FILM / Once Upon a Time in Film Scoring / Immortal Beloved / Sean Woodard I Drunk Monkeys | Literature, Film, Television In this month’s Once Upon a Time in Film Scoring, Sean explores the role of Ludwig van Beethoven’s music in the biopic Immortal Beloved .

You may enjoy a film column of mine I wrote a few years ago on the role of Beethoven’s music in the film: www.drunkmonkeys.us/2017-posts/2...

🧵 First four Best Picture winners. Four very different films. All four in the public domain.

🎬 WINGS (1927)
🎭 THE BROADWAY MELODY (1929)
🪖 ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
🌄 CIMARRON (1931)

Choose your own Best Picture! 🏆

Watch them all ⤵️
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#redcarpet #Oscars

Proud to announce the publication of my latest peer-reviewed book chapter, "Signifying Murder in Dario Argento's Sleepless" in Critical Perspectives on Dario Argento, edited by Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns (Bloomsbury Academic, 2026)! www.bloomsbury.com/us/critical-...

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Start of a Film Studies/History/Hollywood/✨Cinema✨ Starter Pack

Please help me add more names!

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Film & Media Studies Starter Pack Join the conversation

I made a film and media studies starter pack. Let me know who I'm missing (especially if it's you!)

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A heartfelt farewell to @drunkmonkeysweb.bsky.social from our editorial staff and regular contributors. I’ve loved serving as your Film Editor. It’s been a great run. Thank you everyone. We love you all. www.drunkmonkeys.us/goodbye-from...

When you’re listening to “Don’t Go Away” by Oasis and hear “Anaconda be there when you’re coming down/Anaconda be there when you hit the ground,” because you recently watched the new #anaconda trailer with Jack Black and Paul Rudd.

Looking for 2-4 more abstracts on gender & sexuality, queer theory, and toxic masculinity in Phantom of the Paradise. If interested, please email an abstract to phantomparadisebook@gmail.com. Abstracts accepted on rolling basis. Essay drafts due June 2026. Thanks!

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Sean Woodard Film Scholar | Writer | Educator

Open for freelance writing/editing opportunities this summer. I’ve 14 years of writing, editing, and tutoring experience. Available to work on creative projects, tech writing, transcriptions, as well as resume and cover letter consultation. Feel free to reach out. Thanks!

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Hi everyone,

Sending out a reminder of this call for papers for an essay collection on Phantom of the Paradise. Since its tax season, I’m extending the deadline until the end of the week, Sunday April 20th, if anyone would like to submit an abstract.

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'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'

That’s fantastic

That’s a damn good title there

Deadline Extended until April 15th!

Call for Papers:

Seeking abstracts for a peer-reviewed edited collection on Brian De Palma’s cult classic Phantom of the Paradise. See full CFP details here: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/07/...

The Fall 2024 Supplement issue of Global Insight: A Journal of Critical Human Science and Culture was recently published, edited by yours truly. Read the great student scholarship within: globalinsight.journal.library.uta.edu/index.php/gl...

Today, Michele Brittany and I submitted No Harm Ever Came From Reading a Book: Critical Essays on The Mummy Franchise, to University Press of Mississippi for peer review. It’s been a long journey to this point. Much thanks to Michele and all the writers who contributed essays to this collection.

The starter pack in question:

Dear Point Loma Nazarene University Board of Trustees Dear Point Loma Nazarene University Board of Trustees, As members of the press, we not only take on the roles of informing and entertaining our community, but also of becoming watchdogs – to ensure…

Well done, The Point Weekly. As an alumnus of PLNU, all these issues are importantly to me. lomabeat.com/dear-point-l...

Such Great Heights: Ascending to Everest Base Camp Dustin Ansley and Ben Hammond share their experience with climbing up to Mount Everest's base camp.

My latest article for PLNU’s Viewpoint follows Dustin Ansley and Ben Hammond as they venture to Everest Base Camp. viewpoint.pointloma.edu/such-great-h...

Publication Day! My academic article, “Giving Voice to Her Craft: Workshopping Emily Dickinson’s Poetry as an Effective Teaching Strategy in Undergraduate Literature Courses” was published in CCTE Studies, vol. 89, no. 1 (October 2024)!

Presenting research for the first time at the Western Literature Association conference this week in Tucson, AZ. Excited to network and attend paper panels. Had the opportunity to hear Ofelia Zepeda and @sgj.bsky.social read at the opening reception last night. #westernlit2024

PLNU Alum Micah Karahadian Awarded National Science Foundation Fellowship Karahadian’s ultimate goal is to either teach or run a research lab at a university. He believes that experience in national labs enriches teachers and prepares them to mentor the next generation of s...

I interviewed NSF fellowship recipient Micah Karahadian for my latest article for Point Loma Nazarene University’s Viewpoint: viewpoint.pointloma.edu/plnu-alum-mi...

Chelsey Kamen’s Colorful Career in Communications Chelsey Kamen blends her passion for art and business, excelling as a Senior Account Manager at Intesa Communications in San Diego.

My latest article for PLNU’s Viewpoint where I interview Chelsey Kamen about her communication and art career. Read it here: viewpoint.pointloma.edu/chelsey-kame...

Call for Papers: Seeking abstracts for an academic edited collection on Brian De Palma’s Phantom of the Paradise. Abstract deadline November 15, 2024. See the full CFP here: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/07/...

BOOK REVIEWS / Gellar Studies / Erik Fuhrer I Drunk Monkeys | Literature, Film, Television In Gellar Studies, Fuhrer uses Sarah Michelle Gellar and her character personas as a mirror to expose and interpret personal experience and questions of identity, belonging, and coming to terms with...

My latest book review of Erik Fuhrer’s poetry collection “Gellar Studies” at @drunkmonkeysweb.bsky.social. www.drunkmonkeys.us/2017-posts/2...

The annual Pop Culture issue of @drunkmonkeysweb.bsky.social is here! Read all the great work within:

Presented on the efficacy of public health protocols in “The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot” today at UTA’s English Graduate Student Association conference.