John Waters is an acclaimed director who is known for subversive films that challenge mainstream ideals of social and moral standards. The “Pope of Trash” is a DMV native, born and raised in the suburbs of Baltimore. His religious, upper-middle class upbringing was a mold that he never fit into, eliciting fasciation with unordinary, and […]
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Non-Traditional Christmas Movies
Go (1999) Consisting of three plots, Go’s story centers around a Christmas-time drug deal gone wrong, starting with the perspective of a woman who turns to selling drugs in order to make rent for her apartment. Though the dark nature of the plot doesn’t make it the most festive pick, it’s so satisfying to uncover […]
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New Acquisitions
Check out our newly-acquired DVDs, including Anora (2024), The Substance (2024), Sinners (2025), and more!
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Martin Scorsese’s Portraits of America: Democracy on Film
In a time filled with uncertainty and rapid change, it’s essential to think critically about the world as well as understand the past. Martin Scorsese’s Portraits of America: Democracy on Film curriculum presents film not just as entertainment, but as an educational tool. Scorsese explains, “We all need to make sense of what we’re seeing. […]
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Movies That Don’t Exist
For every movie that hits the theater, there are dozens that don’t. Maybe their screenplays were never picked up, maybe their director died mid-shoot, or maybe the studio changed their minds mid-production. Most of these ideas never see the light of day, and would be lucky to retire to an unoptioned script database—but sometimes, the […]
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7 College Sports Movies
College sports movies are more than just stories about winning and losing. They capture and depict the determination, struggles, and triumphs that define student-athletes. These films take us beyond the championship games, showing the intricate details such as the hard work, sacrifices, and personal battles that come with chasing a dream. Whether it is an […]
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New Acquisition: Nosferatu (2024)! and a Brief History of Vampire Movies
This past December, director Robert Eggers released Nosferatu (2024), a remake of the century-old Nosferatu (1922) by German Expressionist F. W. Murnau. This latest release is the fourth addition to Eggers’ dreary corpus of historical dramas, including The Witch (2015), The Lighthouse (2019), and The Northman (2022). In what the Catholic Review describes as a […]
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Little Richard: I Am Everything
In the canon of rock and roll, certain figures loom so large their influence is inseparable from the genre itself. Yet history has a way of sanding down the edges of its most radical architects, chipping away at what makes them human. Little Richard: I Am Everything, a 2023 documentary directed by Lisa Cortes, seeks […]
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Top Ten Adult Animated Shows
Family Guy Family Guy debuted in 1999 and quickly became known for its cutaway gags and takes on American culture. Set in the fictional town of Quahog, Rhode Island, the show centers on the unique Griffin family, made up of Peter and Lois, the father and mother of two teenage children and a highly intelligent, […]
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Coded Bias and the Inequality of Algorithms
In this token-strewn, post-ChatGPT world, we lend great credence to The Algorithm. It determines our route to work in the morning, tells us what to watch next, manages our retirement fund, and rewrites our emails. It’s easy to take its output as optimal—unlike the imperfect human mind, The Algorithm is objective, mathematical, and logical… right? […]
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