Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

Sociology, Science Fiction Film, and Artificial Intelligence What prompted the idea for the course? A colleague in the ...

From its inception at the hands of Mary Shelley in 1818 (scholars nowadays unanimously agree that Frankenstein, or, The ...

A Hollywood director has accused Elon Musk of copying his designs from a film featuring a self-driving taxi and humanoid ...

What might be the most seismic moment in American cinema? Film "speaking" for the first time in The Jazz Singer? Dorothy ...

The Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting is an international screenwriting competition established to identify and encourage talented new screenwriters. The 2024 Nicholl competition is closed ...

When our culture produces variations on a theme like the 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' films, it's because it highlights a ...

Gao and Wang develop a measurement framework that demonstrates the widespread use and benefits of AI in science. Nonetheless, there is a substantial gap between AI education and application across ...

The Dune star, 28, looked almost unrecognisable as he transformed into famous ping-pong player Marty Reisman, who inspired upcoming film.

By Harry F Dahms A colleague in the sociology department used to teach a course using a film genre from the 1940s and 1950s ...

If cinema is like dreaming with our eyes open, then horror movies could rightly be viewed as waking nightmares: an opportunity to confront our unconscious fears directly — most often as entertainment, ...

View More This science fiction classic begins with ... View More These seven films demonstrate the diversity and creativity of 1950s thrillers, pulling viewers into worlds that were as enigmatic ...