Here in DC, the controversial Museum of the Bible opened back in the fall. There are tons of movies based on the Bible, from religious and historical feature films to documentaries. But, did you know that you can do a keyword search for “Bible films” on our Media services website? Here’s what comes up: Killing […]
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The Last Command and The Act of Killing
We’ve gotten a lot of new movies already in 2018, but one of my favorites so far is a set of three silent films by Josef Von Sternberg. While these films are campus use only (DVD 14852 – 14854), they are truly worth watching and can be viewed by students in our screening room. One […]
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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is currently in theaters and was just nominated for six Golden Globes, and it is pretty awesome. I went in totally expecting a Coen brothers movie because Frances McDormand is in it and I basically had only seen the trailer and read nothing about the movie. If I had been […]
Continue readingA Very Kubrick Christmas
What’s your favorite Christmas movie? Today, Ethan Epstein of the Weekly Standard argues that Eyes Wide Shut is a Christmas movie. Having been subjected to a running explanation of this theory in literally every spare moment of the past month (hi Ethan!) I’m inclined to agree.So, what makes a Christmas movie? Eyes Wide Shut certainly […]
Continue readingLooking forward to seeing: The Square
The Square, which won the Palme d’Or in 2017, was released back in October in the US. This highly regarded film sounds really weird, looks really weird, and is probably amazing, if amazingly weird: Here in Media Services, we have the director’s prior film, Force Majeure (HU DVD 11805), which was absolutely hilarious. Also, this […]
Continue readingSilent Cinema Showcase 2017
AFI in Silver Spring is having their Silent Cinema Showcase, and it’s a great lineup! You can see the listing by film here: https://silver.afi.com/Browsing/EventsAndExperiences/EventDetails/0000000011 And on the calendar here: http://afi.com/silver/films/Calendar.aspx This calendar below was accurate as of 11/2, but be sure to check the live one because they update things sometimes. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday […]
Continue readingThe Blade Runner Unicorn
The origami unicorn in Blade Runner is an important part of interpreting the movie, playing a pivotal role in the overall message…which is why we spent a thoughtful hour swearing and attempting to fold one. AND SUCCEEDED! Giant purple unicorn folded by Tara. (DVD for scale.) Actual unicorn (slightly smaller than Tara’s unicorn).(Also, actual in […]
Continue readingOn the Open Secret
This October, the Open Secret of Harvey Weinstein’s reprehensible behavior broke open. Namely, his harassment, assault, rape, and silencing of an astounding number of women. But as we follow this story, I did want to draw attention to the struggles of those women who do not face the camera: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hollywoods-female-crew-members-suffer-harassment-platform-stardom-1049766 It’s easy to forget just […]
Continue readingOcean’s 8: Will it be at least kind of ok?
As we hear more about Ocean’s 8, this fascinating post on heists might be of interest to a few of you: http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2017/10/12/one-last-big-job-how-heist-movies-tell-their-stories/ What is a heist film? Bordwell quotes Westlake: Donald Westlake proposed a concise characterization: “We follow the crooks before, during, and after a crime, usually a robbery.” This indicates two things. First, the […]
Continue readingWILSON!!!
From this cute interview with Tom Hanks: Maureen Dowd: You once wrote that Gary Cooper’s career could be summed up in one word: “Yup.” Your career can be summed up in one word, too.Tom Hanks: Ah, Wilson. That’s what people yell at me. (We got that. Of course.)
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