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New Acquisitions: September 2017
September has brought us a TON of television and some pretty great movies! Binge watch Gilligan’s Island, or Wallander! On the movie front, we got an eerie Nicole Kidman movie, Birth, and John Wick 2. (Yes, we have the original too.) Intrigued? Come check one out! September New Acquisitions 19-2. Season 1, Discs 1 – […]
Continue readingHappy Birthday Peter Lorre
To celebrate Peter Lorre’s birthday (June 26, 1904), here are some of BFI’s 10 essential Peter Lorre performances from our collection. (THOSE EYES!!) M (HU DVD 56): Drama based on the actual case of the Dusseldorf murderer of children who is hunted by police, but is caught and tried by the city’s criminals. The Man Who […]
Continue readingThe Phantom Image
In the TLS, Martin Scorsese responds to a review of his film Silence. His article, “Standing up for cinema,” lives up to its title: it stands up for a much maligned creative process, and an undervalued creative product. Scorsese makes many good points, in so many beautiful lines. Definitely worth a read. If you feel inspired, […]
Continue readingBorder Crossing Humor
Interesting piece on Woody Allen’s humor by Peter Berger, including this intriguing idea: “I think that one of the traits of sophistication is the capacity to cross borders between different cultural relevancies. Humor is often, intentionally or not, the result if not the very technique of such border-crossing.” Zelig (HU DVD 2082) is my recommended […]
Continue readingFor the silent film treasure hunter…
Imogen Sara Smith highlights Mostly Lost on Criterion. Definitely worth a read. On eventbrite, the description of the Mostly Lost workshop is: The Library of Congress National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Packard Campus presents “Mostly Lost 6: A Film Identification Workshop” on June 15-17, 2017 in Culpeper, Virginia. “Mostly Lost” will feature the screenings of unidentified, […]
Continue readingTake a study break with a short streaming film!
Sure you could surrender your study breaks to Hulu, but AU also has streaming access to many short films that are arresting, important, and worth seeing. Here are three you might enjoy: A Trip to the Moon (13 minutes): This drama, by director Georges Melies, features Victor Andre, Bleuette Bernon, and Brunnet in a beautifully restored black […]
Continue readingCheck out this silent version of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea on Viki: https://www.viki.com/videos/1037941v-20000-leagues-under-the-sea This was the first motion picture filmed underwater! As Wikipedia states: Actual underwater cameras were not used, but a system of watertight tubes and mirrors allowed the camera to shoot reflected images of underwater scenes staged in shallow sunlit waters. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20,000_Leagues_Under_the_Sea_(1916_film)) Here […]
Continue readingPresenting the DVD wall!
So, a confession. A few weeks ago, I screwed up. As part of our ongoing project to digitize our VHS collection, I had accidentally encoded almost 100 videos incorrectly. I went back and fixed the mistakes, but I ended up with nearly 100 DVDs to discard. Rather than toss them out or recycle them, I […]
Continue readingBeauties turned Beastly
Film Comment’s Michael Sragow has much to say about Disney’s live action Beauty and the Beast. While we wait for Disney to get down to business and ruin Mulan, here’s are some animated Disney classics in our collection with remakes rumored or in the works: Mulan: HU DVD 11033The Little Mermaid: HU DVD 281The Lion […]
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