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Badlands (1973)
The Third Man (1949)
Winter Light (1963)
Girlfriends (1978)
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Ida (2013)

Film Studies

The Film History Discussion Series

10 Mondays, September 28 to November 30, 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm.  
Instructor: Moderated by Jacob Mazer, Director of Programs and Education, BMFI, and Raymond Saraceni, Ph.D., Villanova University

Join us for a series of discussions charting a course through the history of motion pictures, exploring key figures, movements, and moments along the way. This season’s chronological tour of international cinema includes stops in France, the United Kingdom, Egypt, Sweden, Denmark, Mexico, and Poland. Films scheduled to be discussed are: 

Sept 28: L’ATALANTE (Jean Vigo, France, 1934)
Oct 5: THE THIRD MAN (Carol Reed, UK, 1949)
Oct 12: CAIRO STATION (Youssef Chahine, Egypt, 1958)
Oct 19: WINTER LIGHT (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 1963)
Oct 26: BADLANDS (Terrence Malick, USA, 1973)
Nov 2: GIRLFRIENDS (Claudia Weill, USA, 1978)
Nov 9: BABETTE’S FEAST (Gabriel Axel, Denmark, 1987)
Nov 16: MILLER’S CROSSING (Joel Coen, USA, 1990)
Nov 23: PAN’S LABYRINTH (Guillermo del Toro, Mexico/Spain, 2006)
Nov 30: IDA (Paweł Pawlikowski, Poland, 2013)


Course Information

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

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Schedule
  • Monday, September 28 · 12:00 pm
  • Monday, October 5 · 12:00 pm
  • Monday, October 12 · 12:00 pm
  • Monday, October 19 · 12:00 pm
  • Monday, October 26 · 12:00 pm
  • Monday, November 2 · 12:00 pm
  • Monday, November 9 · 12:00 pm
  • Monday, November 16 · 12:00 pm
  • Monday, November 23 · 12:00 pm
  • Monday, November 30 · 12:00 pm