Derek’s Pocket Film School in 30 Easy Steps: A Primer

  1. The 19th Century (L’arrivée d’un train en gare de La Ciotat)
  2. The Early Silent Era (Voyage dans la lune)
  3. The Late Silent Era (Intolerance)
  4. German Expressionism (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari)
  5. The Early Sound Era: Gangsters and Musicals (Scarface or 42nd Street)
  6. Early American Horror (Dracula)
  7. The Works of Wartime (Casablanca and Citizen Kane)
  8. Italian Neorealism (Bicycle Thieves)
  9. The Mid-Century Epic (anything David Lean did)
  10. Asian Cinema of the 1950s (Rashomon/Seven Samurai or Pather Panchali)
  11. Cult Cinema, Part I (Reefer Madness)
  12. Golden-Era Science Fiction (The Day the Earth Stood Still)
  13. European New Waves, Part I: France (À bout de souffle)
  14. European New Waves, Part II: England (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning)
  15. European New Waves, part III: Eastern Europe (Loves of a Blonde)
  16. International New Waves, Part I: Africa (La noire de…)
  17. International New Waves, Part II: Latin America (The Adventures of Juan Quin Quin)
  18. International New Waves, Part III: Asia (Tokyo Drifter)
  19. Direct Cinema (Salesman)
  20. New Hollywood (Bonnie and Clyde)
  21. Post-Classical Genres, Part I: The Spaghetti Western (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly)
  22. Post-Classical Genres, Part II: The Martial Arts Film (Enter the Dragon)
  23. Cult Cinema, Part II (The Rocky Horror Picture Show)
  24. The Rise of the Blockbuster (Jaws)
  25. 80s Horror and the Rise of Home Video (The Thing)
  26. Japanese Animation (Akira)
  27. Late 20th Century Independent Film (Reservoir Dogs)
  28. 21st Century Documentary (Dear Zachary)
  29. Transnational Cinema (Babel)
  30. Cult Cinema, Part III (The Room)

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