Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-328).
Reading the movies -- Art of fiction film -- Languages of film -- Technology of film -- Brief history of film -- Business of film -- Theories of film -- Film genres -- Representation in film -- Film in the English class -- Fourteen 14 great films on video and DVD -- Casablanca -- North by Northwest -- To kill a mockingbird -- Romeo and Juliet -- Godfather -- One flew over the cuckoo's nest -- Glory -- Mississippi Masala -- Schindler's list -- Shawshank redemption -- Run Lola run -- Matrix -- Bend it like Beckham -- Whale rider-- Appendix 1: More great films -- Appendix 2: Student film study projects -- Appendix 3: Great film web sites