We’ve been getting into the Halloween spirit for a while now. Time to share some of it with you! In preparation for everyone’s favorite terror-based holiday, we’re giving away digital copies of True Blood Season 4, Hitchcock, and Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 2, Which one will you get? It’s random! Maybe that’s the scariest part. […]
Continue readingIs “cinema” having a crisis? Not quite, says A. O. Scott
A. O. Scott is one of the most notable film writers who actively engages questions about the future of the moving image medium. His articles, though controversial, always offer a unique and thoughtful perspective on the impending and foreboding issues facing the film industry. Scott is deeply familiar with the exodus of creative talent away […]
Continue readingBe the first for Last Vegas!
Summer movie season may be over, but that’s not stopping us from giving out movie passes! This time around, we’ve acquired passes to Last Vegas, the new comedy film in which Morgan Freeman, Robert De Niro, and others essentially play themselves having a bachelor party. We’re never ones to turn down an opportunity to hang […]
Continue readingTired of Michael Myers? Try scary television
Halloween is approaching in three weeks, and with the weather outside finally feeling appropriately fall-y, we’re getting into the spirit! Normally at this point we would tell you about the scary movies in our collection that you can find through our Pinterest page, but we want to take a second to look at the less-examined […]
Continue readingWhy widescreen? All aspect ratio questions answered in 18 minutes
The average media consumer is probably familiar with two aspect ratios, 4:3 and 16:9. Those are the dimensions commonly associated with standard-definition and high-definition TVs, respectively. Most media we consume has been formatted into one of these ratios for the sake of home viewing, but as you’d know if you’ve ever had to watch a […]
Continue readingNew Acquisitions – October 2013
Been a while, hasn’t it? Since the start of the semester, we’ve had a slew of new DVDs show up in in the library. You might be most interested in big names like The Great Gatsby and the second season of HBO’s Girls, but the past few months of acquisitions cast a very wide and […]
Continue readingMilitary fiction writer Tom Clancy dies at 66
Tom Clancy, famed espionage author, died unexpectedly this morning. Clancy’s brand of Cold War-inspired military dramas redefined the thriller genre; his influence is felt everywhere from bookstores to the popular video game franchises that bear his name. Clancy is perhaps best known for the film adaptations of his Jack Ryan series, including The Hunt for […]
Continue readingBuy, buy, buy! All Criterion DVDs half-off for the next day
We don’t like to run blatant promotional material, but this is a special circumstance. The Criterion Collection, widely regarded as the gold standard for home media releases, is holding a one-day sale on their entire collection. Every Criterion DVD and Blu-ray is 50% off until noon tomorrow. This includes their collection sets and the Eclipse […]
Continue readingCNBC catches up with The Queen of Versailles subjects
The Queen of Versailles (HU DVD 4553) is one of the more popular and unusual documentaries in our collection. It chronicles the lifestyle of Florida billionaires Jackie and David Siegel as they attempt to build an impossibly massive mansion during the height of the recent economic downturn. As the film explains, a variety of economic […]
Continue readingCatch new short films around DC all week
DC has become an epicenter of independent films, attracting filmmakers from around the country to take advantage of the city’s social activism and global culture. One of DC’s hallmark film events, the DC Shorts Film Festival, kicked off last Thursday and continues through this week. The DC Shorts Festival includes screenings of 153 films from […]
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