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• 3. Volver (Pedro Almodóvar, 2006) (with Prof Sarah Wright & Dr Miguel García)

  In episode three, Matthew chats all things Volver (Pedro Almodóvar, 2006) with not one but two extra-special guests: Prof Sarah Wright (Professor of Hispanic Studies and Screen Arts, Royal Holloway) and Dr Miguel García (Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies, Bristol University). Scholarship cited in the episode:(For the books, ask your library - university and/or public - to buy a copy! Trust us: librarians are always eager for requests!)- Hilborn, Matthew. 2025. Film Comedy and Spain: Humour, Genre, and the Nation 1970-2020. Legenda. - Kinder, Marsha. 2009. ‘All About the Brothers: Retroseriality in Almodóvar’s Cinema’, in All About Almodóvar: A Passion for Cinema, ed. by Brad Epps and Despina Kakoudaki (Minnesota University Press), pp. 267–94. - Medhurst. Andy. 2009. ‘Heart of Farce: Almodóvar’s Comic Complexities’, in All About Almodóvar: A Passion for Cinema, ed. by Brad Epps and Despina Kakoudaki (University of Minnesota Press), pp. 118–38.- Sánchez-Arce, Ana María. 2020. The Cinema of Pedro Almodóvar. Manchester University Press.

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• 2. Ocho apellidos vascos (Emilio Martínez-Lázaro, 2014) (with Fiona Noble)

  In episode two, Matthew chats with Dr Fiona Noble (Lecturer in Spanish, Stirling University) about Ocho apellidos vascos (Emilio Martínez-Lázaro, 2014), the highest-grossing Spanish film of all time. Also featuring exclusive one-on-one interviews with Martínez-Lázaro himself, as well as co-scriptwriter Borja Cobeaga. Scholarship cited in the episode: For the books, ask your library - university and/or public - to buy a copy! Trust us: librarians are always eager for requests! Noble, Fiona (2017). ''Marriage itself as theater': The performative politics of marriage in Ocho apellidos vascos' Noble, Fiona (2020). Subversive Spanish Cinema - The Politics of Performance. Bloomsbury Hilborn, Matthew. Film Comedy and Spain. Humour, Genre, and the Nation 1970-2020. Legenda Buse, Peter & Triana-Toribio, Nuria. 2015. 'Ocho apellidos vascos and the Comedy of Minor Differences'. Romance Quarterly

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• 1. La llamada (Los Javis, 2017) (with Mary Farrelly)

  In episode one of Palomitas, Dr Matthew Hilborn (Government of Ireland Research Fellow in Spanish Studies, UCD) and Dr Mary Farrelly (Assistant Professor of Spanish Studies, UCD) discuss La llamada (2017), the film version of the hit Spanish musical, written and directed by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo. Scholarship cited in the episode: For the books, ask your library - university and/or public - to buy a copy! Trust us: librarians are always eager for requests! Farrelly, M. (2021). Seen and Unseen: Women, Spirituality and the Gaze on the Spanish Stage and Screen. García López, M. (2024). Millennial Screen Cultures in Spain: Queering the Mainstream. Bulletin of Spanish Visual Studies Wheeler, D. (2018). The Musical in Spain. Hispanic Research Journal Louis, A., Loxham, A. (2024). Mediating Contemporary Transfeminisms and Femininities in Veneno and Ellas. In: Femininity and Feminism in Spanish TV Dramas Sánchez Olmos, C. (2023). Exploring transmedia storytelling through original songs in award-winning Spanish films.

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