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 […]
Continue readingStar Trek available for Home Use
Both Star Trek television series and the most recent film directed by JJ Abrams are available for Home Use here in Media Services. Star Trek, The Original Series (Seasons 1-3): HU DVD 6201 – 6225 Star Trek, The Next Generation (Seasons 1-7): HU DVD 6401 – 6449 Star Trek 2009: HU DVD 7084 Here are […]
Continue readingOur 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 readingErnest Borgnine – Life Achievement Award
Ernest Borgnine recently was the 47th recipient of the Life Achievement Award at the SAG Awards (Screen Actor’s Guild Award Ceremony). Check out the SAG Awards blog.Check out one of these titles available from the Media Services Home Use Collection. The Wild Bunch – HU DVD 4074 Bad day at Black Rock – HU DVD […]
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 readingCritical Approach Film Screening – Dead Snow – Friday at 6:30pm in the MudBox
The Critical Approach Film Series Presents:Dead SnowAmerican University LibraryFriday, February 4, 2011 at 6:30pm in the MudBox
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 readingHappy Ground Hog Day, from Media Services!!
Groundhog Day – HU DVD 2351 Here are some other great Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell films that can be found in the Media Services Home Use Collection. BILL MURRAY Groundhog Day – HU DVD 2351 Fantastic Mr. Fox – HU DVD 7046 Limits of Control – HU DVD 5979 Darjeeling Limited – HU DVD […]
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 reading83rd Academy Awards Oscar Nominations
The 83rd Academy Awards Oscar Nominations have been announced. The Media Services Home Use Collection has a few of these titles. Our collection also happens to have tons of films by nominated actors and directors, not to mention two nominated documentary films. Here’s an extensive list of films related to this year’s nominees.*means this one […]
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