Syllabus

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September (4)
1. The Silent Era (pick one film from before 1937)
2. Classic Hollywood 101 (pick one)
- The Shop Around the Corner
- His Girl Friday
- The Philadelphia Story
- The Maltese Falcon
- Sullivan’s Travels
- Casablanca
- Arsenic and Old Lace
3. CITIZEN KANE - HBO Max
4. Any other film from the list
October (5)
1. Classic Hollywood 201 (pick one)- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- The Big Sleep
- White Heat
- In a Lonely Place
- All About Eve
- Harvey
- On the Waterfront
2. Any other film from the list
3. Asian Film 101 (pick one)
- Seven Samurai
- Rashomon
- Yojimbo
- Tokyo Story
- Pather Panchali
- The Hidden Fortress
4. Classic Hollywood 301 (pick one)
- 12 Angry Men
- Touch of Evil
- A Face in the Crowd
- Sweet Smell of Success
- Some Like it Hot
- The Apartment
- The Hustler
- Marty
- Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
- Night of the Living Dead
- The Exorcist
- The Shining
- Halloween
- Evil Dead II
- Shaun of the Dead
November (4)
1. Alfred Hitchcock (pick one)
- Rear Window
- Notorious
- Vertigo
- North by Northwest
- Psycho
- Strangers on a Train
2. Any other film from the list
3. European Film 101 (pick one)
- Children of Paradise
- Umberto D.
- The Seventh Seal
- Bicycle Thieves
- The 400 Blows
- Jules and Jim
- Breathless
- La Dolce Vita
- Persona
- 8 ½
- Closely Watched Trains
4. Musicals (pick one)
- Singin’ in the Rain
- All That Jazz
- West Side Story
- Meet Me In St. Louis
- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
- The Producers
- Moulin Rouge!
- South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
December (5)
1. British Invasion (pick one)
- The Third Man
- Lawrence of Arabia
- Dr. Strangelove
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- The Shining
- A Hard Day’s Night
- The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
- The Italian Job
2. Westerns (pick one)
- The Searchers
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- Once Upon a Time in the West
- The Outlaw Josey Wales
- Blazing Saddles
3. World War II (pick one)
- The Bridge Over the River Kwai
- The Dirty Dozen
- The Great Escape
- Patton
4. Any other film from the 60’s
5. THE GODFATHER
January (4)
- M*A*S*H
- The Godfather, Part II
- American Graffiti
- Badlands
- Chinatown
- The Deer Hunter
- The French Connection
- The Conversation
2. Any other film from the 70’s
3. Scorsese and DeNiro (pick one)
- Mean Streets
- Taxi Driver
- Raging Bull
- The King of Comedy
4. Steven Spielberg (pick one)
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- Jaws
- E.T.
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
February (4)
- Animal House
- Trading Places
- The Money Pit
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
- Blues Brothers
- The Princess Bride
- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High
- Back to the Future
- Big
- Coming to America
2. Romantic Films to Set Unrealistic Expectations for the Rest of Your Life
- The “Before Trilogy”
- Pride & Prejudice
- Punch-Drunk Love
- A Man and a Woman
- Amelie
** BONUS Tourney Week film: HOOSIERS - Amazon Prime
3. The Cinematographers
- All the President’s Men
- There Will Be Blood
- Blade Runner 2049
- Manhattan
- Skyfall
- No Country For Old Men
4. Indie Film 101
- Fargo
- Rushmore
- Pulp Fiction
- Magnolia
- The Blair Witch Project
- Being John Malcovich
- Scream
- Memento
- Swingers
- The Usual Suspects
- Hard Eight
March (4)
- Dog Day Afternoon
- Brokeback Mountain
- Call Me By Your Name
- Beginners
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch
- A Single Man
- All About My Mother
- Boys Don’t Cry
- Carol
2. Female Directors 101 (pick one)
- The Piano
- Cleo from 5 to 7
- Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
- A League of Their Own
- Clueless
- Daisies
3. Any other 90’s film
4. Romantic Comedy 101
- Reality Bites
- Tootsie
- Wall-E
- Harold and Maude
- Say Anything
- When Harry Met Sally
- Annie Hall
April (5)
- Dolemite is My Name
- Malcolm X
- Do the Right Thing
- Moonlight
- Boyz in the Hood
- Selma
- 12 Years a Slave
2. Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting (pick one)
- Enter the Dragon
- Legend of the Drunken Master
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Kung Fu Hustle
3. European Film 201 (pick one)
- The Best of Youth
- Melancholia
- The Double Life of Veronique
- Dekalog
- Three Colors: Blue
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire
- Run Lola Run
- Russian Ark
- The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
- Dancer in the Dark
4. Documentaries (pick one)
- Roger & Me
- The Times of Harvey Milk
- Hoop Dreams
- American Movie
- Paris is Burning
- Amy
- Jiro Dreams of Sushi
- The Thin Blue Line
- Grizzly Man
5. Female Directors 201 (pick one)
- Lost in Translation
- Winter’s Bone
- Lady Bird
- Wendy and Lucy
- A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
- Monsoon Wedding
- Your Sister’s Sister
May (4)
- This is Spinal Tap
- Best in Show
- F for Fake
- Exit Through the Gift Shop
- A Cock and Bull Story
- Stories We Tell
2. Indie Film 201 (pick one)
- A Ghost Story
- Her
- American Splendor
- Adaptation
- 25th Hour
- In the Bedroom
- Boyhood
- The Royal Tennenbaums
- Moonrise Kingdom
- Uncut Gems
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
- Palm Springs
3. Asian Film 201
- Eat Drink Man Woman
- Yi Yi
- This is Not a Film
- Parasite
- Snowpiercer
- Princess Mononoke
4. Modern British Film 101
- Billy Elliot
- In Bruges
- In the Loop
- The Full Monty
- Shaun of the Dead
- 28 Days Later
- In America
- Waking Ned
June (2)
- Children of Men
- Roma
- Gravity
- Pan’s Labyrinth
- The Shape of Water
- Amores Perros
- 21 Grams
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2. What Did I Just Watch? (pick one)
- Upstream Color
- Dogtooth
- Girl Walk // All Day
- I’m Not There
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Holy Motors
- Waking Life
- Synecdoche, New York
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