Today’s random movie is Léolo (HU DVD 1684)! From the Wikipedia summary: Léolo is a 1992 Canadian coming of age-fantasy film by director Jean-Claude Lauzon. The film tells the story of a young boy named Léo “Léolo” Lauzon, played by Maxime Collin, who engages in an active fantasy life while growing up with his Montreal family, […]
Continue readingFive Films Featuring…Torches!
Fun fact: the entire time I read the Chronicles of Narnia, it never occurred to me that the torch Edmund had was a flashlight. Torches of the fiery variety show up (pretty predictably) in monster-burning scenes paired with pitchforks, and also, you know, when people need light and fire is handy. But, without further ado, […]
Continue readingWait…you tell me that it’s evolution??
I came across this really interesting article about the accent of the Beatles, and about the impact of accent on music in general: https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/02/06/accent-beatles-music-vocals-american-english/ The original article about the speech changes present in Beatles music argues that evolving into a new genre was matched with changes in pronunciation and other speech features. Accent, of course, […]
Continue readingMovie Posters!
I love movie posters, especially the typography on many of the older ones. So, imagine my delight to discover the Harry Ransom Center’s digital collection of movie posters. The wealth of graphic design imagination here is impressive. You can read more about the collection here: http://sites.utexas.edu/ransomcentermagazine/2018/01/18/decades-of-movie-poster-history-goes-online/ Like all ContentDM collections, I find the searching kind of […]
Continue readingMovies at Random: The Wildcat
Today’s random movie is Ernst Lubitsch’s The Wildcat (HU DVD 2900). This 1921 silent romantic comedy film was restored in 2000, and our copy features music by Marco Dalphane. Here’s our summary: The commander of a remote fort (and his lovely daughter) eagerly awaits a new lieutenant. En route, he is captured by outlaws who […]
Continue readingBefore We Vanish
I’m kind of curious to see Before We Vanish, but it looks like it’s not out in DC yet. Film Comment had an intriguing article about it though. Here’s the trailer: And we do have Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Tokyo Sonata (HU DVD 6809) here in Media Services, if you’re curious.
Continue readingFive Films Featuring…Hair Dryers!
Happy Friday! Today we’re looking at Five Films Featuring…Hair Dryers! Why? I have no idea. But this one came out kind of interesting! I decided that beauty salons were cheating, so this one was really hard. 1. What Women Want (HU DVD 5279) Mel Gibson’s path to enlightenment involves water and a hair dryer. 2. […]
Continue readingNew Acquisitions: January 2018
Let’s take a look at every home use DVD that crossed my desk in January! Some highlights include The Big Sick, a ridiculous number of seasons of Cheers, Season 1 of my favorite tv show to watch in hotel rooms, The Rifleman, and Quatermass and the Pit, a scifi serial. I have not seen The […]
Continue readingArt of the Title does Star Trek Discovery!!!
I’m not the most devoted Star Trek fan in the world, though I will admit to taking down Voyager episodes like handfuls of movie theater popcorn. (Side note, I totally contest this study. I am the worlds most introverted introvert and I eat my popcorn by shoving full fistfuls into my face, with many casualties […]
Continue readingMovies at Random: Night of the Shooting Stars
Today while perusing the dusty gemtrac, the movie Night of the Shooting Stars (HU DVD 5167) jumped out at me. The original title, La Notte de San Lorenzo, refers to the feast day of Saint Lawrence, a holiday associated with shooting stars. Here’s our summary: It is the Night of San Lorenzo, the night when […]
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