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

LICA252: Film Theory

LICA255: European New Wave Cinema

LICA357: Movie Musicals

LICA416: Cinema and History

My research focuses on the intersection between theory, culture and the image, with a particular focus on film.

Theatricality and the Arts: Film, Theatre, Art (co-edited with Andrew Quick), Edinburgh University Press, 2024 - https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-theatricality-and-the-arts.html

Modern European Cinema and Love - Manchester University Press, 2023: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526149435/

Deleuze and Lola Montès - https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/deleuze-and-lola-montes-9781501345760/

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

See also:

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