Ever hear the phrase “there’s an app for that?” Well, the Media Services version of that is “there’s a filmography for that.” We have over a hundred filmographies available on the library website, covering everything from Swedish cinema to LGBTQ films. We recently updated our African Feature Films filmography. We break down, country by country, […]
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The Art of the Title
Have you ever noticed the main titles and credits of movies and tv shows? Maybe you haven’t, but the folks over at The Art of thhe Title certainly have. They’d created a beautifully curated website devoted to the title sequences that open and close movies. Billing itself as “the definitive resource for title sequence design, […]
Continue readingRandom Movie Monday — Frontline: Lost in Detention President Obama’s Tough Immigration Enforcement
Today’s Random Movie feels a little on the nose given recent events here in DC. This 2011 PBS Frontline documentary, produced with our very own American University Investigative Reporting Workshop, examines the immigration policies of President Obama. Here’s our summary: More than one million immigrants have been deported since President Obama took office. Deportations and […]
Continue readingRemembering Penny Marshall
Today we mourn Penny Marshall, the trailblazing actress and director, who died on Sunday at the age of 75. Marshall began her career in the entertainment industry in the late 1960s, acting in commercials. In the 1970s, she moved to television shows, playing supporting roles in shows like The Odd Couple before landing a starring […]
Continue readingNew Acquisitions
Campus Use Paywall: The Business of Scholarship White Right: Meeting the Enemy (DVD 16148) Home Use: Strange Victory (DVD 16149) We The People 2.0 (DVD 16150) Hare Krishna! (DVD 16152) The Last Laugh (DVD 16153) Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (DVD 16154) More DVDs! In this batch, I think I’m most excited for Won’t You […]
Continue readingSomeNew DVDs
The library may be closed all next week, but we have some final new acquisitions to brag about before 2018 comes to a close. Today we added to the shelves… Campus Use: Twenty Years Later (DVD 16140) Home Use Sex, Lies, and Videotape: Criterion Collection (DVD 383) The Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo […]
Continue readingRandom Movie Monday — I Saw What You Did
Today’s random movie is DVD 14740, I Saw What You Did. This 1965 horror movie will have you on the edge of your seat. Here’s our description: A prank phone call leads to a night of pure terror. With her parents away on an overnight trip, Libby amuses herself by joining her friend Kit, in calling […]
Continue readingRandom Movie Monday — The Homeless Home Movie
Another documentary for your viewing pleasure this chilly Monday! Today we present you with DVD 8185, The Homeless Home Movie. Released in 1996, this documentary seeks to empower the homeless by giving them a voice and a platform.
Continue readingNew DVDs
Our midweek gift to you: new DVDs to enjoy. This week we have: The Other Side of Hope (DVD 16121) Super Troopers (DVD 16123) Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (DVD 16124) The Death of Stalin (DVD 16125) Seed: The Untold Story (DVD 16126) Mully (DVD 16127) Leave No Trace (DVD 16128) The Rider (DVD 16129) Once […]
Continue readingOur Whiteboard
We have a lot of creative types here at Media Services, and one of our student assistants, Julia, hasI a lot of fun with the whiteboard behind our desk. Look at this Grinch she drew! You know our favorite holiday monster is smugly hatching some evil plan! She also drew this incredible skeleton, which graced […]
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