Month: November 2012

Meet the Poster Printer

The library has a fun new addition: meet the poster printer! This dashboard-sized behemoth prints large-form posters for presentations and events. No longer will you have to awkwardly print out paragraphs and glue to them to CVS posterboard; you can design the whole poster with software available at the New Media Center. Price varies by … Continue reading “Meet the Poster Printer”

The library has a fun new addition: meet the poster printer! This dashboard-sized behemoth prints large-form posters for presentations and events. No longer will you have to awkwardly print out paragraphs and glue to them to CVS posterboard; you can design the whole poster with software available at the New Media Center. Price varies by size and starts at $4.50 for a 2-foot poster.

As finals season is revving up, keep this in mind if you need to make a poster for a research presentation. This will be especially useful next semester for students in a research symposium or working on an Honors capstone.

Silent Film Online is free, substantial

Ends up that the lost Hitchcock isn’t the only silent film you can find online now. The American University Library now has a subscription to Silent Film Online, a database of streaming silent films. This isn’t a tiny collection: it has heavy hitters like Nosferatu, Battleship Potemkin, and Metropolis. If you’re an active member of … Continue reading “Silent Film Online is free, substantial”

Ends up that the lost Hitchcock isn’t the only silent film you can find online now. The American University Library now has a subscription to Silent Film Online, a database of streaming silent films. This isn’t a tiny collection: it has heavy hitters like Nosferatu, Battleship Potemkin, and Metropolis.

If you’re an active member of the AU community (student, staff, faculty, etc.), you are able to view these films at any time. That’s over 150 hours of historically important silent films available at any time. This is an incredible resource!

Hitchcock first’s film found! Watch online for free

Attention Hitchcock aficionados: one of the legendary director’s first films, 1923’s The White Shadow, was recently recovered in New Zealand and has been made available for free online. It is currently the earliest surviving Hitchcock film. The film, long presumed lost was only partly recovered. About half of the silent film (42 minutes) has survived, … Continue reading “Hitchcock first’s film found! Watch online for free”

Attention Hitchcock aficionados: one of the legendary director’s first films, 1923’s The White Shadow, was recently recovered in New Zealand and has been made available for free online. It is currently the earliest surviving Hitchcock film.

The film, long presumed lost was only partly recovered. About half of the silent film (42 minutes) has survived, so don’t watch it for the story. Even with what little remains, though, Hitchcock’s style (in its infancy) and his eye for dramatic staging are still pretty apparent.

The release of The White Shadow comes on the heels of a recent surge of Hitchcockmania, likely helped by the release of the Anthony Hopkins-starring biopic Hitchcock this past weekend.

Hot Docs: The First Amendment in the 21st Century

Hot Docs highlights interesting new documentaries we’ve recently added to our collection. The First Amendment in the 21st Century (DVD 10620-10627) is an eight-part series that highlights landmark free speech cases from the Supreme Court. Each lasts roughly half an hour and includes digital supplemental material, including briefs and case summaries. Subject matter ranges from … Continue reading “Hot Docs: The First Amendment in the 21st Century”

Hot Docs highlights interesting new documentaries we’ve recently added to our collection.

The First Amendment in the 21st Century (DVD 10620-10627) is an eight-part series that highlights landmark free speech cases from the Supreme Court. Each lasts roughly half an hour and includes digital supplemental material, including briefs and case summaries. Subject matter ranges from exclusionary memberships to speech protections for government employees.

Official description from Ambrose Video:

Guided by the nation’s top First Amendment scholars, this series brings into focus critical First Amendment issues in the technological world of the 21st century

This series examines eight First Amendment cases decided by the United States Supreme Court, cases that will guide in the understanding of how the First Amendment is still securing our liberties in the technologically rich and rapidly changing world we live in. 

Learn Photoshop like a preschooler — with puppets!

The end of the semester is upon us, which means that term projects and presentations are rearing their ugly heads. If the activity in the New Media Center is anything to go by, professors from across campus are now expecting students to use media in their presentations. This is expected for graphic design, film, and … Continue reading “Learn Photoshop like a preschooler — with puppets!”

The end of the semester is upon us, which means that term projects and presentations are rearing their ugly heads. If the activity in the New Media Center is anything to go by, professors from across campus are now expecting students to use media in their presentations. This is expected for graphic design, film, and communications classes, but for a political science student who’s never touched Photoshop, it can be intimidating.

If you’re new to the world of media software and need someone to explain it to you like you’re a toddler, look no further than “Fafa’s Photoshop Tutorial,” a video tutorial on the basics of Photoshop as presented by puppets. It’s equal parts adorable and informative for first-time users.

Remember that if you need personal, human help with media software, the New Media Center staff are available to help out whenever we’re open.

Settle down for the weekend with Thanksgiving television

The officially sanctioned “holiday season” starts this Thursday with Thanksgiving. But unlike other big cultural fixations, Thanksgiving doesn’t have any classic movies associated with it. If you want the best Thanksgiving stories, you’ll usually have to turn to television. With that said, here’s a list of the Thanksgiving movies and television episodes in our college. … Continue reading “Settle down for the weekend with Thanksgiving television”

The officially sanctioned “holiday season” starts this Thursday with Thanksgiving. But unlike other big cultural fixations, Thanksgiving doesn’t have any classic movies associated with it. If you want the best Thanksgiving stories, you’ll usually have to turn to television.

With that said, here’s a list of the Thanksgiving movies and television episodes in our college. Any DVDs checked out from Media Services before the holiday weekend will be due on Monday, November 26th.

Safe travels and happy Thanksgiving!

Television

Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: “Pangs” – HU DVD 2837
The Office: “WUPHF.com” – HU DVD 4035
The Simpsons: “Bart vs. Thanksgiving” – HU DVD 6585
Seinfeld: “The Mom & Pop Store” – HU DVD 6668
The Sopranos: “He is Risen” – HU DVD 6811
South Park: “Starvin’ Marvin” – HU DVD 6952
South Park: “Helen Keller! The Musical” – HU DVD 6962
Friends: “The One Where Underdog Gets Away” – HU DVD 8502 
Friends: “The One With the List” – HU DVD 8506 
Friends: “The One With the Football” – HU DVD 8510  
Friends: “The One With Chandler in a Box” – HU DVD 8514 
Friends: “The One With All the Thanksgivings” – HU DVD 8518  
Friends: “The One Where Ross Got High” – HU DVD 8522 
Friends: “The One Where Chandler Doesn’t Like Dogs” – HU DVD 8526  
Friends: “The One With the Rumor” – HU DVD 8530
Friends: “The One With Rachel’s Other Sister” – HU DVD 8534
Friends: “The One With the Late Thanksgiving” – HU DVD 8538
The West Wing: “Shibboleth” – HU DVD 8859
Friday Night Lights: “Thanksgiving” – HU DVD 9016
That ’70s Show: “Thanksgiving” – HU DVD 10357, Disc 1

Film

What’s Cooking – HU DVD 251
The Ice Storm – HU DVD 4051

Streaming video

Desperate Crossing: Untold Story of the Mayflower – Streaming video

New Acquisitions – November 2012

In the past month, we’ve added 293 new titles and television series. They run the full spectrum from educational films about landmark Supreme Court cases to The Avengers and Magic Mike. We’re continuing to add more television, including cult favorites such as Sports Night and American Horror Story. We have dozens of brand new documentaries, … Continue reading “New Acquisitions – November 2012”

In the past month, we’ve added 293 new titles and television series. They run the full spectrum from educational films about landmark Supreme Court cases to The Avengers and Magic Mike. We’re continuing to add more television, including cult favorites such as Sports Night and American Horror Story. We have dozens of brand new documentaries, including the controversial 2016: Obama’s America. Plus, we’re adding all sorts of movies that you’ve requested through our suggestion box.

Look forward to individual posts about some of the more interesting documentaries we’ve added. In the meantime, read on for a complete list of what we’ve added this month.

Home Use Collection:

Vertigo – HU DVD 14
Black God, White Devil – HU DVD 1474
Smoke Signals – HU DVD 1657
Hidalgo – HU DVD 1792
Miracle on 34th Street – HU DVD 2336
Enigma of Kaspar Hauser – HU DVD 3541
Lessons of Darkness – HU DVD 3543
Heart of Glass – HU DVD 3544
Little Dieter Needs to Fly – HU DVD 3545
Stroszek – HU DVD 3546
Sweet Charity – HU DVD 3846
The English Patient – HU DVD 4749
Jurassic Park – HU DVD 4901
The Lost World: Jurassic Park – HU DVD 4902
Jurassic Park III – HU DVD 4903
The Lost World / Jurassic Park III Bonus Disc – HU DVD 4904
Troy – HU DVD 6200
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within – HU DVD 6271
28 Weeks Later – HU DVD 7248
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides – HU DVD 8644 Requested!
The True Story of Killing Pablo – HU DVD 8662
A Night to Remember – HU DVD 8663
Seizure – HU DVD 9616
My Reincarnation – HU DVD 10344
Sarah’s Key – HU DVD 10462
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – HU DVD 10463
Ukraine in Flames and Victory in Soviet Ukraine – HU DVD 10464
Octubre – HU DVD 10465
A River Called Titas – HU DVD 10466
Talhotblond – HU DVD 10467
October Sky – HU DVD 10468 Requested!
Legally Blonde – HU DVD 10469 Requested!
Soul in the Hole – HU DVD 10470
Straw Dogs – HU DVD 10471
Bernie – HU DVD 10472
Battle in Outer Space – HU DVD 10473
The H-Man – HU DVD 10474
Mothra – HU DVD 10475
Passion / First Name: Carmen – HU DVD 10476
Détective – HU DVD 10477
Oh, Woe is Me – HU DVD 10478
I am Curious – Yellow – HU DVD 10480
I am Curious – Blue – HU DVD 10481
Cassandra’s Dream – HU DVD 10482
Ocean’s Eleven (1960) – HU DVD 10483
Ocean’s Eleven (2001) – HU DVD 10484
Ocean’s Twelve – HU DVD 10485
Ocean’s Thirteen – HU DVD 10486
My Cousin Vinny – HU DVD 10487 Requested!
Bag It – HU DVD 10488
Why We Laugh – HU DVD 10489
Hot Coffee – HU DVD 10490
One Week – HU DVD 10491
Celebrity – HU DVD 10492
Kiss Me Kate – HU DVD 10493
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger – HU DVD 10494
U-Turn – HU DVD 10495
Prometheus – HU DVD 10496
Prometheus – HU BLU 10496
Anything Else – HU DVD 10497
Pigs and Battleships – HU DVD 10498
The Insect Woman – HU DVD 10499
Intentions of Murder – HU DVD 10500
The Avengers – HU DVD 10501
The Avengers – HU BLU 10501
Annie Get Your Gun – HU DVD 10502
Kansas City – HU DVD 10503
One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich – HU DVD 10504
Melinda and Melinda – HU DVD 10505
The Hand – HU DVD 10509
Another Woman – HU DVD 10510
Hollywood Ending – HU DVD 10511
Karen Cries on the Bus – HU DVD 10512
Double Take – HU DVD 10513
Scoop – HU DVD 10514
Maldeamores – HU DVD 10515
Episodes: The First Season – HU DVD 10516
Sukiyaki and Chips – HU DVD 10517
The Red Light Bandit – HU DVD 10518
The Miseducation of Pakistan – HU DVD 10519
Speak – HU DVD 10520
Vegucated – HU DVD 10521
The Anatomy of Hate: A Dialogue to Hope – HU DVD 10522
A Tale of Two Cities: The Circuit City Story – HU DVD 10523
The Wolf’s Mouth – HU DVD 10524
Le Beau Serge – HU DVD 10525
I’m Carolyn Parker – HU DVD 10526
Deforce – HU DVD 10527
Cleanflix – HU DVD 10528
Great Directors – HU DVD 10529
John Leguizamo: Tales from a Ghetto Klown – HU DVD 10530
Murder, Spies, & Voting Lies – HU DVD 10532
Alfred Hitchcock’s Stage Fright – HU DVD 10532
The Tenant – HU DVD 10533
Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet – HU DVD 10534
Who’ll Stop the Rain – HU DVD 10537
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse – HU DVD 10538
Israel vs. Israel – HU DVD 10539
Presumed Guilty – HU DVD 10542
Paranormal Activity – HU DVD 10543 Requested!
Happy – HU DVD 10544
Ginger and Fred – HU DVD 10545 Requested!
Korczak – HU DVD 10546
Crane World – HU DVD 10547
Red State – HU DVD 10548 Requested!
The Found Footage Festival: Volume 1 – HU DVD 10549
The Found Footage Festival: Volume 2 – HU DVD 10550
The Found Footage Festival: Volume 3 – HU DVD 10551
The Found Footage Festival: Volume 4 – HU DVD 10552
The Found Footage Festival: Volume 5 – HU DVD 10553
The Found Footage Festival: Volume 6 – HU DVD 10554
Stand By Me – HU DVD 10555 Requested!
Quadrophenia – HU DVD 10556
Miss Bala – HU DVD 10557
Earth: The Operators’ Manual – HU DVD 10559
Earth: The Operators’ Manual: Powering the Planet – HU DVD 10560
Earth: The Operators’ Manual: Energy Quest USA – HU DVD 10561
Close Encounters of the Third Kind – HU DVD 10563
The September Issue – HU DVD 10566
The Invisible War – HU DVD 10567
A Simple Plan – HU DVD 10568
If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle – HU DVD 10569
How to Die in Oregon – HU DVD 10570
Fierce Light: When Spirit Meets Action – HU DVD 10571
Bellissima – HU DVD 10572
Jamaica Inn – HU DVD 10573
Almanac of Fall – HU DVD 10574
Murder, Spies, & Voting Lies – HU DVD 10575
The Farm: 10 Down – HU DVD 10576
Farmageddon – HU DVD 10578
How I Ended This Summer – HU DVD 10579
Blind Husbands / The Great Gabbo – HU DVD 10580
I Went to the Dance – HU DVD 10581
Cultures of Resistance – HU DVD 10582
The Last Samurai – HU DVD 10583 Requested!
2016: Obama’s America – HU DVD 10588
The Kennedy Curse – HU DVD 10589
JFK: From the Solomon Islands to the Bay of Pigs – HU DVD 10590
RFK: His Life and Legacy – HU DVD 10591
Ted Kennedy: Tragedy, Scandal, and Redemption – HU DVD 10592
JFK: A Presidency Revealed – HU DVD 10593
Caroline Kennedy: The Next Generation – HU DVD 10594
JFK: 3 Shots that Changed America – HU DVD 10595
The Last Valley – HU DVD 10597
Moonrise Kingdom – HU DVD 10600
Moonrise Kingdom – HU BLU 10600
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie – HU DVD 10601
The Pajama Game – HU DVD 10603
Electoral Dysfunction – HU DVD 10613
El Velador = The Night Watchman – HU DVD 10614
Spies Like Us – HU DVD 10644 Requested!
Transforming Energy – HU DVD 10645
What Black Men Think – HU DVD 10646
Please Don’t Eat the Daisies – HU DVD 10649
The Glass Bottom Boat – HU DVD 10650
Tales from the Golden Age – HU DVD 10651
End of the Road – HU DVD 10652
Magic Mike – HU DVD 10653 Requested!
Sneakers – HU DVD 10654
Face/Off – HU DVD 10655
Cinderella – HU DVD 10656 Requested!
Cinderella – HU BLU 10656 Requested!
The Legend of Drunken Master – HU DVD 10658
Just Do It – HU DVD 10659
Empire of Passion – HU DVD 10660
Identification of a Woman – HU DVD 10661
The Friends of Eddie Coyle – HU DVD 10662
The History of Rock n’ Roll – HU DVD 10663
Death and the Civil War – HU DVD 10664
Endgame: AIDS in Black America – HU DVD 10665
Class Action – HU DVD 10666
Normal People Scare Me – HU DVD 10667
The Devil’s Playground – HU DVD 10669
Paper Moon – HU DVD 10670
Born Yesterday – HU DVD 10672
Eternity and a Day – HU DVD 10674
Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler – HU DVD 10675
Miami Blues – HU DVD 10676
Father: Diary of One Week – HU DVD 10677
Proteus – HU DVD 10678
In the Line of Fire – HU DVD 10679
Princess – HU DVD 10680
Regeneration – HU DVD 10681
Man on a Mission – HU DVD 10682
Raining Stones – HU DVD 10683
Mammoth – HU DVD 10685
Paul Goodman Changed My Life – HU DVD 10686
Cape Fear – HU DVD 10687
Microcosmos – HU DVD 10688
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence – HU DVD 10689
Hungry for Change – HU DVD 10690
Read My Lips – HU DVD 10691
The Princess of Montpensier – HU DVD 10692
Known Universe: The Biggest & Smallest – HU DVD 10693
Lupin the III: The Castle of Cagliostro – HU DVD 10694
Paris – HU DVD 10695
A New Leaf – HU DVD 10696
Merci Pour le Chocolat = Nightcap – HU DVD 10703

Television:

Modern Family, Season 3 – HU DVD 8953
The Good Wife, Season 1 – HU DVD 10506
The Good Wife, Season 2 – HU DVD 10507
The Good Wife, Season 3 – HU DVD 10508
The Walking Dead, Season 1 – HU DVD 10531 Requested!
American Dreams, Season 1 – HU DVD 10584
Get a Life, The Complete Series – HU DVD 10585
Boomtown, Season 1 – HU DVD 10598
Rhoda, Season 1 – HU DVD 10602
Police Squad!: The Complete Series – HU DVD 10607
American Horror Story, Season 1 – HU DVD 10608 Requested!
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency – HU DVD 10610
Sports Night, Season 1 – HU DVD 10611
Sports Night, Season 2 – HU DVD 10612

In-Library Titles:

Margaret Mead: Coming of Age – DVD 3401
Rosemary’s Baby – DVD 5783
Power in the Pacific: Japan Comes First – DVD 8954
A Sentence Apart – DVD 8956
The Greenhorns – DVD 8957
Reassemblage – DVD 10455
Surname Viet, Given Name Nam – DVD 10456
Naked Spaces: Living is Round – DVD 10457
Learning to Ride – DVD 10535
Close to the Bone – DVD 10536
Kansas vs. Darwin – DVD 10562
Diagnosing Difference – DVD 10577
Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequity – DVD 10587
Saving Jessica Lynch – DVD 10596
Le Belle Noiseuse – DVD 10599
Where Soldiers Come From – DVD 10604
Beyond Borders: The Debate Over Human – DVD 10605
Nuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1 – DVD 10606
Abused: The Postville Raid – DVD 10615
Mr. Cao Goes to Washington – DVD 10616
The Uprising of ’34 – DVD 10617
Bartnicki v. Vopper: The Illegal Digital Intercept Case – DVD 10620
Boy Scouts of America v. Dale: The Gay Scoutmaster Case – DVD 10621
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission: The Campaign Finance Reform Case – DVD 10622
Garcetti v. Ceballos: The Whistleblower Case – DVD 10623
United States v. American Library Association: The Internet Filtering Case – DVD 10624
United States v. Stevens: The Dog Fighting Case – DVD 10625
Van Orden v. Perry and McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky: The Ten Commandments Cases – DVD 10626
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris: The School Voucher Case – DVD 10627
Terra Blight – DVD 10630
Default: The Student Loan Documentary – DVD 10634
The Witches of Gambaga – DVD 10635
Syria: The Assads’ Twilight – DVD 10636
Inocente – DVD 10637
A Burning Question – DVD 10638
Broken on All Sides – DVD 10639
Facebook Follies – DVD 10640
Toxic Tears – DVD 10641
How to Start a Revolution – DVD 10642
Agrofuels – DVD 10643
The Light Bulb Conspiracy – DVD 10648
The Battle for the Arab Viewer – DVD 10657

Music Library:

Naughty Marietta – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 299
The Gang’s All Here – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 300
Greenwich Village – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 301
Something for the Boys – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 302
Doll Face – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 303
If I’m Lucky – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 304
The Pirate – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 305
Words and Music – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 306
That’s Dancing – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 307
That Midnight Kiss / The Toast of New Orleans – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 308
Royal Wedding / The Belle of New York – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 309
High Society – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 310
Silk Stockings – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 311
Les Girls – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 312
Broadway Melody of 1940 – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 313
It’s Always Fair Weather – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 314
Till the Clouds Roll By – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 315
Ziegfeld Follies – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 316
There Little Words – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 317
Summer Stock – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 318
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 319
Born to Dance / Lady Be Good – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 326
The Audition – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 327
The Audition – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 327
Pina – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 328
Pine – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 328
Ivory – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 329
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 330
Anita O’Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 331
Jumbo – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 332
The Glass Bottom Boat – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 333
Magical Mystery Tour – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 333
Love Me or Leave Me – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 334
Lullaby on Broadway – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 335
Please Don’t Eat the Daisies – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 336
Young Man with a Horn – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 337
Calamity Jane – MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 338

…and a single VHS:

Kidnapped by UFOs? – HU VHS 8012

P.T. Anderson’s tracking shots dissected

Last month, I mentioned a new film journal that analyzes famous film scenes through the lens of architecture. It seems that this is a big year for space studies in films, because now, an entrepreneuring blogger at the British Film Institute has created a video essay diagramming some of Paul Thomas Anderson’s trademark tracking shots. … Continue reading “P.T. Anderson’s tracking shots dissected”

Last month, I mentioned a new film journal that analyzes famous film scenes through the lens of architecture. It seems that this is a big year for space studies in films, because now, an entrepreneuring blogger at the British Film Institute has created a video essay diagramming some of Paul Thomas Anderson’s trademark tracking shots.

Kevin B. Lee makes a very compelling case that, by analyzing how Anderson uses long takes, you can develop an appreciation for how he gradually created a signature style. While his work in Boogie Nights owes a debt to Martin Scorsese, his later shots in There Will Be Blood are much closer to the slower, conservative style that Anderson is renowned for.

The video essay is terrific, but for the full experience, see the movies for yourself.

Hard Eight – HU DVD 5549
Boogie Nights – HU DVD 8
Magnolia – HU DVD 1458
Punch-Drunk Love – HU DVD 677
There Will Be Blood – HU DVD 4196

New streaming video databases from Alexander Street

The American University Library recently gained access to two new, exciting streaming video databases via Alexander Street Press. They include a combined 413 hours of video! These new resources are well worth checking out if you have interest their subject matter.  LGBT Studies in Video Collection features documentaries, interviews, and feature films exploring LGBT history, … Continue reading “New streaming video databases from Alexander Street”

The American University Library recently gained access to two new, exciting streaming video databases via Alexander Street Press. They include a combined 413 hours of video! These new resources are well worth checking out if you have interest their subject matter. 

LGBT Studies in Video

Collection features documentaries, interviews, and feature films exploring LGBT history, gay culture and subcultures, civil rights, marriage equality, LGBT families, AIDS, transgender issues, religious perspectives on homosexuality, and other topics.

New World Cinema: Independent Features and Shorts, 1990-Present

An online streaming video collection, delivers approximately 200 full-length feature films from independent distributors such as Kino Lorber, First Run Features, Film Movement, and MK2, along with some fifty award-winning shorts.

(This database is particularly impressive; it includes major films,  including Michael Haneke’s award-winning The Piano Teacher.)

AU professor debuts documentary series on Showtime

Time for a little AU horn-tooting: a faculty member and frequent patron of Media Services got their television debut last night! American University professor Peter Kuznick has spent the past four years working with filmmaker Oliver Stone to write a new documentary TV series, Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States. The series covers … Continue reading “AU professor debuts documentary series on Showtime”

Time for a little AU horn-tooting: a faculty member and frequent patron of Media Services got their television debut last night!

American University professor Peter Kuznick has spent the past four years working with filmmaker Oliver Stone to write a new documentary TV series, Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States. The series covers 65 years of American history, offering a scathing and critical view of America’s role in the world from World War II up to present day. The series premiered last night and is already making some waves.

If you’re able to watch Showtime, do your university proud by watching an episode or two. Untold History airs Monday nights at 8 PM. You can also pick up the book companion co-written by Dr. Kuznick.