Course calendar

Film list
Link to library reserves.
Links to: Movie Review Query Engine and Rottentomatoes (remember to select two reviews for each film).

Week 1
R 04/2: Introduction to the class. Lecture: Film, cities, and auteurs. Reading: Corrigan, chapter 4, 89-90.

Week 2
Note: class will meet in Smith 123 this week.
R 04/09: Screening: Slacker (1991). Using Corrigan. Reading: Corrigan, chapter 1, 1-7, 11-17, and chapter 3, 48-64. Skim, chapter 1, 7-11. Chapter 2, 18-35, is recommended. On reserve: "Richard Linklater", Contemporary North American Film Directors 2nd ed., Wallflower Press, 2002, 329-331.

Week 3
R 04/16: Screening: Dazed and Confused (1993). Reading: Corrigan, chapter 3, 36-48 and 65-81.

Week 4
R 04/23: Screening: Waking Life (2001). Reading: Corrigan, chapter 4, 82-108. On reserve: Richard Baimbridge, "Unreal World", Wired 9 February 2001, 2 pages. First thematic essay posted.

Week 5
R 04/30: Screening: Citizen Ruth (1996). Reading: On reserve: "Alexander Payne", Contemporary North American Film Directors 2nd ed., Wallflower Press, 2002, 416-417.

Week 6
R 05/07: Screening: Election (1999).

Week 7
R 05/14: Screening: About Schmidt (2002). Second thematic essay posted.

Week 8
R 05/21: Screening: Mean Streets (1973). Reading: On reserve: "Martin Scorsese", Contemporary North American Film Directors 2nd ed., Wallflower Press, 2002, 482-487. Details about rewrites posted.

Week 9
R 05/28: Screening: Manhattan (1979). Reading: On reserve: "Woody Allen", Contemporary North American Film Directors 2nd ed., Wallflower Press, 2002, 3-7.

Week 10
R 06/04: Screening: Do the Right Thing (1989). Reading: On reserve: "Spike Lee", Contemporary North American Film Directors 2nd ed., Wallflower Press, 2002, 317-320. Third thematic essay posted.

Finals week
Final thematic essays are due R 06/11 at 4:00. Details forthcoming.