@danmattingly87.bsky.social
Associate Lecturer in English Literature and Film Studies at University of Winchester. Interests: C20-C21 U.S. fiction; post-postmodernism; superhero films; C21 Hollywood; prison/carceral literature and culture.
Evidence of today's class - Structuralism and "Kiss Me Deadly".
November 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Evidence of today's class - Structuralism and "Kiss Me Deadly".
We've had "Traumazone" (about the late Soviet era and Yeltsin era Russia) and "Shifty", so I guess that the next logical stop is an America-centric take on this narrationless documentary series thing? Or maybe he'll try something else. Whatever it is, I'll probably still end up watching it.
June 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
We've had "Traumazone" (about the late Soviet era and Yeltsin era Russia) and "Shifty", so I guess that the next logical stop is an America-centric take on this narrationless documentary series thing? Or maybe he'll try something else. Whatever it is, I'll probably still end up watching it.
Just finished watching the new Adam Curtis series, "Shifty". It took a while for the central thesis to come through, and I'm not sure that he was really saying anything new...but, as always, the archival footage was fascinating, the micro stories were interesting, and there was a great soundtrack.
June 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Just finished watching the new Adam Curtis series, "Shifty". It took a while for the central thesis to come through, and I'm not sure that he was really saying anything new...but, as always, the archival footage was fascinating, the micro stories were interesting, and there was a great soundtrack.
My midweek live music jolly this evening was Snapped Ankles. Band on top form, and a strong turnout for a midweek gig night.
To paraphrase the title of the band's latest LP, these may be hard times, but I did much furious dancing.
To paraphrase the title of the band's latest LP, these may be hard times, but I did much furious dancing.
May 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
My midweek live music jolly this evening was Snapped Ankles. Band on top form, and a strong turnout for a midweek gig night.
To paraphrase the title of the band's latest LP, these may be hard times, but I did much furious dancing.
To paraphrase the title of the band's latest LP, these may be hard times, but I did much furious dancing.
Just in time, and in keeping with our our increasingly strange and strained days, Pynchon is back: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/316427...
April 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Just in time, and in keeping with our our increasingly strange and strained days, Pynchon is back: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/316427...
Spending my Sunday revisiting David Foster Wallac ahead of a guest lecture that I am giving next week.
March 30, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Spending my Sunday revisiting David Foster Wallac ahead of a guest lecture that I am giving next week.
Undertaking some stuff-sifting (long story), and came across this first indicator that perhaps young Dan, aged 14, was drifting in the direction of academia from much earlier than I realised... (The handwriting has improved a bit since then, thankfully.)
March 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Undertaking some stuff-sifting (long story), and came across this first indicator that perhaps young Dan, aged 14, was drifting in the direction of academia from much earlier than I realised... (The handwriting has improved a bit since then, thankfully.)
You find some interesting things when clearing out rooms, sometimes...
March 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
You find some interesting things when clearing out rooms, sometimes...
Looking forward to my first classes tomorrow for "African American Literature". We are covering historical context and background, introducing Paul Gilroy's "Black Atlantic" as a way to engage with African American literature, and discussing the poetry of Phillis Wheatley.
January 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Looking forward to my first classes tomorrow for "African American Literature". We are covering historical context and background, introducing Paul Gilroy's "Black Atlantic" as a way to engage with African American literature, and discussing the poetry of Phillis Wheatley.
I had my first day of teaching in Semester 2 today. Tuesdays are my Film Studies teaching day, and Thursdays and Fridays are my English Literature days this term.
It was a fairly full on day with a lot of interesting stuff to cover....
It was a fairly full on day with a lot of interesting stuff to cover....
January 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I had my first day of teaching in Semester 2 today. Tuesdays are my Film Studies teaching day, and Thursdays and Fridays are my English Literature days this term.
It was a fairly full on day with a lot of interesting stuff to cover....
It was a fairly full on day with a lot of interesting stuff to cover....
Off to my first cinema outing of 2025: "Nosferatu"
January 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Off to my first cinema outing of 2025: "Nosferatu"
Give me a single image from a film that immediately makes you hear the song from the soundtrack playing in your head.
December 7, 2024 at 8:35 AM
Give me a single image from a film that immediately makes you hear the song from the soundtrack playing in your head.