The summer blockbuster season is here! “Media Services at the Movies” will look at what big movie is coming out this week, then offer a few movies like it from our collection. Get out of your Jeffries tube and adjust your Heisenberg compensators: it’s Star Trek season again! Four years after J. J. Abrams gave […]
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Salute to our senior staff
Today’s the last day of the academic year, which is both exciting and sad for us. On the one hand, we’re all looking forward to the summer. But it also means we have to say goodbye to our senior student staff members who are graduating. Media Services, the New Media Center, and the AU Library […]
Continue readingMedia Services at the Movies: The Great Gatsby
The summer blockbuster season is here! “Media Services at the Movies” will look at what big movie is coming out this week, then offer a few movies like it from our collection. Baz Luhrmann isn’t the first director to adapt The Great Gatsby for the screen, but he might be the last. Where previous film […]
Continue readingHot Docs: The Light in Her Eyes
Hot Docs highlights interesting new documentaries we’ve recently added to our collection. The Light in Her Eyes (DVD 10782) tells the fascinating story of a Muslim preacher whose school has led to more women taking active involvement in the Islamic community. The filmmaker notes that western feminism tends to be secular; in contrast, the women […]
Continue readingWatch Steven Soderbergh’s extra-long speech about the state of film
It looks like filmmaker Steven Soderbergh wasn’t kidding when he said he was retiring. A few day ago, Soderbergh gave a keynote speech at the San Francisco Film Festival. It was exactly as upbeat as you might expect from an auteur who left Hollywood in disillusionment. For nearly 40 minutes, Soderbergh delivered a rambling assault […]
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