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Dr Matt Hilborn @matthewhilborn.bsky.social · 5d

Yesterday UCD's Newman Building was transformed by 'Metamorphosis' - a giant inflatable sculpture by Olga Diego. Students & staff drew and performed on this reusable plastic canvas, turning art into a living act of sustainability. Kudos colleagues Ana Vera & Eva Bru-Domínguez! @ucdslcl.bsky.social

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Dr Matt Hilborn @matthewhilborn.bsky.social · 13d

📣 Thrilled that my article "Tough Love: Violence and Revenge in Contemporary Spanish Comedy" is out in Bulletin of Spanish Visual Studies! I analyse a wave of cynical anti-romcoms - like new film The Roses (2025) - reflecting cynicism and waning couple confidence #filmstudies doi.org/10.1080/2474...

Tough Love: Violence and Revenge in Contemporary Spanish Romantic Comedy*

This article analyses the trend of violent romantic comedies in Spain that, following the nation’s economic crisis (loosely 2018–2017), swap adoration for marital discord and divorce. Unlike screwb...

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Dr Matt Hilborn @matthewhilborn.bsky.social · Sep 9

A pulsating panel on self-representing streaming services at ECREA 2025! I spoke about how Netflix Spain comedies about sex & intimacy incorporate Netflix itself into their own diegesis! #loveirishresearch

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Dr Matt Hilborn @matthewhilborn.bsky.social · Sep 5

What an amazing panel on gender and the body in Spanish cinema at @acis46.bsky.social! Thanks to the organisers for such a stimulating conference 😍

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Dr Matt Hilborn @matthewhilborn.bsky.social · Sep 3

Terrific first day of @acis46.bsky.social, sharing conversation and good food with Hispanists from right across the globe! And all in one of my favourite Spanish cities: Santiago de Compostela :)

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Dr Matt Hilborn @matthewhilborn.bsky.social · Aug 21

Awesome! Yes, Duncan is an authority on all things Spanish cinema! I'm planning future episodes and guests now, so watch this space! Thanks for the interest in the pod :)

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Dr Matt Hilborn @matthewhilborn.bsky.social · Aug 20

NEW Palomitas episode on Fe de etarras (Bomb Scared) (2017)!

We dissect Borja Cobeaga's satire of 4 inept militants trapped in a flat during Spain's 2010 World Cup win ⚽️

With expert Alison Posey

Listen: tinyurl.com/4jt682cw

#PalomitasPodcast #CineEspañol #ETA #Spanishfilm

6. Fe de etarras (Borja Cobeaga, 2017) (with Alison Posey)

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Dr Matt Hilborn @matthewhilborn.bsky.social · Aug 20

Haha I'd love to cover as many films as possible - but, alas, time is always the issue! If you'd like to come on the podcast to discuss one of those above, or another you deem particularly important/nuanced, it would be terrific to hold a conversation about it 😀 So far I'm focusing on Spanish cinema

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Dr Matt Hilborn @matthewhilborn.bsky.social · Aug 20

Hi Pete! Thank you for this kind message - I'm so glad that it's come in handy for you and your students! If you have any requests for future episodes, please let me know 😀

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Dr Matt Hilborn @matthewhilborn.bsky.social · Jul 29

📢 Delighted to announce that my book, "Film Comedy and Spain: Humour, Genre, and the Nation 1970-2020", is out!

Get your copy - or ask your library for one - here: www.mhra.org.uk/publications/Film-Comedy-Spain

Thanks to everyone who supported me through this process!

#NewBook #FilmStudies

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Dr Matt Hilborn @matthewhilborn.bsky.social · Jul 21

New Pod!🎙️

Remember the Jenni Hermoso/Luis Rubiales "kiss"?

🎧 Palomitas explores feminist struggles in Spanish docs:
📽️ No estás sola (fighting the "Wolf Pack")
⚽ #SeAcabó (women’s football revolution)
Special guest Dr. Abigail Loxham @abigail
🔗 tinyurl.com/mr3vaz5x

#WomensFootball #MeToo #SeAcabó

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Dr Matt Hilborn @matthewhilborn.bsky.social · Jul 21

So much of the discourse surrounding James Gunn's #Superman reminds me of his Spanish parody, #Superlópez (2018). Extracts from my new book, "Film Comedy and Spain: Humour, Genre, and the Nation 1970-2020"! #superheroes #filmstudies #newbook www.mhra.org.uk/publications...

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Dr Matt Hilborn @matthewhilborn.bsky.social · Jun 9

🚩Wrapping up #SpottingRedFlagsSymposium! Thanks to the brilliant presenters, keynote Mary Harrod, our sponsors @baftss.bsky.social, @officialbaas.bsky.social, @kingsfilmstudies.bsky.social & all attendees! Special thanks to my co-organizers @victoriapistivsek.bsky.social & @sarahlahmtv.bsky.social ❤️

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Dr Matt Hilborn @matthewhilborn.bsky.social · Jun 9

🚩Time for our keynote at the #SpottingRedFlagsSymposium! Mary Harrod @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social speaks on romance without ethics in the digital age

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Dr Matt Hilborn @matthewhilborn.bsky.social · Jun 9

🚩Panel 4 - HAPPILY NEVER EVER AFTERS - of #SpottingRedFlagsSymposium twists our happy endings! Queer Qs & Saltburn (Anamarija Horvat) @northumbriauni.bsky.social, Killer Hit Man (Vernon Shetley) @wellesley.edu, Interracial romance (Zélie Asava), reinventing Bergman Island (@cinemariasf.bsky.social)

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Dr Matt Hilborn @matthewhilborn.bsky.social · Jun 9

🚩Panel 3 of the #SpottingRedFlagsSymposium will give us a reality TV check! MAFS & hidden abuse? (Anna Dawson), Decoding lesbian toxicity? (@polinazelm.bsky.social & Ellie Smith) @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social @, Redeemable fboys? (@victoriapistivsek.bsky.social) @kingsfilmstudies.bsky.social

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Dr Matt Hilborn @matthewhilborn.bsky.social · Jun 9

🚩Panel 2 of #SpottingRedFlagsSymposium - GENDERED TOXICITIES: Godrèche rediscovered (Catherine Fowler) @universityofotago.bsky.social, toxic motherhood (Lingjun Wang) @leedsunimedia.bsky.social, Ghosting & gaslighting (Martin Hall) @yorkstjohn.bsky.social, Teens, TikTok, & desire (Lorenza Parisi)

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Dr Matt Hilborn @matthewhilborn.bsky.social · Jun 9

🚩Panel 1 of #SpottingRedFlagsSymposium - RED FLAG POLITICS - gets us right into the danger zone! Slaps vs slugs (Catherine Wheatley) @kingsfilmstudies.bsky.social, Gentrification in rom-com drag (Harriet Idle), Creep time (Louis Bayman), Tradwife Toxicity (Matthew Hilborn) @ucddublin.bsky.social

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Dr Matt Hilborn @matthewhilborn.bsky.social · Jun 9

🚩The #SpottingRedFlagsSymposium kicks off today @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social! Stay tuned for live updates!
Organized by @victoriapistivsek.bsky.social & @sarahlahmtv.bsky.social & myself
Sponsored by @baftss.bsky.social & @officialbaas.bsky.social & @kingsfilmstudies.bsky.social

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Dr Matt Hilborn @matthewhilborn.bsky.social · May 22

I was thrilled to launch my book "Film Comedy and Spain" - out next month! - at @humorsofias.bsky.social in Santiago!

The book interrogates Spanish film comedy as a contested site of national identity formation, tracing its evolution from late Francoism to the polarised present!
#FilmStudies

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Dr Matt Hilborn @matthewhilborn.bsky.social · May 21

Jilly Kay kick us off at the "Reactionary Politics, Women, and Feminist Critique" symposium at @lborouniversity.bsky.social!

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Dr Matt Hilborn @matthewhilborn.bsky.social · May 16

Come to our symposium on Red Flags! 🚩🚩🚩 June 9, 2025 - with keynote from Prof Mary Harrod!

Victoria @victoriapistivsek.bsky.social · May 16

🚩Spotting Red Flags Symposium (June 9, King's College London)🚩

Schedule & free registration: spottingredflagssymposium.eventbrite.com

Organized by @victoriapistivsek.bsky.social, @sarahlahmtv.bsky.social, @matthewhilborn.bsky.social

Sponsored by @baftss.bsky.social & @kingsfilmstudies.bsky.social

Spotting Red Flags Symposium

A free one-day symposium exploring contemporary anxieties around toxic screen romance and the politics of so-called red flags. All welcome

spottingredflagssymposium.eventbrite.com

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Dr Matt Hilborn @matthewhilborn.bsky.social · May 14

Flavita Banana, cartoonist for El País, kicks us off at @humorsofias.bsky.social 2025!

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Dr Matt Hilborn @matthewhilborn.bsky.social · May 12

🎙️ Following the conclave (and Conclave)? New #Palomitas digs into feminist farce "Mi querida cofradía" (Marta Díaz, 2018) - where a woman (shock horror!) is determined to win the election to lead her religious order... With expert Erin K Hogan!
#SpanishCinema
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4. Mi querida cofradía (Marta Díaz de Lope Díaz, 2018) (with Erin K Hogan)

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Dr Matt Hilborn @matthewhilborn.bsky.social · May 9

Late posting, but I had a terrific time at the "Psychobiddies, Harpies and Hags: Interrogating Ageing and Gender on Screen" Symposium at the Watershed, Bristol! Josephine Dolan, Hannah Hamad, Deborah Jermyn, and Estella Tincknell spoke about 'doing age', and the 'double jeopardy' of age + gender

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