Course Spotlights
Advanced Undergraduate Course
Surrealist Cinema of Luis Buñuel and Satoshi Kon
The first half of the course examines how Spanish director Luis Buñuel created provocative films that critiqued society during three phases of his career: the early surrealist period of the 1920s, the Mexican melodrama of the 1950s and 1960s, and the late period of European art cinema. In the later part of the semester, we look at animator Satoshi Kon’s feature-length films and unpack how he uses surrealism as a plot device—gliding between memory, reality and dreams, tricking spectators—to explore the unlimited, magical possibilities and metamorphoses of the fantasy/animation genre. (Image: Fernando Rey in Viridiana, Janus Films)
General Education Course (Arts & Humanities)
International Film Movements
This class offers a survey of the historical development of the French New Wave (la nouvelle vague) and Taiwan New Cinema (tai wan xin dian ying) in their social, political, and cultural contexts, and unravels the unbalanced power dynamics between East and West. The course will also tackle the term “movement” in its literal sense and look at on-screen representations of issues relating to travel, border-crossings, and migrant workers. (Image: What Time Is It There?, Homegreen Films)
Student Testimonials
“Your classes were some of my favorites in my undergrad career at SUNY Albany...If I wasn’t so far into my education when I first attended your International Film Movements class, I would have considered switching majors!”
— White Female Student, Non-traditional
“I loved this class, and thank you so much for teaching films with kindness.”
— International Student
All Courses Taught
Upper Level
Surrealist Cinema of Luis Buñuel and Satoshi Kon
Wes Anderson and Bong Joon-ho
Platforms, or the Future of Film & TV
Transnational Cinemas
Film Remakes Theory
New Asian Cinemas
Film and Video Production
Experimental Film and Video
History and Practice of Video Art I
Basic 16mm Filmmaking
Advanced Filmmaking
Women and Experimental Film
Lower Level
Introduction to Cinema and Cultural Studies
Arts of the Motion Picture
Film History
Film Genres
International Film Movements
Radical Film Movements: 1960s and 1970s Cinema