Colleen Kennedy-Karpat
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Colleen Kennedy-Karpat
@cbkenkar.bsky.social
Assoc Prof, adaptation, Agnès Varda, amateur video essayist. Not necessarily in that order. Trying my best to pay attention.
🇺🇸 born, studied 🇫🇷, teaching in 🇹🇷 Bilkent COMD

Co-host @ymmwtpodcast.bsky.social
Co-chair @adaptstudies.bsky.social
she made her bed, she’ll lie in it
November 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Stop scrolling & post two characters who bring you happiness.
October 22, 2025 at 10:54 AM
...all this to say, reader: this movie is a way more direct adaptation than you would think! the wackiest stuff was right there on the page!
September 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Some good news!! The program for To Be Continued 5 is LIVE & features SO MANY of my favorite people 🫶 TBC has been an annual highlight for adaptation scholars since its founding.

18-19 Sept, 100% online, 100% fresh insights. Don't miss out! Follow @adaptstudies.bsky.social or DM for full details.
August 21, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Postcards from day 2 @adaptstudies.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
fair warning
May 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Le Bonheur (Varda 1965)
May 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This was a LOT of fun, though 🌻
May 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
@sailorjello.bsky.social coming in with the public service 🫡
February 16, 2025 at 8:33 AM
also definitely becoming-Animal
December 9, 2024 at 7:30 PM
will tell my kids this is Deleuze and Guattari
December 9, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Repost with one of the greatest villains in cinema history #filmsky
November 21, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Delighted to screen Du côté de la côte & Uncle Yanco & Les 3 boutons for the Bilkent Cultural Studies Society’s Auteur Days series tomorrow! 💜 🌻 #varda
November 20, 2024 at 8:48 AM
the Ramada in İzmit shows us the way
November 16, 2024 at 2:12 PM
ok maybe this guy
September 6, 2024 at 10:11 AM
lol absolutely no one
September 6, 2024 at 10:08 AM
The way my fist flew into the air when this paragraph came around
August 30, 2024 at 6:31 PM
What’s your sign?
August 17, 2024 at 6:51 PM
HBD to Agnès Varda 🌻 may we all keep your joy & anger alive 💜
May 30, 2024 at 11:23 AM
We had dog season this year at the Oscars, so it’s time to honor the greatest feline film performances of all time. My nomination:
March 27, 2024 at 8:14 AM
Filing this next to “the boomers will be retiring soon, by the time you finish there should be a surge of academic jobs!!!”
March 1, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Proud to share my collab with the Jimmy Stewart Museum in launching our Video Essay Showcase in his honor! Submission deadline 20 April, happy to take questions 🙌🏻
March 1, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Last days to catch the excellent Viva Varda! exposition at thé Cinémathèque Française. Very much worth your time if you’re lucky enough to be in Paris. Feeling grateful to all who helped make my visit happen!
January 19, 2024 at 8:50 PM
haven’t listened yet because Behind On Everything but this will absolutely be my jam 🙏🏻
November 25, 2023 at 6:32 PM