https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/category/independent-study-world-cinema/ Sun, 01 Oct 2023 23:21:51 +0000 en hourly 1 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-UC-Favicon-1-32x32.png https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/category/independent-study-world-cinema/ 32 32 Some are born film critics, some become critics, and some have film criticism thrust upon them. Each week, Michael (The Unaffiliated Critic) convinces his reluctant wife Nakea (The Unenthusiastic Critic) to sit down and watch a classic film that nearly everyone else on the planet has already seen. The Unenthusiastic Critic true episodic The Unenthusiastic Critic michael@unaffiliatedcritic.com podcast Destroying our marriage, one movie at a time... https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/The-Unenthusiastic-Critic-Podcast-Logo.png https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/category/independent-study-world-cinema/ Chicago, Illinois Chicago, Illinois Weekly 22706606 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2021/01/the-rules-of-the-game-1939/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2021/01/the-rules-of-the-game-1939/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2021 18:29:59 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=38826 Independent Study in World Cinema continues, I dive deep into Jean Renoir's tragicomic critique of French society on the eve of the Second World War. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2021/01/the-rules-of-the-game-1939/feed/ 4 38826 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2020/12/grand-illusion-1937/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2020/12/grand-illusion-1937/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2020 17:29:59 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=29310 Independent Study in World Cinema resumes with Jean Renoir's unfailingly humane masterpiece. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2020/12/grand-illusion-1937/feed/ 5 29310 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/02/triumph-of-the-will-1935/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/02/triumph-of-the-will-1935/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2017 17:45:32 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=29028 Independent Study in World Cinema, I take an unfortunately timely look at how Leni Riefenstahl helped "make Germany great again" with her propagandist "documentary" about the Nazi party. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/02/triumph-of-the-will-1935/feed/ 1 29028 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/01/latalante-1934/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/01/latalante-1934/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2017 21:15:07 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=27633 L'Atalante is a film about the stink of love, the squalor of love, the anger and boredom and perverse complexity of love. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/01/latalante-1934/feed/ 2 27633 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2016/04/m-1931/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2016/04/m-1931/#respond Fri, 01 Apr 2016 06:04:44 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=13150 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2016/04/m-1931/feed/ 0 13150 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2016/03/women-with-movie-cameras/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2016/03/women-with-movie-cameras/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2016 06:20:46 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=27334 Independent Study in World Cinema, I could use some help in making sure I don't overlook great female directors. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2016/03/women-with-movie-cameras/feed/ 2 27334 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2016/03/un-chien-andalou-1929/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2016/03/un-chien-andalou-1929/#comments Sun, 20 Mar 2016 17:06:38 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=27138 Independent Study in World Cinema series gets a little surreal, as we examine a short cinematic fever dream from Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2016/03/un-chien-andalou-1929/feed/ 2 27138 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2016/02/man-with-a-movie-camera-1929/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2016/02/man-with-a-movie-camera-1929/#respond Mon, 29 Feb 2016 06:39:32 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=12882 Independent Study in World Cinema after a long hiatus, I look at Soviet filmmaker Dziga Vertov's experimental, non-narrative documentary Man with a Movie Camera.]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2016/02/man-with-a-movie-camera-1929/feed/ 0 12882 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2016/02/back-to-film-school/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2016/02/back-to-film-school/#respond Mon, 15 Feb 2016 04:01:09 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=26734 Independent Study in World Cinema series returns. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2016/02/back-to-film-school/feed/ 0 26734 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2013/02/the-passion-of-joan-of-arc-1928-independent-study-in-world-cinema/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2013/02/the-passion-of-joan-of-arc-1928-independent-study-in-world-cinema/#respond Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:56:32 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=12600 The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928). ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2013/02/the-passion-of-joan-of-arc-1928-independent-study-in-world-cinema/feed/ 0 12600 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2013/02/metropolis-1927-independent-study-in-world-cinema/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2013/02/metropolis-1927-independent-study-in-world-cinema/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:11:52 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=12332 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2013/02/metropolis-1927-independent-study-in-world-cinema/feed/ 14 12332 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2013/01/battleship-potemkin-1925-independent-study-in-world-cinema/ 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