Robert E. Yahnke Professor Emeritus College of Education and Human Development University of Minnesota

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Robert's Picks: Brief Film Reviews

I taught undergraduate film courses at the University of Minnesota from 1976-2010. When I began maintaining this review site, I used it to give my students an idea of how to analyze film by sharing my approach to film criticism. Eventually, I continued to maintain the site in order to share my responses to current films with the wider community. I now provide brief reviews for only four categories of fims:

• Best films
• Highly recommended films
• Recommended films
• Recommended films (with some reservations)
• A quick review of my listings suggests that I skip mindless action films, sophomoric comedies, and most films aimed at the 10-15-year-old male demographic. After all--life is short, and art is long.

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