ENG 3600-0001 - Fall 2025 - Nooney

This course explores how masculinity shapes and is shaped by cinema. Through a genre survey of crime sagas, action thrillers, comedies, dramas, and horror films, we will examine cinema that exemplifies, establishes, dismantles or subverts the typical Hollywood “guy movie.” Students will analyze works by filmmakers such as Sean Baker, Tony Scott, Michael Mann, Kathryn Bigelow, Kelly Reichardt, and others alongside critical texts, gaining a deeper understanding of how masculinity functions within American culture and storytelling.