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Incorporating Film Studies into a Homeschool CurriculumDo the words "film studies" bring to mind slackers and dubious academic merits? If so, you might want to reconsider. There are many advantages to incorporating film studies into your homeschool curriculum.
3 Fantastic Online Film Studies JournalsWhether your interest is academic or personal, there are some great film studies journals online, with tons of free content. Here are three such sites.- Film Studies: The Devil Wears PradaWhile Visser (2007, p. 39) quite rightly describes Miranda Priestly as the "boss from hell," he notes that her character is much more than that. Sach, similar to the viewers, finds her demands unreasonable.
Interview with Keith Garcia of Denver Film SocietyThat Keith Garcia has been programming films since his days in the womb is a fitting birthright for the Programming Manager of the Denver Film Society.- Film School - Chapman University's Groundbreaking New FacilityChapman University, a small private school in Southern California, is opening it's new doors. It is now the only film school in the world to have it's own backlot studio facility. This, among other things, will propel it to the top.
- Bryn Mawr Film Institute: Pennsylvania Movie Theater Offering Film Groups and Educational CoursesA description of the Bryn Mawr Film Institute, where community members can enjoy a film and free discussions about the movies.
Kevin Brownlow is Awarded Honorary Oscar for Film Studies & Cinema PreservationThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences will present Kevin Brownlow with an honorary Academy Award
Spike Lee Film: 14 Book ReviewA collection of insightful essays and film reviews are spotlighted in the German book on the African-American filmmaker Spike Lee's cinema selections.- A Film Fan's Opinion of the Best Movie's of All TimeAn article about what a regular film fan rather than a critic gives as his best ten list.
- Philosophy and Film: The Paradoxes of HorrorAn undergraduate college paper on the paradoxes of horror, for a course in philosophy and film studies.
The Lone Star Film Society and Fort Worth Sister Cities International Present the Lone Star International Film FestivalRecently Fort Worth, TX film buffs got great news - The Lone Star Film Society and Fort Worth Sister Cities International will present the Lone Star International Film Festival next year.
Summer Study Abroad in Italy: Italian Film, Art, and ArchitectureThis is about a summer study abroad program in Italy where I learned about Italian films, art, and architecture in Rome.- Eisenstein's Account of Film FormDescription of Russian Filmmaker's theory of dialectic montage.
- Become an Actor or Director with These Film Courses at the University of Colorado at BoulderIf you're reading this, you want to be a filmmmaker like me. These are some great courses at CU to help you pursue that dream.
- Hitchcock Film Analysis: Vertigo, Psycho, and the BirdsThis investigation seeks to evaluate the films Vertigo, The Birds and Psycho, all directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and how the success of these films show his effect on pop culture.
- "Contagion," Steven Soderbergh's Film About an Epidemic, Entertains While InformingA review of Steven Soderbergh's new film "Contagion," which opened September 2, 2011 and features an epidemic threatening an all-star cast.
Local Filmmakers, Along with Quentin Tarantino and Others Are Featured at Chicago's 16th Annual Black Harvest Film FestivalCome out to the Gene Siskel Film Center and help celebrate the black experience in independent film and video from around the world.
Crowdfunding Tips for Film FansThere's a smorgasbord of films and filmmakers all vying for fans, so how does the true film fan know who to support and what film is best served by their donation?- Philosophy and Film: Hope and Aesthetics in Anne of Green GablesAn undergraduate paper for a course in philosophy and film studies about hope and aesthetics in Anne of Green Gables.
- Philosophy, Film, and Flight Club: An Undergraduate Response PaperAn undergraduate response paper for the film "Fight Club" for an undergraduate course at Sonoma State University in philosophy and film studies. Originally written by Zachary R. Fruhling on 04-04-08.
- Asian Stereotypes in Film HistoryThis research paper covers a variety of stereotypes that Asians have portrayed throughout the history of film. Often, these portrayals stray away from the truth; however, directors have stuck with them in order to "give the audience what it wants."
You...Yes YOU Can Be an INDY FILM or VIDEO PRODUCER!With so many venues to screen your film or video, the whole concept of being discovered is a lot easier than it used to be: no more hanging out at the corner malt shop and hoping some big studio executive walks in the door for lunch that's for sure.
Defining the Documentary: Challenges in Genre StudiesThe audience of a documentary film expects some measure of truth. But what if the notion of truth is blurred? How far can we bend the idea of "truth" before a film can no longer be considered documentary? Our discussion will consider two well-known films.
Jewish Studies Fall Lecture Series at PurduePurdue's Jewish studies program organizes lecture series every semester, which is free and open to public. Issues presented in the series range from "King Hussein and Israel" to "Living on Writer's Block: Henry Roth and American Literature".
World Film Forum at West Lafayette,IndianaPurdue University's Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures is organizing a World Film forum to show international movies to local audience and the students.- Pay it Forward: A Film About CompassionPay It Forward is a remarkable film that captures the audience in an outstanding manner. The film portrays the efforts of a young child's attempt to modify the compassoin of today's people.
- The Criterion Collection Rereleases Soderbergh's TrafficA DVD set with some of the best bonus features ever collected. They are so extensive and so informative that after viewing all of them, you may be eligible for a film school certification.
- Gender Studies and H.D.'s HelenH.D.'s poem "Helen" illustrates the concerns of the gender studies movement in literary criticism.
- Truth and Dare: New York Korean Film Festival 2005Truth and Dare: New York Korean Film Festival 2005, running from Sept 2-11, 2005, boasts an impressive sampling of contemporary Korean cinema, both popular and critically successful films.
- Kinsey - A Review of Bill Condon's FilmI enjoyed the film, finding it very well crafted and I was especially impressed by Condon's commentary.
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