SIFF Film Talks - A Pop Quiz

Esteemed Students,

As your headmaster, I am excited to welcome you to your Spring/Winter semester of SIFF Film Talks University. I know our distinguished film scholars are excited to welcome you back to the hallowed halls of the SIFF Film Center.

Whether you’re locked in for a 6-hour Cinema Dissection for frame-by-frame analysis or taking notes with your Sailor Moon pen at one of our Anime Auteurs film talks, we have something for every scholar.

See you at the Film Center!

Megan Garbayo-López
Headmaster
SIFF Film Talks University

POP QUIZ!

Please select one of the following statements that you most identify with:
A. I enjoy talking about films in extreme detail! I am a well sought-after trivia team member and have been referred to as human IMDB.
B. I love seeing the world through a cinematic lens. Understanding a cultural legacy through global film opens my mind to new ideas.
C. I am a connoisseur of the classics. I love Letterboxd, old Roger Ebert reviews, and reading the little booklet in Criterion Collection DVDs.
D. All of the above

If you selected A, these Cinema Dissections will surely scratch beneath the surface of your favorite films:

2/15 - Cinema Dissection: In the Mood For Love with Jeremy Cropf
4/19 - Cinema Dissection: David Lynch (Cinephiles' Choice) with Dan Doody
5/28 - Cinema Dissect-Off: 28 Days Later with Dan Doody and Jeremy Cropf

If you selected B, you can stamp your passport in these global film talks and dissections:

2/18 - Anime Auteurs: Otomo’s Akira with Isabella Price
2/25 - A DELIRIUM INTO DECAY: A History of Putin’s Russia in Five Films with Tim Pozhitkov
3/4 - Anime Auteurs: Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell with Isabella Price
4/15 - Anime Auteurs: Rintaro’s Metropolis with Isabella Price

If you selected C, come bone up on classics, old and new at these film talks and dissections that will make you feel like you climbed into your favorite TCM program.

3/1 - Cinema Dissection: Out of the Past with Dan Doody
4/8 - Horror, 1960: The Year Horror Became Dangerous
4/26 - Cinema Dissection: Grey Gardens with Jeremy Cropf

If you selected D, you are a teacher’s pet! Feel free to chart your own course to greater movie knowledge this semester! I will save you a seat in the front row.

PS: While the associated screenings that accompany this coursework are not required viewing, they do offer a bit of extra credit in the class discussion. Please find the supplemental screening list here:

2/16 - Akira @ Uptown
2/23 - Petrov’s Flu @ Film Center
3/2 - Ghost in the Shell @ Uptown
4/3 - The Fall of the House of Usher @ Film Center
4/13 - Metropolis @ Uptown