Examines the history of animated works designed specifically for the television medium.

Cross-listed with: HIST319W. Credit only granted for: HIST319W or CINE329G

Hollywood and Washington have been obsessed with each other for a long time. This course explores the history of this "dangerous" relation during the past 100 years.

Discusses the films production, fan engagement, and its legacy through sequels, theme parks in New Zealand, and shows and films made to ride on the popularity and style of the saga.

A close look at transregional genres in contemporary Middle Eastern cinemas, with the focus on comedy, horror, and political cinema. Taught in English. Taught online, asynchronous format.

Crosslisted with ARAB499T Credit only granted for: ARAB499T or CINE429T

Through screening, readings, and discussions, this self-paced online course will critically examine some of the most important trilogies in world cinema in order to see how cinematic trilogies, in a spectrum of genres, deepen our appreciation of each director's recurrent themes, voices, and styles. These trilogies provide great opportunities to explore ideology, gender, sexuality in media serialization. We will study the "classical" or original "Star Wars" trilogy, Leone's "Dollars" trilogy, Ang Lee's "Father Knows Best" trilogy, Spielberg's "Indian Jones" trilogy, Ray's "Apu" trilogy, Coppola's "Godfather" trilogy, and Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, etc.