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- Short film and TV episodes
- Recommended feature-length films
- Recommended short films
- Recommended TV series
• a brief list of basic film criticism terminology here
• a bit more in-depth one here
• an even more in-depth one here
SHORT FILM AND TV EPISODES (ORGANIZED CHRONOLOGICALLY):
Chris Marker, La Jetée (France, 1962; 28m) on digital reserve here
R. Bare and D. Knight, To Serve Man [S3E24 of The Twilight Zone] (USA, 1962; 24m) BB
Wanuri Kahiu, Pumzi (Kenya, 2009; 23m) Youtube
Lisa Jackson, The Visit (Anishinaabe, 2009; 4m) here
Giacomo Cimini, The City in the Sky (Italy-England, 2009; 27 mins)
Kim Jee-woon The Heavenly Creature in Doomsday Book (Korea, 2012; 30mins) on digital reserve
Nanobah Becker, The 6th World (Navajo, 2012; 15m) Youtube
Kibwe Tavares, Robots of Brixton (England, 2012; 5m) Youtube
Don Hertzfeldt, World of Tomorrow 1, 2, & 3 (USA, 2015-2020; 16-20m each) BB
Antoine Caëcke & Hélène Jeudy, Anvil (Japan/Belgium, 2017) Vimeo
Helen Haig-Brown, The Cave (Tsilhqot’in, 2018) Youtube
Robert Valley, Zima Blue [Episode 14 of Love, Death, and Robots] (Canada, 2019;10m) Netflix and BB
SOME RECOMMENDED FEATURE-LENGTH FILM (NOT REQUIRED, BUT IF YOU CAN SEE ONE OR MORE DURING THE SEMESTER, GREAT!):
Fritz Lang, Metropolis (Germany, 1927; 3h 30m)
Ishiro Honda, Godzilla (Japan, 1954; 96m)
Mario Bava, Planet of the Vampires (Italy, 1965; 88m)
Elio Petri, The 10th Victim (Italy, 1965; 1h 33m)
Andrei Tarkovsky, Solaris (Russia, 1972; 2h 70m)
René Laloux, The Fantastic Planet (France, 1973; 71m)
R.W. Fassbinder, World on a Wire (Germany, 1973; 3h)
Nicolas Roeg, The Man Who Fell to Earth (UK, 1976; 2h)
Andrei Tarkovsky, Stalker (Russia, 1979; 2h 30m)
Piotr Kamler, Chronopolis (Poland, 1982; 65m)
Terry Gilliam, Brazil (UK, 1985; 2h)
Geoff Murphy, The Quiet Earth (New Zealand, 1985; 91m)
Eliseo Subiela, Man Facing Southeast (Argentina, 1986; 1h 45m)
Vincent Ward, The Navigator (Australia-New Zealand, 1988; 93m)
Mamoru Oshii, Ghost in the Shell (Japan, 1995; 82m)
Luc Besson, The Fifth Element (France, 1997; 2h)
Gabriele Salvatores, Nirvana (Italy, 1997; 1h 51m)
Moon-saeng Kim, Wonderful Days / Sky Blue (Korea, 2003; 1h 26m)
Satoshi Kon, Paprika (Japan, 2006; 1h 30min)
Konstantin Lopushansky, Ugly Swans (Russia, 2006; 1h 49m)
Nacho Vigalondo, Timecrimes (Spain, 2007; 1h 28m)
Alex Rivera, Sleep Dealer (Mexico, 2008; 1h 30m)
Tarik Saleg, Metropia (Sweden, 2009; 1h 26m)
John Cabrera and Cosimo De Tommaso, H+: The Digital Series (world, 2012; 4h)
Ari Folman, The Congress (Israel, 2013; 2h)
SOME RECOMMENDED SHORT FILMS (NOT REQUIRED):
Carl E. Rinsch, The Gift (UK, 2010) Vimeo
Zaramella, Viaje a Marte (Voyage to Mars) (Argentina, 2012?) Vimeo (click here to visit Zaramella’s website.
Factory Fifteen, Gamma (Ukraine and Kazakhstan, 2012) Vimeo
Josh Tanner, The Landing (USA, 2013) Vimeo
Supamonks Studio, Voyager (France, 2015)
The Brother Lynch, The Trial (UK, 2016) Vimeo
Giacomo Cimini, The Nostalgist (UK, 2016) Youtube
Oats Studios, God: Serengeti (USA, 2017) Youtube
Brett Foxwell, Fabricated (USA, 2017; 20m) Vimeo
The Brother Lynch, Dust (UK, 2019)
Native SF films and trailers, here
Optimistic SF short films, Better Worlds. here
SOME RECOMMENDED TV SERIES (NOT REQUIRED):
The Twilight Zone (USA,1959-64)
Doctor Who (UK, 1963-)
The Stranger (Australia, 1964-65)
The Outer Limits (USA, 1963-65)
Star Trek: Original Series (USA, 1966-69)
The Prisoner (England, 1967-68)
A come Andromeda (Italy, 1971)
Quatermass (England, 1979)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (USA, 1987-1994)
Star Trek: Voyager (USA, 1995-2001)
Star Trek: Enterprise (USA, 2001-2005)
Firefly (USA, 2002)
Battlestar Galattica (USA, 2004-2009)
Steven Hawking’s Sci-Fi Masters (USA, 2007)
Black Mirror (England, 2011-)
H+ (all over the place, 2012) Youtube
Real Humans (Sweden, 2012-)
Continuum (Canada, 2012-15)
Orphan Black (USA 2013-)
Sense8 (USA, 2015-)
The Expanse (USA, 2015-)
Colony (USA, 2015-)
Westworld (USA, 2016-)
Dark (Germany, 2017-)
Star Trek: Discovery (USA, 2017-)
Legion (USA, 2017-2019)
Star Trek: Picard (USA, 2020-)
Foundation (USA, 2021-)
Station 11 (USA, 2021-)
Questions, suggestions, and recommendations:
These are welcome and may be sent to Arielle Saiber: [email protected]
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