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Girlfight (2000)
The Naked City (1948)
The Cranes are Flying (1957)
Grey Gardens (1976)
Close-up (1990)
The Kid with a Bike (2011)

Film Studies

Film History Discussion Series: 1945-Present

10 Mondays, September 22 to November 24, 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm  
Instructor: Andrew J. Douglas, Ph.D., Deputy Director, BMFI and Jacob Mazer, Director of Programming and Education, BMFI

Join us for a series of discussions charting a course through the post-World War II history of motion pictures. We will take a chronological tour of international cinema, including stops in the USSR, Italy, the United Kingdom, Iran, and Belgium. Films scheduled to be discussed are: 

Sept 22: The Naked City (Jules Dassin, USA, 1948) 
Sept 29: The Cranes Are Flying (Mikhail Kalatozov, USSR, 1957)
Oct 6: Fail Safe (Sidney Lumet, USA, 1964) 
Oct 13: Sacco & Vanzetti (Giuliano Montaldo, Italy, 1971) 
Oct 20: Grey Gardens (Maysles, Maysles, Hovde, Meyer, USA, 1976) 
Oct 27: The Long Good Friday (John Mackenzie, UK, 1980)  
Nov 3: Hannah and Her Sisters (Woody Allen, USA, 1986) 
Nov 10: Close-Up (Abbas Kiarostami, Iran, 1990) 
Nov 17: Girlfight (Karyn Kusama, USA, 2000) 
Nov 24: The Kid with a Bike (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Belgium, 2011)   


Course Information

$240 for members, $305 for non-members, no "a la carte" enrollment

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Schedule
  • Monday, September 22 · 12:00 pm
  • Monday, September 29 · 12:00 pm
  • Monday, October 6 · 12:00 pm
  • Monday, October 13 · 12:00 pm
  • Monday, October 20 · 12:00 pm
  • Monday, October 27 · 12:00 pm
  • Monday, November 3 · 12:00 pm
  • Monday, November 10 · 12:00 pm
  • Monday, November 17 · 12:00 pm
  • Monday, November 24 · 12:00 pm
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