Chris O'Rourke

Congratulations to Chris O'Rourke for winning best journal article at the BAFTSS Conference 2025 baftss.org/winners-pub-20… academic.oup.com/screen/article…

I'm giving Bluesky a whirl bsky.app/profile/chris-…

As part of the Weimar 100 project, there will be a free screening of the German silent film The Last Laugh (1924) in the FAB Cinema on Thursday 28th Nov at 7pm, w/ an introduction by Dr Ian Roberts of the German department. Reserve a spot here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/weimar-100-d…..

Did 1920s Hollywood hate itself? And why so many lions? The final post from @WarwickFilmTV student Jess @saturdaymovies_ about her research into Hollywood's silent-era self-mythologising sinclairjess44.wixsite.com/satmornmovies/…

We're looking for proposals for a SIG panel at the @baftss conference, Warwick, 26-28 Mar 2025. Any papers or panel ideas related to LGBTQIA+ screen studies that respond to the theme of Global Aesthetics are welcome. Get in touch with us at lgbtqscreenstudies@gmail.com by 2 Dec

Fantastic talks at @PordenoneSilent by @magshenny and @hahumiaomiao about their new books on women’s laughter and Anna May Wong - including Wong’s map of the places she visited in the UK

On writing the lives of two exceptional film pioneers, Elsie Cohen and Constance Bromley lukemckernan.com/2024/09/25/els…

@CampbellX Thanks Campbell! It feels like there are so many more stories waiting to be recovered. I’m glad I got to share this one

New article in @Screen_Journal about visibility, invisible labour and the career of a trans production worker in 1940s British cinema - Open Access tinyurl.com/59wcrrty

@saturdaymovies_ Thanks Jess! I'm glad you found it interesting

@ChrisORourke1 @Screen_Journal An absolutely fascinating and illuminating read!

The Autumn issue of Screen Journal is now online! academic.oup.com/screen/issue/6…

@WarwickFilmTV You can watch the film Jess is writing about here youtu.be/4AK8t40RbAs

Did silent star Dorothy Dalton invent the multiverse film 100 years before Peter Parker? Another great post from Warwick student Jess's blog about 1920s Hollywood sinclairjess44.wixsite.com/satmornmovies/… @WarwickFilmTV

Here's a wonderful new blog post by Warwick student Jess Sinclair about her trip to the @bdcmuseum in search of 1920s Hollywood fans sinclairjess44.wixsite.com/satmornmovies/… @WarwickFilmTV

@richarddhillon Congratulations! That’s great news

@JustinBengry That’s awful news Justin. What a loss.

@handecayir @Warwick_AcDev @tayloredchatter @alpember @carysshill Congratulations Hande! That’s great news

Thank you to my students, peers, and mentors! What I understand from excellence is perseverance and finding alternative ways to enhance our #learning and #teaching communities. Cheers to our team at Warwick @Warwick_AcDev @tayloredchatter @ChrisORourke1 @alpember @carysshill

@drmelaniebell Congratulations!

Honoured to win the Screen Essay Award for my research on costume design and making. Huge thanks to Screen's editorial board for their fantastic support and the amazing women who costumed British cinema 🎥 🪡 🧵

@alpember @WarwickFilmTV Fantastic news!

🎉Nuts time to be announcing job security but thrilled & relieved that after 2 years as Teaching Fellow @WarwickFilmTV i've been promoted to Assistant Professor (T&R)! Incredibly lucky to have landed in a dept. where I feel at home. Now to let go of perpetual state of panic...

Who doesn't enjoy an encounter with a passionate stranger? Very much looking forward to this on Sunday (part of @TheGardenCinema 'Women Aren't Funny' season that launches tonight 🥳) Some tickets for this brill Muriel Box film still available! thegardencinema.co.uk/film/the-passi…