92 Senses of Cinema, as part of the special dossier called “This is what defined cinema in the 2010s” (October 2019). Continue reading The Franchise Era: Blockbuster Hollywood in the 2010s…and Beyond
Interview with leading transmedia developer Jeff Gomez, CEO of Starlight Runner Entertainment. In this conversation we discuss the art and craft of transmedia development, including the successes and failures of franchises like Dark Universe, Star Wars, Marvel Cinematic Universe, and more. Continue reading Talking Franchises: The World of Transmedia Development with Jeff Gomez
The Senses of Cinema World Poll has come around again and I’m happy to have contributed to this significant and extensive project for another year. As with my 2017 contribution, I focus only on franchise instalments because I consider franchise cinema to be an important mode of contemporary entertainment and worth acknowledging in any celebration of cinema and cinephilia. In 2017, I ordered my list … Continue reading Senses of Cinema, World Poll 2018
Presentation at the Superheroes Beyond Conference, convened by the ARC-supported research group Superheroes & Me and hosted by the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) in Melbourne, Australia — 6–8 December, 2018. Continue reading The Legacy of Superhero Film Serials: Early Adaptations, Crude Licensing Agreements, and the Case of Republic Pictures’ ‘Captain America’ (1944)
It was a pleasure to be invited as a guest for the June edition of the Senses of Cinema podcast, to discuss Ocean’s 8 (2018). Continue reading Senses of Cinema Podcast, June Edition
Recap of superhero scholars panels at Oz Comic-Con, Melbourne 2018 Continue reading ‘Oz Comic-Con’ —Melbourne, June 2018
Wakanda’s isolationism doesn’t separate Black Panther from the Marvel Cinematic Universe—it reinforces its connection. Continue reading ‘Black Panther’ Defies Wakanda’s Self-Containment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
A recap of the CG Futures event recently held in Melbourne, March 2018.. Continue reading ‘CG Futures: The Art of Entertainment’— Melbourne, March 2018
