For most of its history, cinema has been a collective experience. And so it will be for this class. We will watch films together and have a chance to introduce them before watching and share a first reaction after.

Thursday night film showings will take place in Lean Lecture Room of Wishart Hall and will begin promptly at 7pm. Friday screenings will be arranged individually.

Please note the Viewer Advisory and Etiquette for Film Watching on the Note on Our Films.

Week 1 – January 12/13

• Open City. Dir. Roberto Rossellini, 1945, Italy, 105 min.

Week 2 – January 19/20

• Murderers Are Among Us. Dir. Wolfgang Staudte, 1946, Germany (Eastern Zone), 85 min.

Week 3 – January 26/27

• The Third Man. Dir. Carol Reed, 1949, UK, 104 min.

Week 4 – February 2/3

• The Bicycle Thieves [aka The Bicycle Thief]. Dir. Vittorio De Sica, 1948, Italy, 93 min.

Week 5 – February 9/10

• Mon Oncle. Dir. Jacques Tati, 1958, France, 110 min.

Week 6 – February 16/17

• Battle of Algiers. Dir. Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966, Italy/Algeria, 122 min.

Week 7 – February 23/24

• Cleo from 5 to 7. Dir. Agnes Varda, 1962, France, 90 min.

Week 8 – March 2/3

• The Joke (Zert). Dir. Jaromil Jires, 1969, Czechoslovakia, 80 min.

Week 9 – March 9/10

• Blind Chance. Dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1982, Poland, 122 min.

Week 10 – March 30/31

• Bad Education. Dir. Pedro Almodovar, 2004, Spain, 106 min.

Week 11 – April 6/7

• Goodbye, Lenin! Dir. Wolfgang Becker, 2003, Germany, 121 min.

Weeik 12 – April 13/14

• No Man’s Land. Dir. Danis Tanovic, 2001, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 98 min.

Week 13 – April 20/21

• The Spanish Apartment. Dir. Cédric Klapisch, 2002, France/Spain, 122 min.
• or TBD

Week 14 – April 27/28

• TBD