Professor Richard Rushton
Professor in Film StudiesCurrent Teaching
I currently teach on the following modules:
LICA150: Introduction to Film
LICA252: Film Theory
LICA255: European New Wave Cinema
LICA357: Movie Musicals
LICA416: Cinema and History
Research Interests
My research focuses on the intersection between theory, culture and the image, with a particular focus on film.
Theatricality and the Arts: Film, Theatre, Art (co-edited with Andrew Quick), Edinburgh University Press, 2024 -
Modern European Cinema and Love - Manchester University Press, 2023:
Deleuze and Lola Montès -
The Politics of Hollywood Cinema(Palgrave Macmillan 2013) -
Cinema After Deleuze(Continuum 2012) -
The Reality of Film(Manchester University Press 2011) -
What is Film Theory?(Open University Press / McGraw-Hill 2010) - co-written by Gary Bettinson -
See also:
On Theatricality, a special issue of the journal Performance Research -
PhD Supervision Interests
Film theory
Film and philosophy
Hollywood cinema
Romantic comedy
French film
Politics and film
01/04/2022 → 31/03/2026
Research
04/06/2019 → 28/10/2022
Research
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Invited talk
Oral presentation
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Other
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Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
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Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Invited talk
Invited talk
Invited talk
Invited talk
Invited talk
Invited talk
Invited talk
Invited talk
Invited talk
- Cultures
- Insight
- Lancaster Centre for Digital Humanities