Chinese cinema has received tremendous international attention in recent years. Films by directors such as Zhang Yimou, Wang Xiaoshuai, Hou Hsiao-hsien, and Wong Kar-wai have been entered into competition at the worldˇ¦s most prestigious international film festivals. Many of these films, and others throughout the past century, have mainly been concerned with issues of nationhood, national identity, national trauma, and a national past. In recent years, however, while some directors have continued to focus on the nation, others have chosen to look at the present, as well as the effects of globalization on Chinese society, culture, and cinema production. This course asks that students begin to understand Chinese cinema(s) as transnational, a triangular composite of Mainland, Taiwan, and Hong Kong cinemas that has also been influenced by Japanese and Korean cinema. Students will be introduced to Chinese film history and criticism via an examination of thirteen films directed by several of the twentieth centuryˇ¦s most skilled directors.