Dr. Andy Owens
@andyowens85.bsky.social
Instructional Associate Professor, University of Iowa. Researching/teaching global film & TV history, genre studies/horror, and queer/critical race theory. Author of DESIRE AFTER DARK (Indiana UP, 2021). Views and likes are my own.
Finals week vibes.
a man and a woman standing next to each other with a caption that says i will go insane and i will take you
ALT: a man and a woman standing next to each other with a caption that says i will go insane and i will take you
media.tenor.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Finals week vibes.
Welcome...to Grading Park (said in the voice of Richard Attenborough)
December 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Welcome...to Grading Park (said in the voice of Richard Attenborough)
Teaching for Fall 2025 is O-V-E-R!
December 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Teaching for Fall 2025 is O-V-E-R!
Today in Intro to Film: film genre and SINNERS (2025)
December 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Today in Intro to Film: film genre and SINNERS (2025)
Honored to be named a UI Champion for Student Success! Means a lot, especially coming from first-year students.
December 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Honored to be named a UI Champion for Student Success! Means a lot, especially coming from first-year students.
Today in Intro to Film: documentary and NIGHT AND FOG (1955)
November 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Today in Intro to Film: documentary and NIGHT AND FOG (1955)
Today in Intro to Film: avant-garde/experimental cinema via BALLET MÉCANIQUE and MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Today in Intro to Film: avant-garde/experimental cinema via BALLET MÉCANIQUE and MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON
Midterm season really does put into perspective just how many students 215 in one semester is.
October 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Midterm season really does put into perspective just how many students 215 in one semester is.
Today in Intro to Film: cinematography part II and PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
October 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Today in Intro to Film: cinematography part II and PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
Teaching the grad seminar of my dreams next semester? You bet!
October 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Teaching the grad seminar of my dreams next semester? You bet!
Today in Intro to Film: cinematography and CITIZEN Kane (which is apparently still a hit among my undergrads)
October 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Today in Intro to Film: cinematography and CITIZEN Kane (which is apparently still a hit among my undergrads)
While it is a lot of work, I'm always honored to be asked to be on the SCMS Programming Committee. One small way to give back to an organization that has given me a lot.
September 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
While it is a lot of work, I'm always honored to be asked to be on the SCMS Programming Committee. One small way to give back to an organization that has given me a lot.
Today in Intro to Film: mise-en-scène and IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE 💜
September 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Today in Intro to Film: mise-en-scène and IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE 💜
A tribute to our departed colleague Lauren Rabinovitz.
Remembering Lauren Rabinovitz
The Department of Cinematic Arts joins the many colleagues, students, friends, and family of Professor Lauren Rabinovitz in mourning her death while honoring her remarkably rich life and career.
cinematicarts.uiowa.edu
September 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
A tribute to our departed colleague Lauren Rabinovitz.
This week in Intro to Film: art cinema narrative and 8 1/2
September 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This week in Intro to Film: art cinema narrative and 8 1/2
My new mercenary approach to e-mail:
Does this e-mail directly impact me/something someone needs from me?
No? Delete.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
Does this e-mail directly impact me/something someone needs from me?
No? Delete.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
September 9, 2025 at 11:31 PM
My new mercenary approach to e-mail:
Does this e-mail directly impact me/something someone needs from me?
No? Delete.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
Does this e-mail directly impact me/something someone needs from me?
No? Delete.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
This week in Intro to Film: Classical Hollywood narrative & DOUBLE INDEMNITY
September 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This week in Intro to Film: Classical Hollywood narrative & DOUBLE INDEMNITY
Looking forward to diving into THE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS. Vuong’s first novel, ON EARTH WE’RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS, was stunning.
September 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Looking forward to diving into THE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS. Vuong’s first novel, ON EARTH WE’RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS, was stunning.
This week in Contemporary Cinema: New Hollywood Cinema and MIDNIGHT COWBOY
August 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
This week in Contemporary Cinema: New Hollywood Cinema and MIDNIGHT COWBOY
Today in Intro to Film: three-act structure and MOONLIGHT
August 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Today in Intro to Film: three-act structure and MOONLIGHT
After my first Intro to Film class, a group of young women came up to me and said they were “actually lowkey psyched” about the class.
This is a good thing, yes?
This is a good thing, yes?
August 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
After my first Intro to Film class, a group of young women came up to me and said they were “actually lowkey psyched” about the class.
This is a good thing, yes?
This is a good thing, yes?
No matter how old we get, having those "I don't wanna" days never stops, amirite?
August 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
No matter how old we get, having those "I don't wanna" days never stops, amirite?
Thoughts while reviewing a book manuscript:
I'm all for interdisciplinary scholarship, but sometimes folks really should stay in their lane.
I'm all for interdisciplinary scholarship, but sometimes folks really should stay in their lane.
August 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Thoughts while reviewing a book manuscript:
I'm all for interdisciplinary scholarship, but sometimes folks really should stay in their lane.
I'm all for interdisciplinary scholarship, but sometimes folks really should stay in their lane.
I don't think there will ever come a time when reading someone's work who cites my own will not be both gratifying and a kind of strange, out-of-body experience.
July 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I don't think there will ever come a time when reading someone's work who cites my own will not be both gratifying and a kind of strange, out-of-body experience.