Matt Denny
@mattdenny.bsky.social
Film & TV Studies Teaching Fellow interested in the gothic, theories of authorship, postmodernism, post-classical style & robots. Tony Scott evangelist (he/him/his)
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Excellent article but stark reminder that for all the perceptions of universities as ivory towers for elites, they are actually vital hubs in towns n cities supporting local businesses and providing key services as well as education….
‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?
When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Excellent article but stark reminder that for all the perceptions of universities as ivory towers for elites, they are actually vital hubs in towns n cities supporting local businesses and providing key services as well as education….
Starting to think it might be worthwhile writing a "Here is an example of an RPG session" style thing for seminars but also I might just be very tired
February 4, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Starting to think it might be worthwhile writing a "Here is an example of an RPG session" style thing for seminars but also I might just be very tired
I feel that "eyes wide shut is (literally) about Epstein" and "maybe the author just liked blue curtains", while superficially different, are actually symptoms of the same refusal to understand and engage with the practice of interpretation is but I just can't articulate why
February 4, 2026 at 11:12 AM
I feel that "eyes wide shut is (literally) about Epstein" and "maybe the author just liked blue curtains", while superficially different, are actually symptoms of the same refusal to understand and engage with the practice of interpretation is but I just can't articulate why
My brain broke a little bit today in a seminar trying to link a student's point about productive vs unproductive labour in Bright Star to the politics of the pretty and I described poetry as 'onanistic', clarified with 'masturbatory', then made a point about productive vs unproductive sexuality
February 3, 2026 at 6:09 PM
My brain broke a little bit today in a seminar trying to link a student's point about productive vs unproductive labour in Bright Star to the politics of the pretty and I described poetry as 'onanistic', clarified with 'masturbatory', then made a point about productive vs unproductive sexuality
I'm one of those annoying people who doesn't really like poetry but likes the idea of the Romantic poets so I think it is fair to say I am exactly the correct audience for Bright Star
February 3, 2026 at 4:01 PM
I'm one of those annoying people who doesn't really like poetry but likes the idea of the Romantic poets so I think it is fair to say I am exactly the correct audience for Bright Star
Honestly this is worse than anything imagined even by our most scarily prescient prophet of AI slop, Douglas Adams.
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these ChatGPT book promo emails have become more frequent — this is about Is Free Speech Under Threat, I’ve also had them about Imperial Island — and godddd, this cadence, this tone, this vocabulary. why did they teach AI to write like this?!
February 2, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Honestly this is worse than anything imagined even by our most scarily prescient prophet of AI slop, Douglas Adams.
Share and enjoy
Share and enjoy
Strap yourself in for a real AI horror story
Having an intern is a great way to sooth my Imposter Syndrome.
January 31, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Strap yourself in for a real AI horror story
Having Taught Peter Rabbit this week, I've been revisiting some of the behind the videos of Daisy Ridley, Margot Robbie, and Elizabeth Debicki recording their lines and I think it really shows what a particular skill voicing animation is
January 31, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Having Taught Peter Rabbit this week, I've been revisiting some of the behind the videos of Daisy Ridley, Margot Robbie, and Elizabeth Debicki recording their lines and I think it really shows what a particular skill voicing animation is
The amount of times I've listened to Jack O'Connell singing Rocky Road to Dublin from the Sinners soundtrack album suggests I may not have got the correct message from that film
January 30, 2026 at 8:22 AM
The amount of times I've listened to Jack O'Connell singing Rocky Road to Dublin from the Sinners soundtrack album suggests I may not have got the correct message from that film
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🚨 Looking for folks to interview!
I know this is a long shot, but if you’re an archaeologist/historian who has done work in relation to the Tube, Crossrail, or Eurostar, I’d love to interview you for a nonfiction comic I’m working on right now!
#Archaeology 🏺 🚇 #Comicsky #London
I know this is a long shot, but if you’re an archaeologist/historian who has done work in relation to the Tube, Crossrail, or Eurostar, I’d love to interview you for a nonfiction comic I’m working on right now!
#Archaeology 🏺 🚇 #Comicsky #London
January 29, 2026 at 3:38 PM
🚨 Looking for folks to interview!
I know this is a long shot, but if you’re an archaeologist/historian who has done work in relation to the Tube, Crossrail, or Eurostar, I’d love to interview you for a nonfiction comic I’m working on right now!
#Archaeology 🏺 🚇 #Comicsky #London
I know this is a long shot, but if you’re an archaeologist/historian who has done work in relation to the Tube, Crossrail, or Eurostar, I’d love to interview you for a nonfiction comic I’m working on right now!
#Archaeology 🏺 🚇 #Comicsky #London
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This is precisely my bullshit to a frightening degree.
January 29, 2026 at 1:12 PM
This is precisely my bullshit to a frightening degree.
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Gothic Studies is recruiting! We seek a new assistant editor 🧛♂️
January 27, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Gothic Studies is recruiting! We seek a new assistant editor 🧛♂️
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teaching is playtesting
January 28, 2026 at 1:07 AM
teaching is playtesting
it's the same picture
January 27, 2026 at 4:26 PM
it's the same picture
I think today went well. Weirdest bit was when I said elephant instead of element in my lecture and then Mopsy lip reads elements as elephants in the film and I promise I did not do this on purpose I am just bad at words sometimes
January 27, 2026 at 3:32 PM
I think today went well. Weirdest bit was when I said elephant instead of element in my lecture and then Mopsy lip reads elements as elephants in the film and I promise I did not do this on purpose I am just bad at words sometimes
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Can I just say something...? 🧣
January 26, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Can I just say something...? 🧣
I think the strangest part of my Peter Rabbit 2 viewing was noticing that the books used 4 hole Japanese binding and just as I was thinking that a sewn board binding would be much more appropriate Domnhall Gleeson started discussing lithography and realized people like me were the butt of the joke
January 25, 2026 at 11:31 PM
I think the strangest part of my Peter Rabbit 2 viewing was noticing that the books used 4 hole Japanese binding and just as I was thinking that a sewn board binding would be much more appropriate Domnhall Gleeson started discussing lithography and realized people like me were the butt of the joke
Quotes disabled on last post but I particularly enjoy the cat food tin looking like one of the fancier mass market crime paperbacks
January 24, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Quotes disabled on last post but I particularly enjoy the cat food tin looking like one of the fancier mass market crime paperbacks
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'1970s canned goods label designs, from The Art of the Label by Robert Opie.'
January 24, 2026 at 9:14 AM
'1970s canned goods label designs, from The Art of the Label by Robert Opie.'
I've made this comment multiple times, but the most DnD thing about the DnD movie is that a good portion of the film is an elaborate plan to open a door, where the party keeps failing forward, and also it is the wrong door
January 24, 2026 at 2:53 PM
I've made this comment multiple times, but the most DnD thing about the DnD movie is that a good portion of the film is an elaborate plan to open a door, where the party keeps failing forward, and also it is the wrong door
If Domhnall Gleeson getting his arse kicked by CGI rabbits isn't cinema I don't know what is
January 23, 2026 at 9:20 PM
If Domhnall Gleeson getting his arse kicked by CGI rabbits isn't cinema I don't know what is
Next week is what teaching is all about - inflicting things on your students because you are an enthusiastic weirdo. Film Theory first years get Baudry because I happen to like apparatus theory and third years get Peter Rabbit (2018) on Film Aesthetics because I have gone mad with power
January 23, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Next week is what teaching is all about - inflicting things on your students because you are an enthusiastic weirdo. Film Theory first years get Baudry because I happen to like apparatus theory and third years get Peter Rabbit (2018) on Film Aesthetics because I have gone mad with power