What is the best school for film studies?

It's not a tricky question, but it is a question with many different answers. To answer this I must now first where do you want to study film. The NYU for example is a private university, hence expensive one, but it run its film programs in two locations: New York and Singapore.

bet lets step out of the box for a second. The first question in that case must be: Why do you want to take film studies in the first place?

Because if you say you do that in the hope to work in the film industry afterward, plus you insist you are not a masochist, then I must say that probably a film school is not your best place to start. Better go to film studios, stoke on tv producers, or sleep with some geeky-but-cool people you meet in the local bar. It will save you lots of money and four years of sweat.

On the other case, if you simply want to educate yourself, now that's fantastic. You don't need to pay a dime. Just go to this great free film studies blog, and expand your brain with all the information this great blog has. It's a blog for the theory of cinema, of course, not the craft itself. So if you still miss this boom in your arm, go ahea and try the NYU, USC, UCLA, or any other place that loves to take your money and get you exhausted at the end of the day.

In either way, good luck!