What did you think about the class? What essays were very interesting? What essays were not so interesting? What films/clips did you like? Dislike? Share any suggestions of future films/clips to show. In your own words, let me know what you learned from this semester and how the class affected your views/ideas on film and performances. You will be graded on how well articulated your ideas are. Feel very free to share your opinions here!

The class is Great Performances on Film.

# List of films that we watched in class:

Everybody Wants Some (2016)
Superman (1978)
Ordinary People
Brooklyn (2015)
What’s Love Got to Do with It (1993)
Central Station (1998)
The Conjuring (2013)
Ordinary People (1980)
Chinatown (1974)
A Patch of Blue (1965)
Psycho (1960)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
The Gold Rush (1925)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles

# List of essays that we read in class:

The Popcorn Society
The Portrayal of the Nuclear Family in films of the 1980s
The New Independent Cinema
Film and Ideology
Recent Nationalist Movements
The Hollywood Renaissance: New Hollywood of 1960s/70s
Black Actors of the 1950s
Hollywood in Transition: 1945 to 1962
The Censors Strike Back
Origins and Heritage: The Silent Film
Acting