All Shows are held in The Wechsler Theater at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesdays.3rd floor, Mary Graydon Center, American University,4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20016 Tuesday, September 18Boyd Matson on Wild Filmmaking Adventures. Boyd hosts Wild Chronicles on PBS and has hosted National Geographic Explorer. Hear about his thrilling expeditions, high-adrenaline adventures, and being an […]
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The pursuit of happyness – DVD 3075Bigger than life – DVD 3074 (PAL Region 2 DVD)Night on Earth – DVD 3073Playtime – DVD 3072Das leben der anderen = The lives of others – DVD 3070Lola la trailera = Lola the truck driver – DVD 3069
Continue readingMore Cool Streaming Video: This from the Paley Center for Media
They have clips of events they’ve hosted in their New York and Los Angeles locations. Fun stuff like panel discussions with: the “whacked Sopranos”; the writing staff for “Late Night with Conan O’Brian”; the cast of “30 Rock”. Take a look. link
Continue readingMind Online: Streaming video of lectures at the University of Chicago
Errol Morris is among the few Film Studies lecturers in this rich electronic archive of video and audio recordings. In their words, this is “a collection of thought-provoking samples from the University’s intellectual life, both past and present.” link
Continue readingNicholas Ray’s Bigger Than Life
Gorgeously presented by the British Film Institute, Nicholas Ray’s Bigger Than Life has just arrived on region 2 DVD and is now available in Media Services. HOME USE COLLECTION DVD 3074 Released in 1956, less than a year after Rebel Without a Cause, Bigger Than Life stands next to Douglas Sirk’s All That Heaven Allows […]
Continue readingGuilty Pleasures – 100 Best Directors Ever lists – this one according to UK film rag Total Film
These are fun to read, mostly for the surprises in the countdown, but ultimately don’t mean anything. I know you’re curious so I won’t spoil it. link
Continue readingSelected New Acquisitions This Week
Undeclared: the complete series – DVD 3065-3068The Killers (1946, 1964) – DVD 3064Das Fräulein – DVD 3058Viva Cuba – DVD 3055Madeinusa – DVD 3052Iraq in fragments – DVD 3049
Continue readingStreaming video find: The Charlie Rose Archive
Over 4000 hours of interviews. Searchable and categorized for browsing too. This is an amazing archive of contemporary culture covering some of the most remarkable people from the arts and sciences as well as business, government, sports, and journalism. link
Continue readingCool find: Animator Sally Cruikshank’s films on YouTube
I’d seen a few of these, Quasi at the Quackadero and Face like a frog, and didn’t realize she done so many others. Cruikshank made her name in the late seventies with an animation style that was heavily influenced by early animation pioneers Max and Dave Fleischer. I’d wondered what became of her and am […]
Continue readingSelected New Acquisitions This Week
Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf? – DVD 3017Coeurs = Private fears in public places – DVD 3016Leonard Berstein’s young people’s concerts – DVD 3001-3009Performance – DVD 3000
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