The Evergreens of Film History
Discussing the role of old films in film distribution and exhibition before 1940. A special case are the films which remained in circulation for many years: the evergreens which would never get a mention in a top ten of popular films or in a canon of historical merit, focusing on the track record of films, […]
Illustrated Lantern Lectures in British Poor Relief
When in 1896 viewers flocked to the cinematograph shows to marvel at the ‘latest wonder’: the ‘living photographs’, they sat down facing a white wall looking forward, without any doubt, to watch pictures made from light which soon would emerge on that wall. In 1896, the cinematograph was a novelty, but pictures projected on a […]
Cinemagoing in Belgium 1914-1918
Cinemagoing and film exhibition in the Great War era in Belgium.
Curzon Memories app
The Curzon Community Cinema, Clevedon, North Somerset, UK – originally opened in 1912 as The Picture House. The app provides a geo-located tour of the inside and outside of the building using QR codes and GPS. The project celebrates 100-years of cinema-going in Cleveon, including oral history, dramatisation and rephotography of archive images.
Movie going in the Netherlands
History of film exhibition and movie going in the Netherlands
Movie-going distribution and exhibition in German-occupied Belgium
I am investigating (1) the German ‘reorganisation’ of the Belgian film sector in World War II, (2) its effects on film distribution, film exhibition, movie-going, film reception, film production… I have been working/publishing on this subject since 2003, initially as a post-doctoral researcher and now (as associate professor) as a long-term project. I am, simultaneously, […]
Kinomatics
The Kinomatics Project analyses and visualises the international flow of films based on worldwide showtime data. The underlying project data describes every ‘showtime’ for all films in 48 countries – generating more than a million records each week. Based on this data the project explores the diffusion of cultural goods such as film through a […]
Film censorship in Shanghai
This research mainly studies the establishment, implementation and changes of film censorship in the foreign settlements in Shanghai under series of important historical changes, along with the influence of the film censorship on the Chinese film and the Chinese culture. This research focuses on three parts concerning the film censorship: the authorities, the film industry […]
The Multiplex in India
I have a longstanding interest in audiences for Indian films and their formation within particular exhibition networks, economies and environments. To date, my research has encompassed dispersed transnational audiences for playback media, crossover audiences in the festival circuit and cinema audiences in different parts of the world. As part of this wider interest in exhibition, […]
