This semester long course explores the works of popular contemporary filmmakers, Christopher Nolan, The Coen Brothers and Wes Anderson. We will explore their work through multiple academic disciplines, such as Film Studies, Psychoanalytic Film Theory, Formalist Film Theory, Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, American Studies, and History. Students will discuss and deconstruct narrative elements and the social context of these films, while paying particular attention to filmic elements such as mise en scene, cinematography, editing and sound design. Films discussed in the course may include the following: "Memento", "The Dark Knight", "Inception”, "Interstellar”, "Raising Arizona”, "Barton Fink”, "Fargo”, "The Big Lebowski”, "A Serious Man”, "Rushmore”, "The Royal Tenenbaums”, "The Darjeeling Limited", and "The Grand Budapest Hotel".