Dr Ben Tyrer

Ben is the author of a monograph on film noir, has published two edited collections on psychoanalysis and culture, and has written on film and theory in journals such as Studies in French Cinema and Screen. He is a member of the editorial board of Film-Philosophy.

Research interests include:

Film-philosophy and film theory

Psychoanalysis and cinema

Popular culture and ideology critique

Film noir

Left Bank filmmakers

Contemporary European art cinema (e.g. Greek "weird wave")

Contemporary "quality" television (e.g. Game of Thrones, Hannibal)

Ben teaches on the BA Film programme at Middlesex. His teaching interests include:

Audio-visual storytelling

World cinema history

Screen praxis and political praxis

Constructions of race, class and gender/sexuality on screen

Modules taught:

FLM1110 Story and Aesthetics

FLM2110 Screen and World

FLM3110 Advanced Idea Development

FLM1200 Screen Aesthetics

FLM3001 Film Ideology and Aesthetics