Here’s a list of some of the newest additions to our collection. In some cases, we simply got a second copy of a title we already had or added a season to a TV series. However, we did just acquire the entire Friends series all at once; all 40 discs of it! Mississippi Masala – […]
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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 […]
Continue readingEthnographic Video Online – Hundreds More Titles Added!!
Ethnographic Video Online of Alexander Street Press provides the largest, most comprehensive resource for the study of human culture and behavior – more than 750 hours and 1,000 films at completion. The collection covers every region of the world and features the work of many of the most influential documentary filmmakers of the 20th century, […]
Continue readingEva 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 […]
Continue readingSelected 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 […]
Continue reading64th Annual Cannes Film Festival – Wrap Up
The 64th Annual Cannes Film Festival ran from May 11 – 22, 2011 and there have been quite a few good re-caps popping up in the news and a number blogs in the past couple days. Here’s a little bit of what’s out there. ArtInfo.com has this to say. CBS News.com is highlighting a rather […]
Continue readingHindi 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 […]
Continue readingStanley Kubrick Minimal Pictographic Movie Posters
HU DVD 3274 HU DVD 3273 HU DVD 2168 Check out these cool minimal pictographic movie posters for Stanley Kubrick films spotted on the Laughing Squid blog. These and several more were created by Swedish graphic designer Viktor Hertz. Check out some more here. Check out some of these films directed by Stanley Kubrick, which […]
Continue readingRemembering 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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Solar Anus Cinema – HU DVD 8081Bob Roberts – HU DVD 8082Animal Kingdom – HU DVD 8083The Milk of Sorrow – HU DVD 8084Platoon – HU DVD 1158*Kitten with a Whip – HU DVD 8085Veer-Zaara – HU DVD 8086Devdas – HU DVD 8087Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi – HU DVD 8088Dogtooth – HU DVD 8089The […]
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