Can’t go home for Thanksgiving? Check out our newest acquisitions: Home Use: Henry Miller: Asleep and Awake (DVD 16056) Dolores (DVD 16091) Deadpool 2 (DVD 16097) Daniel Day-Lewis Triple feature (DVD 16108) Annihilation (DVD 16107) A Ghost Story (DVD 16106) From Caligari to Hitler (DVD 16105) Beirut (DVD 16104) Hereditary (DVD 16102) Jane (DVD 16101) […]
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Five Movies Featuring… Death by TB
I don’t cry very often at movies, except for one, glaring reason. If someone snuffs it due to tuberculosis (aka Consumption), I will ugly cry. Not a couple of poignant tears, but full-on weeping. It doesn’t matter how bad the movie is, I will bawl my eyes out. Unfortunately for me, TB is a popular […]
Continue readingRandom Movie Monday — A Tale of Two Cities: The Circuit City Story
This week’s random movie seems appropriate for the week of Black Friday: A tale of Two Cities: The Circuit City Story (DVD 16523). Here’s our summary: In early 2009, more than 34,000 American workers lost their jobs and one of retail’s greatest stories of entrepreneurship abruptly came to an end. After 60 years in business […]
Continue readingNews DVDs! New DVDs!
Here’s a huge batch of new acquisitions! Home Use Memories of Underdevelopment: DVD 429 Midnight Cowboy (Criterion Collection): DVD 4987 In Search of History: The Plot to Overthrow FDR: DVD 16068 Nothing Sacred: DVD 16069 My Letter to the World: DVD 16071 Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curios George’s Creators: DVD 16070 Little Women: DVD […]
Continue readingA Tribute to Stan Lee
American pop culture lost one of its patriarchs today. Stan Lee, born in 1922, revolutionized the comic book industry, helping it to evolve from a niche industry into cultural force. Lee built an incredible, interconnected world at Marvel Comics, and I don’t know where I’d be personally if I hadn’t had Uncanny X-Men to get me […]
Continue readingRandom Movie Monday — Stalag 17
Our WWI series has come to an end, and today’s random movie is all about the Second World War: Stalag 17 (DVD 5384). Here’s our summary: A group of American G.I.s in a POW camp suspect a spy is among them. A short summary, but I think it adds to the suspense, don’t you? It’s […]
Continue readingWhat’s the Point of a War Film: War Requiem
We’re ending our series on WWI films with War Requiem. I’d never seen this movie before I watched it for this blog post, but I chose it for this series because it seemed nontraditional. Little did I know. This film was probably the weirdest movie I’ve ever seen. Well, I shouldn’t say “weird,” I should […]
Continue readingNew Medium, Old Tricks: Animated Propaganda
Today’s entry in WWI on Film isn’t one film. It’s a collection of much shorter films. If you’re an AU student, you can access 20th century film and newsreel clips from the WPA Library and British Pathe. Some of these clips are from WWI, and are basic black-and-white motion pictures. Of course, they don’t have […]
Continue readingDo We Really Need to Say It: Westfront 1918
Westfront 1918 (DVD 16017)is one of Media Services’ newest acquisitions, but it’s one of the oldest films we’re reviewing for this series. A contemporary of All Quiet on the Western Front, Westfront explores many of the same themes, like the camaraderie between soldiers and alienation from the home front. Like All Quiet, Westfront is based on […]
Continue readingMaking Something New: Wonder Woman as a WWI Film
Let me make a few things clear. Yes, I know that Wonder Woman (DVD 14777) is completely, 100% fictional. I know that an ancient demi-goddess didn’t end the war. So, why am I including Wonder Woman in this series about World War I movies? First, this is one of maybe two WWI movies which feature […]
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