Month: March 2010

Trashy Travels: Baltimore: John Waters’s Movie Locations and other Divine Dirt

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

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

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 reading “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 agency that merged with D’Arcy Masius McManus in 1985 to form DMB&B. Major clients included are Procter & Gamble, Kraft, Schick, Vicks, and Post, among others. Commercials will be added in phased batches over several months in 2009. The commercials are a part of the D’Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles Archives found at the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History in Duke University’s Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library.”

Joe Bob says “check it out”.

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Film 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 reading “Film 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-Sense

View 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 to the enormous trash piles in the ocean where many end up. Chris O’Brien, Paul Wapner and Jennifer Jones discuss issues raised in the film and AU’s efforts to decrease bottled water use on campus.
3rd Floor, Mary Graydon Center, American University
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016-8017

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
No Reservations or Tickets Required

Disneyland 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 reading “Disneyland 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 Barstow was a great film-maker (there’s a reason that the Library of Congress added this to the National Film Registry).”

Of course, it has been viewable from the ALADIN catalog for several years. link.

Watch 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 reading “Watch 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 of a chance to breathe due to its hour length. A couple years ago, PBS cut the program back to a half hour, but the format focuses in on a current issue that most media outlets designate a soundbyte to.

Oscars 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

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.

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Screening 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 reading “Screening 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 the program is available on investigativereportingworkshop.org.

Movieclips.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 … Continue reading “Movieclips.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 12,000 movie clips from libraries of major Hollywood studios. Visit http://movieclips.com/ for more information or check out their blog here.