The class is incredible and I loved almost every movie that we watched, except for a few documentaries which seemed irrelevant and were very boring. The films that are associated with the Soviet Union does not give it justice, and I think she could use more engaging and popular films for that part. Make sure you get a good TA because all of the papers are graded by them, and mine happened to be a tough grader. The books were only really needed for the midterm and the discussions- selling both **********
But overall, one of the best classes I took at UCLA

It was an honor working with Silvia Kratzer. She is a professor who has plenty of knowledge that could help a student better understand material in the course. She is from Germany so her accent could be a little hard to understand, but overall she gives good concrete details about the films. In addition my TA was Mohanned and he was amazing! Just listen actively to the lectures, make sure to participate and you will be able to pass the midterm, research paper, and final for the class,

One of the best film classes at UCLA. This class is FAR FAR better than 106A.