Via Zoom – Buffalo Film Seminars- April 15 to May 6, 2025 with discussions with Diane Christian and Bruce Jackson at 7pm on Tuesdays. To get the zoom info- bjackson@buffalo.edu or engdc@buffalo.edu.
April 15: “Come and See,” 1985, directed by Elem Klimov. A young Belarusian teen joins the resistance movement against the occupying Germans and experiences the horrors of World War II. Watch on Kanopy.
April 22: “The English Patient,” 1996, directed by Anthony Minghella. At the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing involvement in a fateful love affair. Watch on Swank.
April 29: “Volver,” 2006, directed by Pedro Almodóvar. After her death, a mother returns to her hometown in order to fix the situations she couldn’t resolve during her lifetime. Watch on AVON (Academic Video Online).
May 6: “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” 2014, directed by Wes Anderson. A writer encounters the owner of an aging, high-class hotel who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel’s glorious years under an exceptional concierge. Watch on YouTube, Apple TV, Prime, Google Play and Fandango.
