Course Description

Instructor: Robin Bernat

Retrospective film discussion group

Join as we explore some of most compelling and unusual love stories in cinema history. Local experimental filmmaker, Robin Bernat, whose works have been exhibited locally and nationally including the Whitney Museum of American Art, will facilitate the discussion. Participants will screen the films on their own-- and join in the online class for engaging and lively conversation about each film, its director, time-period, and thematic concerns… 

1. A Place in the Sun (1951) George Stevens Hard Eight (1996) Paul Thomas Anderson

2. Mississippi Mermaid (1969) Francois Truffaut La Moustache (2005) ) Emmanuel Carrere

3. Margot at the Wedding (2007) Noah Baumbach 3 Hearts (2015) Benoît Jacquot - this may change

4. Belle de jour (1967) Luis Bunuel Eyes Wide Shut (1999) Stanley Kubrick

5. The Piano Teacher (2001) Michael Haneke, Criterion The Last Picture Show (1971) Peter Bogdanovich,

6. Cafe de Flore, (2012), Jean-Marc Vallée Birth (2004) Jonathan Glazer

7. Solaris (1972) Andrei Tarkovsky Stories We Tell (2012) Sarah Polley

8. Maurice (1987) James Ivory Death in Venice (1970) Luchino Visconti