Matthew Asprey Gear
@MatthewAsprey
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Author of books on Orson Welles and ‘Night Moves’ (1975). Tutor at the Edinburgh College of Art. I also teach online film courses on Welles, Noir, Westerns....
Joined July 2011
RT @Wellesnetcom: The online Orson Welles course "The Other Side of the Shadow" with author @MatthewAsprey Gear returns on September 1 a….
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RT @Wellesnetcom: Fans of Orson Welles and director Norman Foster will soon be able to buy "Journey Into Fear" on Blu-ray. Warner Archive….
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My 12-week online film studies course, PHASES OF SCIENCE FICTION CINEMA, starts on August 18. We'll study 20 features and 3 shorts. Details at Here are the movies we'll discuss. Which is your favourite and which other films would you like to see included?
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RT @DannyDrinksWine: François Truffaut's letter to Alfred Hitchcock in 1962, requesting his acceptance & dates for conducting a long [10 da….
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RT @MatthewAsprey: NEWS: My brand new 12-week online film studies course, PHASES OF SCIENCE FICTION CINEMA, starts on Sundays from August 1….
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NEWS: My brand new 12-week online film studies course, PHASES OF SCIENCE FICTION CINEMA, starts on Sundays from August 18. We'll study 20 features and 3 shorts from Jules Verne adaptations to Cyberpunk and Afrofuturism. Details at
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RT @MatthewAsprey: NEWS: I'm happy to announce my brand new 12-week online film studies course, PHASES OF SCIENCE FICTION CINEMA, starting….
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NEWS: I'm happy to announce my brand new 12-week online film studies course, PHASES OF SCIENCE FICTION CINEMA, starting on Sundays from August 18. Spaces are strictly limited. Please repost! Details at
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RT @Wellesnetcom: As promised, a longer clip from the little-known Orson Welles video production of SOCRATES AND NOAH has been posted on ou….
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RT @BroganJMorris: You won't find 28 Days Later on streaming, but if you're in London on the evening of 31 July you're in luck: the film wi….
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RT @BroganJMorris: To see in the BFI's Stop-Motion season, I wrote about the uncanny magic of inanimate objects coming to life on screen, v….
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RT @Mandraxian: A new collection of 10 stories by Robert Louis Stevenson, presented by my mate Matt Gear, whom I recently accompanied to th….
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RT @Mandraxian: I really enjoyed my colleague Matt Gear's presentation on Orson Welles's 'Treasure Island' at the Intertextual Stevenson c….
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RT @Criterion: Evening viewing? On @criterionchannl, watch Arthur Penn's NIGHT MOVES (1977) in our Neonoir collection! Starring Gene Hackma….
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RT @CarlosC0927: Late to the party, but this is brilliant. Thanks to @MatthewAsprey for featuring it on his excellent sci-fi film course ht….
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RT @HerrmannMovie: Happy 100th birthday to Eva Marie Saint! Here she is in a wardrobe test photograph for Alfred Hitchcock’s NORTH BY NORTH….
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RT @BroganJMorris: To celebrate his centenary, I wrote a @BFI career primer on Sidney Lumet, who through 50 years of filmmaking might have….
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In the week of Sidney Lumet’s centenary, we pick a path through the recurring themes of law, order and justice that defined his colossal film career – from 12 Angry Men to Dog Day Afternoon.
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