Rusty Hatchell
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Rusty Hatchell
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Instructional Assistant Professor at Texas A&M
Research: television shared universes, superhero media, media industries
Teaching: film history, film analysis, contemporary Hollywood

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Hey @apnews.com, it would have been nice if you had actually included Loni Anderson's name in the notification you just sent out.
August 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Call me biased, but this was the coolest panel at the Hollywood Conference yesterday! 😜 I had the immense pleasure of getting to connect with fellow media studies scholars looking at contemporary superhero media, all in brilliant ways.
July 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Jumping on the bandwagon to share my personal ballot. Like others, I quickly picked what came to mind and didn't overthink my choices. And this list will probably change by tomorrow.
June 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Why are so many folks sharing this initial BlueSky post—which has now flooded every major social platform—as a truthful claim? As far as I can tell through web searches and as many folks have mentioned in various comment sections where this has been shared, there is no valid source claiming this.
June 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Not at #SCMS25 this year, unfortunately, but wishing all of my media studies friends and colleagues a wonderful time of scholarship and community in Chicago this week! Hope to see you all at #SCMS26.

(And for those heading to the Hollywood Conference in LA this summer, I'll see you in July!)
April 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I haven't really posted about my music tastes on here just yet, but if you don't know me, I'm a huge fan of kpop girl groups.

I stopped using Spotify in September, but here is my final Spotify Wrapped, which is very *me*. (I promise there are Western artists, like Sabrina and Charli, in here, too!)
December 4, 2024 at 4:11 PM
I believe you may have discovered my Bijou's long lost cousin.
November 23, 2024 at 2:07 AM
Bijou says hi!
November 21, 2024 at 6:41 AM
Please meet Artemis, the black lab puppy my partner and I adopted after he was abandoned and ran straight into our lives FIVE WEEKS BEFORE MY DISS DEFENSE.

(Yes, he definitely added stress to my already stressful life. Yes, he was absolutely worth adopting—100%.) I mean, LOOK AT HIM.
November 18, 2024 at 5:07 AM
It Happened One Night (1934, Capra)
November 16, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Parasite (2019, Bong)
November 16, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Over the Moon (2020, Keane)
November 16, 2024 at 7:03 PM
The Graduate (1967, Nichols)
November 16, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Get Out (2017, Peele)
November 16, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004, Conran)
November 16, 2024 at 6:33 PM
The Farewell (2019, Wang)
November 16, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Columbus (2017, Kogonada)
November 16, 2024 at 6:08 PM
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975, Sharman)
November 16, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Sound of Metal (2019, Marder)
November 16, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Arrival (2016, Villeneuve)
November 16, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Curse of the Golden Flower (2006, Zhang)
November 16, 2024 at 5:47 PM
The Truman Show (1998, Weir)
November 16, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Moulin Rouge (2001, Luhrmann)
November 16, 2024 at 5:30 PM
November 16, 2024 at 5:14 PM
🚨🚨 Special guest alert in my History of Film class today! 🚨🚨
November 13, 2024 at 7:50 PM