New article on humility in cinema and humble cinema
If your are interested in the virtues and how they might be represented and reflected in cinema, you might want to check out my recent article ‘Humility and Greatness in… Read more »
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What can film and television teach us about virtues and vices?
Fictional films and television programs can entertain, uplift, distract and educate us, but could they also help to make us better people? We explored this and related questions at our recent… Read more »
Screening Virtues, Screening Vice workshop
The program for this workshop is now complete and we look forward to welcome our speakers and guests from around the world to our zoom event. More details can be… Read more »
Review of TV Antiquity
Lovely review by Fiona Hobden of my latest book TV Antiquity. Swords, sandals, blood and sand in Critical Studies of Television Check out review
New Conversation article on Disney’s Fairytales – and the new Nutcracker film
This post is somewhat belated, but earlier in the winter I published another article for The Conversation. In time for Christmas, it discussed Disney’s new film The Nutcracker and the… Read more »
Norway – Mythic Landscape
Recently, I had the pleasure of cruising the Norwegian Fjords. This wasn’t just an exciting and enjoyable holiday, but also quite fascinating and inspiring with regard to my interest in… Read more »
Thor: Ragnarok – the article now available at The Conversation
I recently watched the latest Marvel superhero film Thor: Ragnarok with a friend. As a fan of myth, I was rather curious about how this is dealt with given the… Read more »
Discussion of Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur
I recently published an article on the most recent film appropriating Arthurian myth – Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur – Legend of the Sword. In this piece written for The Conversation,… Read more »
Research trip to Gladstone’s Library
I recent research trip to Gladstone’s Library helped me to make headwaves with the forthcoming monograph on Antiquity TV. What a great place for research. The calm and peaceful surroundings… Read more »