Obit: Ollie Johnston, 95, Disney Animator

Mr. Johnston, an animator who started with Walt Disney with “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” (1937)(VHS 5200), was an “inbetween artist” who specialized in communicating emotion in characters with his use of movement nuances studied from real life. Media Services has Frank and Ollie (VHS 6404), a documentary about his work and friendship with […]

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Selected New Acquisitions This Week

The films of Charles & Ray Eames – DVD 4281-4286Viva la muerte! – DVD 4280Billy liar – DVD 4270Kumonosu jô=Throne of Blood – DVD 4268Divorzio all’italiana=Divorce – Italian Style – DVD 4266Overstay – DVD4264Arakimentari – DVD 4260Sherman’s march – DVD 4255Who gets to call it art? – DVD 4253Sister Rose’s passion – DVD 4249

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Selected New Acquisitions This Week

Cinema 16: American short films – DVD 4243The war within – DVD 4237La roue=The wheel – DVD 4235The great debaters – DVD 4232The living end – DVD 4231La Môme=La vie en rose – DVD 4228The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada – DVD 4227I’m not there – DVD 4217Jungfrukällan=The virgin spring – DVD4215King corn – DVD […]

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Cool website of streaming documentaries: Folkstreams.net

This wonderful site currently has just over 100 documentaries on American roots cultures. It’s a site loaded with classics including films by Les Blank, Tom Davenport, and Alan Lomax. It’s indexed by film, filmmaker, region, subject, and featured individual. If you’re interested in Dewey Balfa, for instance, you can quickly discover he’s included in Les […]

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Selected New Acquisitions This Week

Hollywood harems – DVD 4210Sweet movie – DVD 4205The savages – DVD 4204Juno – DVD 4203Le ballon rouge=The red balloon – DVD 4202Les amants du pont-neuf=The lovers on the bridge – DVD 4200There will be blood – DVD 4196A major malfunction – DVD 4194Cinema 16: European short films – DVD 4190In search of international justice […]

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Selected New Acquisitions This Week

Max Fleischer’s famous out of the inkwell – DVD 4178The 11th hour – DVD 4175Feed – DVD 4170Video out – DVD 4169Knocked up – DVD 4166The lookout – DVD 4162The party – DVD 4160The inman & the pastor – DVD 4156Cleo from 5 to 7 – DVD 4151Girl, interrupted – DVD 4150Manderlay – DVD 4147Breaking […]

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Selected New Acquisitions This Week

Atonement – DVD 4142Georges Méliès: first wizard of cinema – DVD 4141Breach – DVD 4140Norman McLaren: the master’s edition – DVD 4131-4139Into the wild – DVD 4130Midnight express – DVD 4118Love in the time of cholera – DVD 4114Michael Clayton – DVD 4112What’s eating Gilbert Grape? – DVD 4110Mamoulak=The lizard – DVD 4100

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