Movies are a great way to learn! I started screening some of them when teaching my class "A Culinary History of China" while at Pomona College. Given students' interest, I ended up running a year-long series of Asian-related movies, followed by some discussion right after watching it. I hope to keep this going wherever I work! See the list below for some inspiration.

Past Screenings at Pomona College
Oct 11th: Hero, Zhang Yimou
Oct 25th: Mongol (2008)
Nov 1st: Past Lives (2023)
Nov 8th: Seven Samurai, Akira Kurosawa
Nov 15th: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, directed by Ang Lee
Nov 29th: International Affairs, direct by Andre Liu & Alan Mark. In 2006, Scorsese remade this movie into The Departed
Feb 13th: Your Name Engraved Herein
Feb 27th: Minari 
March 19th: The Lunchbox (2013) 
April 16: Spirited Away
April 23rd: Eat drink man woman 飲食男女 (pending arrival of DVD. Otherwise movie TBD)
April 30th: In the mood for love