Good morning, and happy Monday! The AU campus has begun its own countdown to finals, so it’s probably appropriate that this week’s random movie– DVD 8043 — is a countdown to nuclear armageddon. Here’s our summary: Tracing the history of the atomic bomb from its origins to the present state of global affairs: nine nations […]

With everything in bloom all over campus, today’s random movie focuses on the nastier side of modern agriculture. DVD 10641, Toxic Tears, focuses on the effects of monoculture in India. Here’s our summary: “The Green Revolution of the mid 20th Century was aimed at greatly reducing starvation in the Third World. But the high-yielding seeds […]

This is what Random Movie Monday is all about — digging up some obscure dvd we have in the collection. This week it’s DVD 13010, The Scientific Method. It’s a straight-up, no tricks educational video about… the scientific method. Originally released in 1996, it’s so obscure I can’t even find a trailer for it. If […]

This week’s random movie is a two for one: DVD 7446 holds two silent movies, Salome and Lot in Sodom. here are our summaries for the films: Salomé: Salomé dances for King Herod and demands that the head of John the Baptist be brought to her on a platter Lot in Sodom: A lyrical interpretation […]

Welcome back from spring break! Today’s random movie is DVD 10945, Cosmopolis. Here’s our summary: Eric Packer, a 28-year-old billionaire asset manager, heads out in his tricked-out stretch limo, while remotely wagering his company’s massive fortune on a bet against the Chinese Yuan. Little does he know his perfectly ordered, doubt-free world is about to […]

This week’s random DVD is DVD 9156 — Martin. This 1978 film is a weird journey through Pittsburgh and its suburbs, seen through the eyes of a young man, Martin, who believes himself to be a vampire. Martin starts out sinister, and gets more so as the film progresses, going from drugging women in order […]

When the random number generator spat back DVD 5234 at me, I assumed this was going to be a documentary or biographical film about the infamous outlaw. Not so! Instead, Jennifer Venditti’s 2007 documentary follows Billy, an oddball, outsider teenager in rural Maine. The film won Best Documentary at the 2007 South by Southwest festival. […]

Goooood morning! If you’re a fan of any of Anthony Bourdain’s shows, then you’re going to love this week’s random movie. DVD 10765, The Raw and the Cooked: A Culinary Journey Through Taiwan. Here’s our summary: Taiwan is known around the world as having one of the most diverse cuisines in Asia, and food is […]

The weather this morning is downright balmy compared to the last few weeks, and the high today is supposed to be a comfortable 56 degrees Fahrenheit. Since the weather is so comfortable, I guess it makes sense that today’s random movie examines something that makes Americans very uncomfortable– social class. People Like Us: Social Class […]