75th Anniversary of Gone with the Wind

Today marks the 75th Anniversary of the novel by Margaret Mitchell. Gone With the Wind was published in June 1936. Mitchell was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her sweeping novel the following May. It was made into an equally famous motion picture starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable. The movie had its world premiere at […]

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Eva Gabrielsson on the Diane Rehm Show

Eva Gabrielsson: “’There Are Things I Want You to Know’ About Stieg Larsson and Me” Seven years ago, Swedish journalist and author Stieg Larsson suffered a heart attack. He died without ever knowing the success of his Millennium trilogy. The books – “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, “The Girl Who Played With Fire” and […]

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Selected New Home Use Titles

Check out these Home Use titles that we’ve recently added to the collection: Casanova – HU DVD 4075Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 – HU DVD 6047Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 – HU BLU RAY DVD 604730 for 30: Volume 2, DVD 7 – HU DVD 790730 for 30: Volume […]

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Hindi Language and Bollywood Films

Here’s a list of some recommended Hindi language films, hand picked by a Media Services staff member who is an avid watcher of Hindi language films. The best part is that all the following films are part of the Media Services Home Use Collection. Take one home today! Recent (1990-present): 3 Idiots (2009) HU DVD […]

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Remembering Sidney Lumet

Director Sidney Lumet, who died Saturday of lymphoma, was the bigscreen’s prime purveyor of films that addressed themes of justice and the corruption of power, almost always in a New York setting. In films including “12 Angry Men,” “Serpico,” “Prince of the City,” “The Verdict” and “Q&A,” he explored the always-fragile justice system and the […]

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