Designed especially for film aficionados and cinephiles, this series of classes will improve your understanding of cinematic language and deepen your appreciation of experimentation in cinema of all genres.

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$45 SFFS members (save $15)/$70 general (save $10)

Take the following classes:


Film Criticism: André Bazin
This class introduces some of the major rubrics of film criticism—ontology, epistemology, ideology, aesthetics and realism—and provides a foundation for formulating critical responses to cinematic works. Special consideration will be given to the writings of André Bazin. Read more...

Herzog in Focus
Werner Herzog belongs among that rare group of filmmakers for whom documentary and fiction filmmaking blur into a single quest—which in Herzog’s case, involves a search for “ecstatic truth.” Join Bill Nichols for an exploration of Herzog’s stylistic and thematic distinctiveness. Read more...

Film Analysis
This class introduces students to the practice of close textual analysis, taking a neoformalist approach. Students will take an in-depth look at mise-en-scène, cinematography, editing and sound as keys to the development of narrative, narration and style. Read more...

Representing the Holocaust
The Holocaust is referred to as incomprehensible, unimaginable and unspeakable; how can the supposedly “unrepresentable” be reconciled with the visual medium of film? This course examines artistic approaches to representing the Holocaust and how some of these complex historical and cinematic issues have been negotiated. Read more...