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Dr Matthew Rule-Jones (né Jones) is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies, Director of Postgraduate Taught Programmes in the Department of Communication, Drama and Film, and the Course Leader for MA Film and Screen Studies.

He is a specialist in film audiences, community cinema and film archives. He co-ordinates the History of Moviegoing, Exhibition and Reception international research network and is the author of Cinema Memories: A People's History of 1960s Cinemagoing (BFI, 2022) with Professor Melvyn Stokes (UCL) and Dr Emma Pett (University of York), and Science Fiction Cinema and 1950s Britain: Recontextualising Cultural Anxiety (Bloomsbury, 2019).

Dr Jones' current research explores contemporary and historical community cinema practices in the UK. He is collaborating with Cinema for All (formerly the British Federation of Film Societies) on a British Academy/Leverhulme Trust-funded project to catalogue and open the archive of the Federation for the first time since its establishment in the 1940s. As non-commercial, volunteer-led film exhibition prepares to celebrate its 100th anniversary in Britain, Dr Jones' important work is shedding new light on this underexplored aspect of the history of film consumption in the UK and the vital role played by the Federation in this largely untold story.

Research supervision:

I am keen to discuss potential research projects with students working in any area relating to my expertise. This could include the following, but this list is not intended to be exhaustive and I would encourage any potential student to get in touch to discuss your ideas.

Film audiences
Cinema memories
Film archives and archival practices
Community cinema
Non-commercial film exhibition
Non-traditional film-exhibition practices
Science fiction cinema
Film and television genres
Mid-century British and/or US cinema and television

If you would like to discuss a potential project, please send me a brief outline of your ideas and a copy of your CV. I will look forward to hearing from you!

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