Matthew Hilborn
Biographic Data
| ID | 4681975 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew Hilborn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew |
| FAMILY NAME | Hilborn |
| SIGNATURE | HILBORN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | ISNI: 0000000107682743 University College Dublin |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5915-2955 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
(Br)Exit pursued by a bear: Paddington's polysemic political power as the `new Grim Reaper
Though hailing from distant “darkest Peru”, Paddington Bear has become a bastion of British identity. His critically-acclaimed films (2014, 2017, 2024), starring icons of British cinema, trade on nostalgic national tropes. This symbolic imbrication peaked in 2022, starring alongside Queen Elizabeth II in her Platinum Jubilee celebrations – and later becoming a symbol of collective mourning, materially and digitally, after her death. Paddington – …
Comparative VOD catalogue research: Circulation, presence and prominence of British content in Europe
Video-on-demand (VoD) platforms have become primary spaces for encounters with transnational film and television, particularly among younger audiences. The expansion of global US-owned VoD services like Netflix has generated questions about the availability, discoverability, and prominence of domestic and European content, making the issue of how to analyse VoD catalogues pressing. Two perspectives are prevalent in VoD catalogue research: ‘back-e…
It doesn’t make me feel the way you do: Reading dating apps and digital intimacies in Smiley (Netflix 2022)
This article examines Smiley (2022), a Catalan- and Spanish-language LGBTQ+ romantic comedy on Netflix, as a critical intervention in debates over digital intimacies and platform-mediated relationships. As both romcoms and relationships themselves become increasingly platformized, the article analyses how the series visualizes the digital enclosure of dating through split-screen aesthetics and palimpsestic overlays, formally mirroring the fragmen…
Grey Humour: The Comedy of Tedium in Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio’s El Jarama (1955)
This article presents an innovative reading of humour within the classic Spanish postwar novel, El Jarama by Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio (1955), typically deemed dispassionate, solemn, and deadly serious. Grounding its interpretation in Humour Studies, it explores undercurrents of desolate, almost deliberately non-funny amusement that encourage stifled laughter from bleak situations, before immediately questioning the veracity and appropriateness of …
Comparative VOD catalogue research: Circulation, presence and prominence of British content in Europe
Video-on-demand (VoD) platforms have become primary spaces for encounters with transnational film and television, particularly among younger audiences. The expansion of global US-owned VoD services like Netflix has generated questions about the availability, discoverability, and prominence of domestic and European content, making the issue of how to analyse VoD catalogues pressing. Two perspectives are prevalent in VoD catalogue research: ‘back-e…
Grey Humour: The Comedy of Tedium in Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio’s El Jarama (1955)
This article presents an innovative reading of humour within the classic Spanish postwar novel, El Jarama by Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio (1955), typically deemed dispassionate, solemn, and deadly serious. Grounding its interpretation in Humour Studies, it explores undercurrents of desolate, almost deliberately non-funny amusement that encourage stifled laughter from bleak situations, before immediately questioning the veracity and appropriateness of …
Comparative VOD catalogue research: Circulation, presence and prominence of British content in Europe
Video-on-demand (VoD) platforms have become primary spaces for encounters with transnational film and television, particularly among younger audiences. The expansion of global US-owned VoD services like Netflix has generated questions about the availability, discoverability, and prominence of domestic and European content, making the issue of how to analyse VoD catalogues pressing. Two perspectives are prevalent in VoD catalogue research: ‘back-e…
It doesn’t make me feel the way you do: Reading dating apps and digital intimacies in Smiley (Netflix 2022)
This article examines Smiley (2022), a Catalan- and Spanish-language LGBTQ+ romantic comedy on Netflix, as a critical intervention in debates over digital intimacies and platform-mediated relationships. As both romcoms and relationships themselves become increasingly platformized, the article analyses how the series visualizes the digital enclosure of dating through split-screen aesthetics and palimpsestic overlays, formally mirroring the fragmen…
(Br)Exit pursued by a bear: Paddington's polysemic political power as the `new Grim Reaper
Though hailing from distant “darkest Peru”, Paddington Bear has become a bastion of British identity. His critically-acclaimed films (2014, 2017, 2024), starring icons of British cinema, trade on nostalgic national tropes. This symbolic imbrication peaked in 2022, starring alongside Queen Elizabeth II in her Platinum Jubilee celebrations – and later becoming a symbol of collective mourning, materially and digitally, after her death. Paddington – …
Reading (process (2 works) · Advertising (1 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Affect (linguistics (1 works) · Amusement (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Art history (1 works) · Boredom (1 works) · Britishness (1 works) · Business (1 works)