Film theory

Film and philosophy

Hollywood cinema

Romantic comedy

French film

Politics and film

I currently teach on the following modules:

LICA150: Introduction to Film

LICA250: Documentary Film: History and Theory

LICA255: European new Wave Cinema

LICA350: Film Theory

LICA416: Cinema and History

My research focuses on the intersection between theory, culture and the image, with a particular focus on film. I have published 4 books:

The Politics of Hollywood Cinema(Palgrave Macmillan 2013) - https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9780230244580

Cinema After Deleuze(Continuum 2012) - https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/cinema-after-deleuze-9780826438928/

The Reality of Film(Manchester University Press 2011) - https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9780719082689/

What is Film Theory?(Open University Press / McGraw-Hill 2010) - co-written by Gary Bettinson - https://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Film-Theory-Richard-Rushton/dp/0335234232

Recently published:

On Theatricality, a special issue of the journal Performance Research - https://www.performance-research.org/current-issue.php