Film studies

John Frankenheimer’s Seconds (1966)

New to Auteur's Constellations series, Seconds explores John Frankenheimer's criminally overlooked monolith of paranoia, part science fiction, part body horror, part noir thriller cum black comedy. In this blog post authors Jez Conolly and Emma Westwood reflect on their study of the 1966 film. Writing a book about John Frankenheimer’s Seconds, arguably Hollywood’s bleakest ever film, was always going … Continue reading

Journals

Featured in International Development Planning Review 43.3: Towards a comparative research agenda on in situ urbanisation and rural governance transformation

The editors of International Development Planning Review (IDPR) have selected the following paper as the Featured Article in IDPR 43.3. This paper will be free to access for a limited time: 'Towards a comparative research agenda on in situ urbanisation and rural governance transformation' by Donald Brown When asked to describe the paper and highlight its … Continue reading

Journals, Uncategorized

Celebrating Pride 2021: free to read journal articles

To celebrate Pride Month 2021 a selection of articles from across our journals are available free to read. The chosen articles span a wide range of topics including queer film experience, the role social networking apps play in creating gay identity, the difficulties faced by lesbian asylum seekers, and the intersection between race and sexuality.