The films of James Broughton – DVD 2769Red violin – DVD 2764Arrested development: season 1 – DVD 2761 – 276324: season 1 – DVD 2751 – 2756Three extremes – DVD 2746
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Penn & Teller: bullshit season 4 DVD 2740 – 2742Penn & Teller: bullshit season 3 DVD 2737 – 2739Penn & Teller: bullshit season 2 DVD 2734 – 2736Penn & Teller: bullshit season 1 DVD 2731 – 2733The painted veil – DVD 2729Der untergang = Downfall – DVD 27279 songs – DVD 2726
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Planet earth – DVD 2721 – 2725The most dangerous game – DVD 1596Color me Kubrick – DVD 1594Little children – DVD 2714
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Garden state – DVD 2709Jarhead – DVD 2708The seven year itch – DVD 2707The Queen – DVD 2705Shut up & sing – DVD 2704Moonlighting: season one and two – DVD 2703
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The last king of Scotland – DVD 2699The Twilight Zone Season 5 – DVD 2693-2698The Twilight Zone Season 4 – DVD 2687-2692The Twilight Zone Season 3 – DVD 2682-2686The Twilight Zone Season 2 – DVD 2677-2681The Twilight Zone Season 1 – DVD 2671-2676El doctor, Joy street, & asparagus – DVD 2670Giuliani time – DVD 58
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Volver – DVD 2656Loves of a blonde – DVD 2654The navigators – DVD 2653The messenger – DVD 2636Harsh beauty – DVD 2635The Syrian bride – DVD 2634Borat – DVD 2633Blood diamond – DVD 2632Children of men – DVD 2631Half nelson – DVD 2630The good shepherd – DVD 2629
Continue readingMoving Pictures: American Art and Early Film @ The Phillips Collection
I plan to see this show this weekend so don’t have any comment on it at this point other than it offers a somewhat unexamined perspective on early film. The exhibit shows the connections between early film subject matter and that of American realist painting that was going on during the same era. Works used […]
Continue readingWashingtonPost.com Project: On Being
This woman from WashingtonPost.com, Jennifer Crandall has been creating these three minute video profiles about different people in Washington, DC. She features a new person each week. I highly recommend checking them out, especially the one with the little kid named Gio.http://specials.washingtonpost.com/onbeing/
Continue readingEnvironmental Film Festival: “Why Are Wildlife Filmmakers Dying?”
Tuesday, March 20, 7:00 p.m., Wechsler Theater, Mary Graydon CenterChris Palmer, professor and filmmaker, leads a discussion on the challenges of making wildlife films, drawing on the examples of Australian wildlife superstar Steve Irwin and Grizzly Man protagonist Timothy Treadwell.Sponsor: Center for Environmental Filmmaking, School of CommunicationContact: Chris Palmer, palmer@american.edu A breakdown of all of […]
Continue readingMedia Services travelogue – Stromboli, real and neoreal
Apparently the Italian volcanic island of Stromboli is active again, spewing lava and such.link Those interested in geology, Italy and the sea might want to check out Roberto Rossellini’s Stromboli: terra di dio (Stromboli : land of God). This Neorealism classic from 1950 improbably finds Ingrid Bergman on the island of fire. Media Services call […]
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