Tag Archives: Neil Jordan

Out today! (1 October 2024) OGOM Project’s new book, The Legacy of John Polidori: The Romantic Vampire and its Progeny

Posted on 1st October 2024 by William the Bloody

The Legacy of John Polidori: The Romantic Vampire and its Progeny, ed. by Dr Sam George and Dr Bill Hughes Out now from Manchester University Press. This collection of essays begins with a Forward, ‘Poldori Revisited’, by the pioneer of … Continue reading →

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Blood & Celluloid: Vampire Film Festival – October 15th 2022

Posted on 21st September 2022 by Sam George

Fangtastic news – OGOM will be taking part in Blood and Celluloid: an all day Vampire Film Festival at The Ultimate Picture Palace, Cowley Road, Oxford. This is part of the BFI In Dreams are Monsters Season – a major … Continue reading →

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Company of Wolves Book Launch, The Odyssey Cinema 29 February, 2020. A Roaring Success.

Posted on 2nd March 2020 by Sam George

OGOM would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who found themselves in the company of wolves at our book launch for Werewolves, Wolves and Wild Children at the Odyssey Cinema, St Albans on 29 February. The book … Continue reading →

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Amazing offer! 50% or more discount on In the Company of Wolves book

Posted on 23rd January 2020 by William the Bloody

We’ve been posting about the book launch for OGOM’s latest publication, In the Company of Wolves: Wolves, Werewolves, and Wild Children. If you attend the book launch, you will be able to buy the book at 50% discount (possibly more–it’s … Continue reading →

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In the Company of Wolves – Book Launch and Film Screening 29 February 2020

Posted on 18th January 2020 by Sam George

Friends and Colleagues, You are cordially invited to a special event to celebrate ten years of the Open Graves, Open Minds project and to launch our new book In the Company of Wolves: Werewolves, Wolves and Wild Children.  In the Company of Wolves presents further … Continue reading →

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The Company of Wolves: Angela Carter and Neil Jordan

Posted on 3rd December 2016 by William the Bloody

From the brilliant Angela Carter Online website (thanks to Caleb Sivyer), here’s a fascinating discussion between Angela Carter and Neil Jordan, the director of the film adaptation of Carter’s wolf narratives as The Company of Wolves.

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Angela Carter: Wolves and other beasts

Posted on 11th October 2016 by William the Bloody

I won’t apologise for another post on the brilliant Angela Carter! This is an excellent article by Kat Ellinger on the wonderful Neil Jordan/Angela Carter collaboration The Company of Wolves. It shows how the source material of the film derives … Continue reading →

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Angela Carter: Lisa Appignanesi on ‘The Company of Wolves’

Posted on 25th January 2016 by William the Bloody

More on Angela Carter (I forgot to include this!). A special showing of Neil Jordan’s brilliant film The Company of Wolves, based on Carter’s stories: 26 February 2016 at 7 p.m., London Review Bookshop: Lisa Appignesi introduces it. Neil Jordan’s … Continue reading →

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Genevieve Valentine, ‘How the vampire became film’s most feminist monster’

Posted on 16th October 2015 by William the Bloody

A fascinating essay by Genevieve Valentine on the shifting nature of the powerful and ambivalent female vampire in cinema.

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OGOM Company of Wolves- Prof. Garry Marvin completes our programme

Posted on 8th April 2015 by Sam George

Thank you to everyone who has sent in abstracts for the OGOM Company of Wolves conference. We have enjoyed reading through the wonderfully varied and pertinent responses and today began to write to those who have been accepted so far. … Continue reading →

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