It’s a beautiful day outside, so we’re here to bring you… something else. This week’s random movie is DVD 10068, Alucarda. Here’s our summary: A strange friendship develops between two young girls at a convent, Justine and Alucarda, and their relationship destroys the lives of those around them in a torrent of blood, death and […]

What better way to start off the work week than a deep dive into American Fiddle Music? That’s where this week’s random movie (DVD 509) led me, and I am so, so pleased. Here’s our summary: Fiddle teacher Brian Wicklund guides the student through the basic skills of learning the fiddle, including bow and fiddle […]

This week’s random movie is DVD 5108, The Nines. Here’s our summary: The lives of an actor, a television game show personality, and a videogame designer are intertwined, and the lines between fantasy and reality become blurred. Three linked stories that exist in distinct but overlapping parallel universes, each challenging the other’s claim to reality […]

Happy finals season! This week’s random movie is DVD 9895, Silent Naruse, is a collection of two early works of Japanese filmmaker Mikio Naruse. The two films, Flunky, Work Hard and No Blood Relations are Naruse’s first two films. Both are silent films. Here’s our summary: Flunky, Work Hard (1931, 28 min): An atypical breezy […]

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 […]