James C. Taylor

The other news is....we're running a symposium in June (supported by @baftss.bsky.social and B-Film). See below for the CFP.

I've read this Junji Ito comic

Howard The Duck (1986) - Trash on VHS Join us for a wild night watching Howard The Duck (1986) – shown from a rundown rental VHS from the 1980s!!!

Forgot to mention that I (or maybe my cat Jacob if the Eventbrite image is accurate) will be introducing a VHS screening of Howard the Duck for King's College London's Trash Film Club tonight. Looking forward to seeing the tape's quality! Do join if you're around.

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Sign the Petition Stop the Closure of Film Studies at Uni of Leicester

Petition to stop the closure of Film Studies at the University of Leicester - please sign!

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Introduction to the Call for Papers for the Association of Adaptation Studies Annual Conference 2026: Adaptation and Aurality. The conference will be hosted at Burman University in Alberta, Canada.

A list of suggested topics on the theme of Adaptation and Aurality

A short bio and photo of the keynote speaker for AAS 2026, poet/musician/scholar Dr. Sonnet L'Abbé (Vancouver Island University).

Submission guidelines and contact information. For further inquiries please write to aas2026@burmanu.ca

👉 👉 The call is HERE for AAS 2026: Adaptation and Aurality, hosted by Burman University in beautiful Alberta, Canada!

✍️ Proposals due 15 December 2025
🗓️ Conference 7-10 July 2026

Full details posted on the AAS website: www.adaptation.uk.com/aas-conferen...

CFP 2026 The 14th annual BAFTSS Conference will take place 15-17 April at the Bournemouth Highcliff Mariott Hotel. ​ Keynote speaker : Professor Julian Henriques (Goldsmiths)   This year, BAFTSS embarks on...

Thrilled to share the very open Call for Proposals for BAFTSS 2026 on 15-17 April in Bournemouth. Amid all the stress and uncertainty of HE, the annual conference is a great place to reconnect, reflect, think new thoughts and make new plans. Join us! @baftss.bsky.social

www.baftss.org/cfp-2026.html

My statement on Ai from the mini-comic as syllabus i made for new class I'm teaching that starts tomorrow! It robs you of your decisions & struggles - and the joy of being surprised. We won’t to be robbed of our learning - this is essential. This & the full mini at post:
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AAS 2025 Conference: Adaptation, Restoration, Rebirth

THE LATEST from @adaptationtoday.bsky.social: a conversation about the highlights of the AAS İstanbul conference, led by host @reraddatz.bsky.social and featuring conference co-organizers @ssedaozz.bsky.social and @cbkenkar.bsky.social!

That would also explain why they always seem to be on the verge of fighting! (Action cinema has taught me that this is inevitable with clones)

Cheeky thing just lounging in Jacob's territory (my garden)

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WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.

Stop using WeTransfer.

Super convenient! Cool, reckon I'll try for it too.

FTV’s James C. Taylor has a new chapter published on the Lovecraftian image in Film and Television from an edited collection titled Authenticity and Adaptation. Chapter and collection seen here modelled by James’ cat:

I take it you'll be trying for tickets?

Looks like my book, The Superhero Blockbuster, is currently available at 30% discount - just in time for the release of the new Superman film!

Our panel on adaptation and television studies had an interesting mix of ideas. I spoke about what the fields could offer one another, @jamesctaylor.bsky.social spoke about intertextuality, hierarchies and televisual MCU adaptations and Liam Burke spoke about kids TV adaptations, policy & culture.

I've just finished supervising an undergraduate dissertation on A Christmas Carol adaptations and am starting supervising one on Robert Eggers. I didn't expect these two projects to suddenly become so directly connected!

Jose Arroyo in Conversation with James Taylor on ….THE SUPERHERO BLOCKBUSTER: ADAPTATION, STYLE AND MEANING Just as the Superhero film loses centrality in the culture there comes a book that is not only a brilliant accounting of the various strategies of adaptations the mode engages with but also offers …

A new podcast conversation between Jose Arroyo and James Taylor, focusing on James’ new book, ‘The Superhero Blockbuster: Adaptation, Style, and Meaning’. Listen here: notesonfilm1.com/2025/06/06/j...

Thanks so much @josearroyo.bsky.social for having me on the podcast and asking such conceptually interesting questions about my book The Superhero Blockbuster: Adaptation, Style, and Meaning.

I hope others enjoy the resulting discussion of writing process, the book's content and its potential uses!

In a digital learning tools training session and I can reveal that @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social staff have super healthy favourite foods.

Teaching Fellow in Film Studies at University of Birmingham Searching for an academic job? Explore this Teaching Fellow in Film Studies opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

Come work with us in the Film department! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNI241/t...

Back in the UK after the Association of Adaptation Studies conference in Istanbul. Huge thanks to the organisers for a fantastic three days exploring adaptation and eating delicious mezze, hosted at a campus with an energy museum, some ducklings and, of course, their fair share of the city's cats.

Great first day at the Association of Adaptation Studies Conference in Istanbul. Saw some brilliant papers on AI and sound, presented on the Contemporary Screens panel, and ate Adaptation Cake. Have also obviously been befriending some of the city's beautiful cats.

Now we have @jamesctaylor.bsky.social talking on nostalgia and restoration and ‘serialised cinema’

So glad this survived Royal Mail's international post. Enjoy!

Oh no - Amazon didn't send you this, I did! (And looks like UK's Royal Mail managed to mess it up 😞). I hope the contents aren't too ruined.

Do you watch Chinese TV? Do you use English subs, and/or use English to discuss what you're watching?

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Isolation in ONE HOUR PHOTO (Mark Romanek, 2002) by Madeleine Lear This video essay aims to examine how isolation is portrayed visually within Mark Romanek’s 2002 film One Hour Photo. The film is a psychological thriller starring Robin Williams as Sy Parrish, a ph…

A superb video essay on Isolation in ONE HOUR PHOTO by Madeleine Lear: notesonfilm1.com/2025/05/14/i...

I love getting to see our students' video essays. Always some brilliant work!