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 […]

Technically this is the first Monday of the semester, since MLK Day was last week, and we had a snow day the week before that. What will today’s random movie be? Will it be something light and cheerful for the start of the semester. Hahaha, no. This weeks that random number generator gave me Crash, which […]

Hey y’all. Your favorite mod got distracted yesterday and forgot to post this week’s random movie. Without further ado, I present to you DVD 12769, The Slumber Party Massacre Collection. This set includes Slumber Party Massacre I, Slumber Party Massacre II, and Slumber Party Massacre III. If you inferred that all of these films involve […]

Happy New Year! Our first random movie of the year is DVD 746, You Only Live Once, one of the first movies of the film noir genre. Here’s our summary: An ill-fated young couple are separated when he is put in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. You Only Live once was Fritz Lang’s second American film, […]

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 […]

Happy Monday folks! As we approach the end of the semester at AU, and all the stress that comes with it, we find ourselves appreciating some of the more surprising documentaries in our collection, like Searching for Sugar Man (DVD 10920). Here’s our summary: In the early 1970s, Sixto Rodriguez was a Detroit folksinger who had a […]

Happy Cyber Monday! Take a break from scouring the internet for deals and give this week’s random movie a watch. Or should I say “Random TV Show.” Moral Orel Volume 1 (DVD 12994) collects the first season of Adult’s Swim’s award-winning mid 2000s tv show about an Evangelical boy in Middle America. Because it’s Adult Swim, […]