Learning Beyond the Classics

Learning Beyond the Classics

Documentary: Fact or Fiction? | Flee (2021)

How do you make a film about someone whose identity can't be revealed? Nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Animated Feature,... Read More

Documentary: Fact or Fiction? | Close-Up (1990)

Abbas Kiarostami’s humorous and deeply moving hybrid film suggests inspiring new possibilities for nonfiction cinema. Read More

Documentary: Fact or Fiction? | Stunt Rock (1978)

Blending elements of mockumentary, rockumentary, and low-budget action movies, this recently rediscovered Ozploitation classic is a literal... Read More

Documentary: Fact or Fiction? | The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On (1987)

Kazuo Hara’s intimate yet harrowing portrait of Kenzō Okuzaki pushes the limits of the ethical boundaries between filmmaker and subject. Read More

Documentary: Fact or Fiction? | Reassemblage (1982) & The Ties That Bind (1984)

In this episode, we explore the essayistic techniques used by filmmakers Trinh T. Min-ha and Su Friedrich to reconsider conventional modes... Read More

Documentary: Fact or Fiction? | Far From Poland (1984)

Jill Godmilow sets out to chronicle the 1980s Polish Solidarity movement. When she is denied a visa, she invents a new form of cinema. Read More

Documentary: Fact or Fiction? | Salut les Cubains (1963) & One Way or Another (1974)

In our next episode, we travel to Cuba to discuss a short film from the legendary Agnès Varda and a hybrid feature from the would-be... Read More

Documentary: Fact or Fiction? | Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)

In this podcast episode, we attempt to unravel William Greaves' ultimate meta-meta-meta documentary, "Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One." Read More

Documentary: Fact or Fiction? | Portrait of Jason (1967)

In episode two, we consider what happens when Shirley Clarke, Carl Lee and the incomparable Jason Holliday meet up at the Chelsea Hotel... Read More

Documentary: Fact or Fiction? | Chronicle of a Summer (1961)

Documentary: Fact or Fiction? examines how nonfiction representation has evolved from early experimentations through the impact of... Read More

Hitchcock Series Offers Crash Course in Suspense

Alfred Hitchcock, cinema’s “Master of Suspense,” has directed some of film’s most thrilling scenes. This semester, DeBartolo... Read More

New Learning Beyond the Classics series explores Hitchcock films

From Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint scrambling across Mt. Rushmore to Jimmy Stewart leaping into San Francisco Bay to … Read More
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