To know Baltimore is to love Baltimore. Baltimore filmmaker loves his city and continues to situate his movies there. If you’re a fan of the director of Hairspray, Polyester, and Pink Flamingos and have a car you might want to make a pilgrimage. Trashy Travels link
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AdViews: A digital archive of vintage television commercials
Quoted from the AdViews site:“AdViews is a digital archive of thousands of vintage television commercials dating from the 1950s to the 1980s. These commercials were created or collected by the ad agency Benton & Bowles or its successor, D’Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles (DMB&B). Founded in 1929, Benton & Bowles was a New York advertising […]
Continue readingFilm Screening Tonight: Tuesday, March 16 at 7pm – Wechsler Theater
Bottled Water: A Big Business with Big Problems(see AU master calendar entry) By Chris O’Brien, AU’s Director of Sustainability, Paul Wapner, Associate Professor, and Jennifer Jones, President of Eco-SenseView the documentary Tapped and get a behind-the-scenes look at the bottled water industry and its vast array of negative consequences, from production of the plastic bottles […]
Continue readingDisneyland Dream: Classic home movie now on DVD
54 years ago Robbins Barstow made Disneyland Dream about his family’s trip to Disneyland after winning a nationwide contest sponsored by Scotch tape. He now makes it available on DVD. From Boing Boing–“This is the most delightful historical Disneyland movie I’ve seen — including the old TV shows where Walt tours the park. Young Master […]
Continue readingWatch episodes of NOW, now.
“Hosted by veteran journalist David Brancaccio, NOW on PBS goes beyond the noisy churn of the news cycle to probe the most important issues facing democracy and give viewers the context to explore their relationship with the larger world.” –PBS website. First started by Bill Moyers back in 2002, this news program gave issues more […]
Continue readingOscars Betting Odds
Easyodds.com provides a table of odds being offered by 20 British bookmakers on all of the major Academy Awards categories. I don’t want to give anything away but A Serious Man has its work cut out for itself. link
Continue readingScreening Today @ AU: PBS Frontline “Flying Cheap” followed by panel discussion
The screening will begin at 7 o’clock in Wechsler Theater located on the 3rd floor of the Mary Graydon Center. “Flying Cheap” was co-produced by the School of Communication Investigative Reporting Workshop and FRONTLINE. Following the screening, there will be a panel discussion, including David Fanning, the executive producer of FRONTLINE. A full description of […]
Continue readingMovieclips.com has now opened its service to users worldwide!!
MOVIECLIPS.com, host of the largest collection of officially licensed, high quality movies on the web, today opened up its service to users worldwide. Launched in December 2009, MOVIECLIPS.com is a premium online video destination offering audiences the largest and most diverse collection of movie scenes. MOVIECLIPS.com allows fans to find, watch, and share more than […]
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