From Tugboat Annie to Sleepless in Seattle to Fifty Shades of Grey, Seattle has a long history as a place to set a story, film a story, or even both! We’ll talk about the legacy Seattle has left on film, what it says about our city, what it leaves out, and share our favorites. Whether […]

4 Mondays, 10/19/2026 – 11/9/2026 @ 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Movies express society’s hopes, fears, values, conflicts, and dreams. Film offers a deeper understanding of the culture that produced it. We will introduce you to the language of cinema and explore how filmmakers use image, editing, sound, performance, genre, and narrative to create meaning. […]

Lon Chaney’s The Phantom of the Opera just turned 100. This Halloween, we’ll look back at how Universal turned a couple of Victorian novels into a genre juggernaut and revisit the origins of Dracula, Frankenstein, the Wolf Man, the Invisible Man, and all their descendants. Why was this type of story so successful in the […]

Winter quarter, details pending.   “When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” But what does that mean when it comes to what may be the most prolific fictional character on screen? What is the truth of Sherlock Holmes? In this 4 week course we’ll get an overview of […]