The Essentials Presents

Cinema Media Arts Professors Pick their Favorites

The Essentials promotes film education through the watching and discussing 
of films deemed important for our time. See what films are shaping our art and culture today. Come by for great conversation, great community and great movies.

Dean Yamada picks:
A Separation (2011)
The first Iranian movie to win the best foreign film Oscar at the Academy Awards. Simin and Nader's marriage unravels as they hope for their child's future and attend to their Alzheimer-ailing father.
November 5, 2013 at 8:00 PM

Jack Hafer picks:
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Based off a book by Stephen King, the movie follows Andy Dupree's life sentence in prison. While claiming his innocence, he finds hope and life in Shawshank's corrupt underbelly.
November 12, 2013 at  8:00 PM

Lisa Swain picks:
The Graduate (1967)
Dustin Hoffman's debut role as the timid college graduate. Backed by Simon & Garfunkel's music, the movie pits the rebellious youth culture in the upper-middle class.
November 19, 2013 at 8:00 PM

Dr. Michael Gonzales picks
Children of Men (2006)
Women can no become pregnant and humanity is counting down the days to extinction. Clive Owen stars in Alfonso Cuarón's doomsday film about hope amongst depravity.
November 26, 2013 at 8:00 PM