Dr Matt Hilborn
@matthewhilborn.bsky.social
Film Comedy Researcher, University College Dublin
Film Comedy and Spain: Humour, Genre, and the Nation 1970-2020 (Legenda, 2025) - order now!
Writing on 21st-century rom com (film/TV) in Spain
Film Comedy and Spain: Humour, Genre, and the Nation 1970-2020 (Legenda, 2025) - order now!
Writing on 21st-century rom com (film/TV) in Spain
📢 My chapter is out in Feminismos e Humor! I analyse Javier Fesser's "Ayoub's birthday", from his Unfortunate Stories (2020) as a romcom gone wrong, inverting national myths to critique historical amnesia RE Spain's "de-Africanization".
Full ebook: €5!
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#SpanishFilm #FilmStudies
Full ebook: €5!
tinyurl.com/56bhesuf
#SpanishFilm #FilmStudies
October 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
📢 My chapter is out in Feminismos e Humor! I analyse Javier Fesser's "Ayoub's birthday", from his Unfortunate Stories (2020) as a romcom gone wrong, inverting national myths to critique historical amnesia RE Spain's "de-Africanization".
Full ebook: €5!
tinyurl.com/56bhesuf
#SpanishFilm #FilmStudies
Full ebook: €5!
tinyurl.com/56bhesuf
#SpanishFilm #FilmStudies
The paperback of Ophelia Through Time: Reimaginings in Art and Film (by Prof Carolina Sanabria, translated & edited by me, with a co-written Intro) is out now via Cambridge Scholars! 📖
£32.99 - or ask me nicely for a cheeky further discount 😉
Buy here: cambridgescholars.com/product/978-...
£32.99 - or ask me nicely for a cheeky further discount 😉
Buy here: cambridgescholars.com/product/978-...
October 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The paperback of Ophelia Through Time: Reimaginings in Art and Film (by Prof Carolina Sanabria, translated & edited by me, with a co-written Intro) is out now via Cambridge Scholars! 📖
£32.99 - or ask me nicely for a cheeky further discount 😉
Buy here: cambridgescholars.com/product/978-...
£32.99 - or ask me nicely for a cheeky further discount 😉
Buy here: cambridgescholars.com/product/978-...
After a year online, our Convergence article is out in print!
We analysed how British film & TV circulate (and sometimes hide) on Europe’s VoD platforms.
Huge thanks to my co-authors @jeanettesteemers.bsky.social and Cathrin Bengesser! doi.org/10.1177/1354...
We analysed how British film & TV circulate (and sometimes hide) on Europe’s VoD platforms.
Huge thanks to my co-authors @jeanettesteemers.bsky.social and Cathrin Bengesser! doi.org/10.1177/1354...
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October 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
After a year online, our Convergence article is out in print!
We analysed how British film & TV circulate (and sometimes hide) on Europe’s VoD platforms.
Huge thanks to my co-authors @jeanettesteemers.bsky.social and Cathrin Bengesser! doi.org/10.1177/1354...
We analysed how British film & TV circulate (and sometimes hide) on Europe’s VoD platforms.
Huge thanks to my co-authors @jeanettesteemers.bsky.social and Cathrin Bengesser! doi.org/10.1177/1354...
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
October 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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
📣 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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September 29, 2025 at 8:10 AM
📣 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...
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
September 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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
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 😍
September 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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 😍
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 :)
September 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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 :)
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
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)
Palomitas · Episode
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August 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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
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
📢 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
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
July 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
📢 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
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
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
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
July 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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
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
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...
July 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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...
🚩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 ❤️
June 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
🚩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 ❤️
🚩Time for our keynote at the #SpottingRedFlagsSymposium! Mary Harrod @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social speaks on romance without ethics in the digital age
June 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
🚩Time for our keynote at the #SpottingRedFlagsSymposium! Mary Harrod @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social speaks on romance without ethics in the digital age
🚩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)
June 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🚩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)
🚩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
June 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
🚩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
🚩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)
June 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
🚩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)
🚩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
June 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🚩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
🚩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
Organized by @victoriapistivsek.bsky.social & @sarahlahmtv.bsky.social & myself
Sponsored by @baftss.bsky.social & @officialbaas.bsky.social & @kingsfilmstudies.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
🚩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
Organized by @victoriapistivsek.bsky.social & @sarahlahmtv.bsky.social & myself
Sponsored by @baftss.bsky.social & @officialbaas.bsky.social & @kingsfilmstudies.bsky.social
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
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
May 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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
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
Jilly Kay kick us off at the "Reactionary Politics, Women, and Feminist Critique" symposium at @lborouniversity.bsky.social!
May 21, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Jilly Kay kick us off at the "Reactionary Politics, Women, and Feminist Critique" symposium at @lborouniversity.bsky.social!
Come to our symposium on Red Flags! 🚩🚩🚩 June 9, 2025 - with keynote from Prof Mary Harrod!
🚩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
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
May 16, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Come to our symposium on Red Flags! 🚩🚩🚩 June 9, 2025 - with keynote from Prof Mary Harrod!
Flavita Banana, cartoonist for El País, kicks us off at @humorsofias.bsky.social 2025!
May 14, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Flavita Banana, cartoonist for El País, kicks us off at @humorsofias.bsky.social 2025!
🎙️ 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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#SpanishCinema
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4. Mi querida cofradía (Marta Díaz de Lope Díaz, 2018) (with Erin K Hogan)
Palomitas · Episode
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May 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🎙️ 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
shorturl.at/DRkJZ
#SpanishCinema
shorturl.at/DRkJZ
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
May 9, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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