A question to any American and Canadian readers

I'm in the process of applying for a scholarship to travel overseas and study at a foreign university for 4-6 months. I've decided I'd like to look at American or Canadian universities, so I need you help! There are freaking 1000s of colleges/universities over there, so does anyone know from personal experience which schools have really decent film/cinema studies departments and/or Asian studies departments?

Any advice is much appreciated!