Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is currently in theaters and was just nominated for six Golden Globes, and it is pretty awesome. I went in totally expecting a Coen brothers movie because Frances McDormand is in it and I basically had only seen the trailer and read nothing about the movie. If I had been […]
Continue readingA Very Kubrick Christmas
What’s your favorite Christmas movie? Today, Ethan Epstein of the Weekly Standard argues that Eyes Wide Shut is a Christmas movie. Having been subjected to a running explanation of this theory in literally every spare moment of the past month (hi Ethan!) I’m inclined to agree.So, what makes a Christmas movie? Eyes Wide Shut certainly […]
Continue readingNew Acquisitions: November 2017
Happy Friday! Here’s the list of every DVD that crossed my desk in November 2017. One interesting film we got is David Lynch: The Art Life: It was a big month for renumbering DVDs, which really reminds me how many movies we have in our collection! Take a look, and whether it’s a new or […]
Continue readingA Spongebob Musical?
So…I guess they’ve made a SpongeBob SquarePants musical? That’s a thing? It’s a weird choice. But not too weird. After all, we have Mean Girls, Groundhog Day, and in a shocking insult to a movie I truly adore, Dirty Rotten Scoundels. What else? Legally Blonde, Catch Me If You Can, Amelie, and like literally every […]
Continue readingLooking forward to seeing: The Square
The Square, which won the Palme d’Or in 2017, was released back in October in the US. This highly regarded film sounds really weird, looks really weird, and is probably amazing, if amazingly weird: Here in Media Services, we have the director’s prior film, Force Majeure (HU DVD 11805), which was absolutely hilarious. Also, this […]
Continue readingSilent Cinema Showcase 2017
AFI in Silver Spring is having their Silent Cinema Showcase, and it’s a great lineup! You can see the listing by film here: https://silver.afi.com/Browsing/EventsAndExperiences/EventDetails/0000000011 And on the calendar here: http://afi.com/silver/films/Calendar.aspx This calendar below was accurate as of 11/2, but be sure to check the live one because they update things sometimes. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday […]
Continue readingNew Acquisitions: October 2017
Another month of DVDs we’ve added or renumbered. All these great movies crossed my desk in October 2017! The most difficult part of this blog post was finding a completely work-safe Rick and Morty gif.(Season 2 is HU DVD 13052!!!) 1913 : seeds of conflict – HU DVD 14657Ambassador Bill – HU DVD 14661Blue velvet – […]
Continue readingThe Blade Runner Unicorn
The origami unicorn in Blade Runner is an important part of interpreting the movie, playing a pivotal role in the overall message…which is why we spent a thoughtful hour swearing and attempting to fold one. AND SUCCEEDED! Giant purple unicorn folded by Tara. (DVD for scale.) Actual unicorn (slightly smaller than Tara’s unicorn).(Also, actual in […]
Continue readingOn the Open Secret
This October, the Open Secret of Harvey Weinstein’s reprehensible behavior broke open. Namely, his harassment, assault, rape, and silencing of an astounding number of women. But as we follow this story, I did want to draw attention to the struggles of those women who do not face the camera: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hollywoods-female-crew-members-suffer-harassment-platform-stardom-1049766 It’s easy to forget just […]
Continue readingOcean’s 8: Will it be at least kind of ok?
As we hear more about Ocean’s 8, this fascinating post on heists might be of interest to a few of you: http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2017/10/12/one-last-big-job-how-heist-movies-tell-their-stories/ What is a heist film? Bordwell quotes Westlake: Donald Westlake proposed a concise characterization: “We follow the crooks before, during, and after a crime, usually a robbery.” This indicates two things. First, the […]
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