Suggests that the great attraction of film courses is also what makes them very difficult to teach. The expectations of entertainment, the passivity of viewing a film, and the intransigence of the Hollywood model are all potential problems which instructors must confront. (SED)

Approaches the study of New German Cinema through a genre approach. Includes German history and political issues. (PD)

Discusses a study designed to determine the extent to which film study is considered in the English curricula and concludes that it is presently a respectable sub-division of a majority of college English departments. (MH)

A discussion of one teacher's successful efforts to obtain foreign feature films for use as language teaching aids. (KM)

Analyzes the critical approaches to film study suggested by Victor Perkins, Peter Wollen, and Steve Croft. (DD)

Author looks at the various aspects of film that make it a potent educational tool. (HB)

A discussion of courses in the history of film and theory and practice of filmmaking which have created a problem in that students are often required to learn a technical vocabulary that is new to them. (Author)

Describes a set of exercises that help students learn about filmmaking. (TO)

A study of past and current definitions of documentary film, rejecting those as too superficial, offering as a better definition one that demands examination of the internal evidence of films and remains aware of the ontological limitations of the medium. (CH)

Presents excerpts from an interview with Jacob Bronowski, including his attitudes toward anti-science young people, motivation and philosophical purposes of producing The Ascent of Man,'' descriptions of the films, and views on differences between television programs in Britain and the United States. (CC)

Discusses "Pather Panchali, "Apur Sansar, "The Music Room, "Aparajito, "Devi, and "Mahanagar. (SW)

Boston University's film library offered rental of its 16mm films to a local school district and found it more advantageous financially than outright purchase. (Author)

Interprets the film, Midnight Cowboy," as an updated version of the Orpheus-Eurydice myth. Footnotes included. (DS)