Avast! Today marks International Talk Like a Pirate Day, a holiday on which you do exactly as described. Frankly, we’ll take any excuse to dress up like pirates and speak in a raspy voice. There’s still time to celebrate this dubious holiday. Come visit Media Services and pick up one of these tarrrrrific pirate-related movies, […]
Continue readingCenter for Environmental Filmmaking series begins
Tonight, American University’s Center for Environmental Filmmaking kicks off its eighth annual film series. In conjunction with Filmmakers for Conservation, the School of Communication will be screening a documentary about environmental conservation every Tuesday evening this semester. Some are even produced by current SOC students! The first in the series, Death at SeaWorld, deals with […]
Continue readingYou asked, we bought! New titles en route
Down in Media Services, we have a suggestion box where patrons can recommend new movies or television shows for us to purchase. We do read them, we promise! In fact, at the discretion of the Media Librarian, we just ordered a few of them. The following popularly requested titles are now working their way through […]
Continue readingBlogger matches film scenes with their real-life locations
A few years ago, a website called Dear Photograph popped up on which people matched up old photos they had taken with the current-day location. The differences were often exciting and resonated emotionally with readers. FILMography is a similar blog that follows the same premise – but with stills from movies. The author appears to […]
Continue readingTwo weekend screenings show the Middle East on film (and a bonus)
This weekend has no shortage of interesting film screenings to attend on campus and in the DC area. For starters, today is the second day of the United Arab Emirates Film Festival sponsored by the School of Communications. Two short films will screen tonight at the Greenberg Theater, followed by a panel discussion with the […]
Continue readingNew Media Center’s Beyond the Studio series begins
Tomorrow, the New Media Center begins its new series of special training sessions titled Beyond the Studio. Typical New Media Center training sessions cover how to use software such as Photoshop or After Effects; these sessions are designed to teach skills that you can’t pick up from a computer, like marketing and other practical skills. […]
Continue readingThe Criterion Collection, abridged
The Criterion Collection is an assemblage of some of the most significant films of all time, preserved in great quality with exceptional special features and commentary. Their collection is as prestigious as it is large; assuming each movie is about two hours long, it would take nearly two solid months to work through all of […]
Continue readingSeptember 11 in film and footage
Today marks the eleventh anniversary of the September 11 attacks. This is an appropriate and somber time to reflect on how we got here, what happened, and where we’re going. To that end, the Media Services collections include many films about the attacks, including a number of creative responses by filmmakers and footage from the […]
Continue readingNew Acquisitions – September 2012
This month, the Media Services collection goes in exciting new directions! We’ve added our first anime television shows, including the legendary Cowboy Bebop, as well as ten new popular Bollywood titles. We also acquired a number of big blockbusters, the first Iranian production to win Best Foreign Language Film, a collection of orphaned films in […]
Continue readingFilm screenings on- and off-campus this Friday
We’re heading into the second weekend of the semester. Hopefully the workload hasn’t piled up too much, because the weather is still pleasant enough for a few movie screenings. On campus tomorrow, the AU Student Government will show The Hunger Games in the Tavern at 10 PM. The Hunger Games will kick off Artemas Ward […]
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