As a scholar Darren has published interviews with keynote speakers celebrating the International Centenary of Shakespeare on Screen ('Early Modern Literary Studies', 2000), articles on adaptation ('Screen Methods', 2006), pornography ('Peepshows', 2009) and is co-editor of a forthcoming collection looking at sex on screen ('Hard to Swallow', 2010).
He has also been a speaker at international conferences including 'Perspectives on Evil and Human Wickedness'(Prague), 'Cine-Excess' , 'Authenticity and Adaptation' 'A Symposium on Violence' (NY State, New York). Darren has also been an invited speaker on the first cult film MA degree at Brunel and is a reviewer for the journal 'Sexualities'.