A quick FYI: newly minted Best Picture winner 12 Years a Slave is now available in Media Serviecs in the AU Library. The DVD for this film was just released yesterday, and given its current critical acclaim, we’ve made a point of getting this item onto the shelf as quickly as possible. It is available […]
Continue readingThe film event of the year: We update our Best Pictures Pinterest!
Tonight, nine films will battle for the ultimate honor in cinema: a place on our Best Picture Winners Pinterest board.* This esteemed list contains 83 of the greatest films of all time, as voted on each year by the film community. From modern successes like No Country for Old Men to classics like Gone of […]
Continue readingOn The Road With Lynda
Lynda.com has many courses about using your new skills in the real world. These are all taught by professionals in field – like professional photographer and author Ben Long. One of Lynda’s newest courses is Travel Photography: Geologging and Journaling on the Road. Ben Long gives you tips on journaling while you are traveling – […]
Continue readingWhat you won’t see at the Oscars this Sunday
We love the Oscars, but we admit that they’re imperfect. With the ceremony only three days away, it’s time to be a little critical. The Academy frequently overlooks specific types of films that, in retrospect, we often consider to be some of the greatest. Comedies, for the most part, are rarely nominated and win even […]
Continue readingWho was Oscar? The story of Emilio Fernández
Once again, as the Academy Awards are less than a week away, Oscar fever is reaching a frenzy. This time, we turn our attention to the statuettes themselves. Who was Oscar? Why is he naked and holding a sword? Pop culture radio website Studio 360 recently unearthed the story of the man on which the […]
Continue readingHarold Ramis: The defining comic voice of the 80s
Harold Ramis unexpectedly and heartbreakingly died this morning at age 69. Though best known as the awkward and orderly Dr. Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters, Harold Ramis is one of the unheralded contributors to some of the most successful and acclaimed comedies of the 1980s. As a writer and director, Harold Ramis played a critical role […]
Continue readingJason Bateman fan? See Bad Words early this Thursday!
Is February already ending? That was fast. We still have about six days left until March, so there’s plenty of time for exciting events before we close the book on the second month of the year. This week, we have advance passes to see Bad Words, the directorial debut of Arrested Development star Jason Bateman. […]
Continue readingToday’s Tom Sawyer Is Learning Online
This is one of the more unusual selections from Lynda.com. Learn sound engineering through a backstage look at the most recent Rush tour. Live Sound Engineering Techniques: On Tour with Rush with Brent Carpenter. I have to believe that there are few audio tasks more challenging than putting on a concert tour with the monsters […]
Continue readingWe’d like to thank the Academy for this infographic
The Oscars are almost upon us, and with only a little over one week to go (!), the floodgates have opened on Oscar trivia. Every year we find a new batch of unusual award-related studies, like last year’s breakdown of trailer lengths. This year, Slate has analyzed twelve years of actors’ and actresses’ Academy Awards […]
Continue readingWorried about a snowy Valentine’s Day? Browser our Romance Pinterest!
If you’re paying attention to the local news, you are no doubt aware that a big snowstorm is bearing down on DC, comparable to the last one that hit us. We’ve been burned too many times in the last year to expect this storm to have too significant of an impact, but there’s a chance […]
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