Reviews of professor Florene Villane

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Terrible experience that brought down my GPA as if it was a rock. Skip all the introductory and technical side of film. In this class you will go straight into deep analysis, and I mean DEEP. She teaches as if she is in Harvard. She does not give study guides as everything is analysis, but make sure your analysis is exactly how she wants it or else

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Villane rocks; she is obv. very passionate about film. I was introduced to so many movies I NEVER would have watched, definitely take this class! The workload is very manageable, but one thing I experienced (as did my peers) was always getting docked 1-2 points and we never really knew why. You can still easily get an A though! Textbook  a waste!!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
No real slides/lectures, Prof. Villane just talks openly to the class/ babbles off topic & expects you to obtain any info. Frequently passive aggressive in person & email. States that she is willing to work around your schedule but she's cold & refusing when asked. Learning is impossible especially when she barely knows how to use the class tech.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Incredibly difficult to work with. Isn't clear about what she expects from her students at all. This is hardly even a film history class, it's a film analysis class. Which is a skill she doesn't teach but grades very harshly on. It's obvious she is very passionate about film, but even more obvious that she is not passionate about teaching. Avoid.