Pretty amazing stuff: In a large mahogany box embellished with silk pockets and Cyrillic lettering, 10 lost pieces of America’s cultural heritage recently landed in Culpeper, Va. – thanks, in a roundabout way, to the Soviet Union and a bureaucratic penchant for filing. The box, a gift from the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library to the […]
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Our City Film Festival – Bablyon Central – Sunday, February 13 at 3:15pm
Babylon Central, the debut film of Thievery Corporation‘s Eric Hilton will be screened here in Washington, DC at the Fourth Annual Our City Film Festival on Sunday, February 13 at 3:15pm. Tickets are available here for $10. Where:Goethe Institute812 7th St NWWashington, DC Babylon Central Official Trailer: Interview clip with Eric Hilton
Continue readingFilm School Thesis Statement Generator
Check out the Film School Thesis Statement Generator. Enter a movie. Click create. Write your paper. It’s that simple.
Continue readingMore Groundhog Day Fun
Entertaining and exhaustive study of the estimated number of days Phil Conner repeated to experience all that is shown in the movie. From Obsessedwithfilm.com : Just How Many Days Does Bill Murray REALLY Spend Stuck Reliving Groundhog Day?
Continue readingAudio clip: Bob Dylan on Film Noir and Cornell Woolrich
From his satellite radio show, Theme Time Radio Hour, on the topic of night. link
Continue readingI Am Jack’s Calvin And Hobbes
The internet has long been abuzz about the connections between “Calvin And Hobbes” and “Fight club,” but he’s a great video mash-up of the two.
Continue readingMedia Dropbox Now Available!
Running late? Have other things to do? Need to return your movies? No problem. We’ve got you covered. The front vestibule of the library now sports a Media Dropbox. Located right next to the book drop, this handy slot allows you to return your DVDs and VHS tapes while you’re on the go. Just make […]
Continue readingIranian film-maker Jafar Panahi gets 6 year sentence
From BBC News –The acclaimed Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi has been sentenced to six years in prison, his lawyer says. Farideh Gheirat said Mr Panahi had been convicted of working against the Iranian system, the semi-official Isna news agency reported. She said her client had also been banned from making films, writing scripts and travelling […]
Continue readingAU Holiday Card
American University President, Neil Kerwin shared this cool video holiday card with the extended AU community. If you haven’t seen it, check it out! AU Holiday Card from American University on Vimeo.
Continue readingFake Criterions
These Fake Criterions were inspired by the real Criterion Collection. Check them out here. To learn more about the official Criterion Collection, read this.
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