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October 10, 2020 Fantasy / German Empire / Horror / Mystery / Silent / Thriller

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is a 1920 silent horror/thriller out of Germany’s Weimar era. A young man reminisces about

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March 11, 2019 Australia / Comedy / Short

Eleven O’Clock, The (2016) – Short Film

A psychiatrist’s new patient suffers from delusions that he is also a psychiatrist. The clever banter and delivery by the

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February 27, 2019 Drama / Mexico

Roma (2018)

Roma transports us back to Mexico in the 1970’s in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, known as Roma. The

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January 13, 2021 Narrative & Plot Structure

Narrative Structure: Acts, Vonnegut, & Frye

There have been a few theories and models throughout the years relating to how a story is, should be, and

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January 3, 2021 Fantasy / German Empire / Horror / Silent

Nosferatu (1922)

Thomas Hutter (Wangenheim), a real estate broker, leaves his wife behind and travels to Transylvania in order to sell a

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December 23, 2020 Comedy / Romance / Silent / USA

Seven Chances (1925)

Jimmy Shannon (Keaton) discovers that if he can get married by 7pm, then he will inherit 7 million dollars. All

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December 15, 2020 Action / Adventure / Family / Fantasy / Silent / USA

Thief of Bagdad (1924)

Douglas Fairbanks wrote, starred, and produced this adaptation of Arabian Nights. A thief in Bagdad (Fairbanks) steals his way into

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December 1, 2020 Drama / Race FIlm / Romance / Silent / USA

Within Our Gates (1920)

This early 20th century film is the earliest recovered (i.e. surviving) film written, directed, and produced by an African American,

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