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Movie Review Assignment Guidelines

Overview: By the end of the semester, you will be required to submit one movie review, worth 15% of your overall grade. Your movie options are listed below--please note that they are time sensitive. They've been selected because they coincide with particular content we are doing on particular weeks. When you pick a movie, your review is due two weeks from when that movie was listed on the syllabus.

Requirements: Reviews should be 2-3 pages, typed, double-spaced, with 12-pt font and normal (1 inch) margins. Your review should contain 3 main things:

1) An overview of the movie itself--what's the general plot, when does it take place, etc.

2) What a contemporary reviewer thought about the movie, and whether you agree and why. For example, if you pick West Side Story your review should discuss a 1961 review of the movie. Note that a contemporary review may not be available for some of the oldest movies, like The Crowd, in which case you can use a review that was written later.

3) A discussion of this movie as a way of looking at New York--what is this movie's impression of New York? How is the city depicted in the movie?

What specific historic events or people, if any, are depicted in this movie? What does this movie help us understand about New York, and how does it reflect or challenge any themes from class? You are not obligated to use sources from class for context, though you might find it useful to do so.