Film School – The Story of Film: An Odyssey (week 3)

Film details
| Film Title | Film School – The Story of Film: An Odyssey (week 3) |
|---|---|
| Suitability | |
| Genre | |
| Length | 120mins |
| Year | 2011 |
| Country | UK / Worldwide |
| Director | Mark Cousins |
| Language | English |
| Showings |
As the nights draw in, expand your mind and your watchlist with Mark Cousins’ epic, groundbreaking history of international cinema shown in eight weekly instalments. It has been described as a ‘love letter’ to the movies and is extraordinary in its range, focussing on cinematic innovation and featuring
exclusive interviews with legendary filmmakers and a dizzying wealth of film clips. The whole film is 15 hours long, so we’ll be showing two chapters per week, culminating in the final chapter accompanied by a talk with Mark Cousins live from Edinburgh.
Week 3: 1940s Post-war cinema – did war make cinema more daring, darker? And the 1950s – a story of sex and melodrama.
We are also excited to announce that Mark Cousins will be Cromarty Cinema’s first guest curator, devising an exciting weekend event for us over 13th – 15th March, 2026.
To hear Mark Cousins talk about film is to be in love with Mark Cousins talking about film. A brilliant documentary.

