Tag: film noir

New Acquisitions – November 2015

Another month has passed, we’ve added another hundred titles to our collection. The obvious big highlight is the first season of Empire, the massively successful hip-hop drama that has been a boon to television in more than one way. You might also spot Going Clear, the famously damning exposé of the Church of Scientology, and … Continue reading “New Acquisitions – November 2015”

Another month has passed, we’ve added another hundred titles to our collection. The obvious big highlight is the first season of Empire, the massively successful hip-hop drama that has been a boon to television in more than one way. You might also spot Going Clear, the famously damning exposé of the Church of Scientology, and the Wachowski’s totally-off-the-rails sci-fi wonder Jupiter Ascending.

But you may notice a ton of oddly named, vaguely threatening-sounding films like A Dangerous Possession and The Tattooed Stranger. Our media librarian Chris Lewis is currently on a mission to add every single film noir to our collection, and these are some of the new additions. We’re getting pretty close! If you ever need to research the film noir genre, we are more ready for you than you might be prepared for.

Hit the jump for a full list of what’s new…

Home Use Collection:

Time in America – HU DVD 2436
Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life – HU DVD 3238
Vanya on 42nd Street – HU DVD 9022
Uncle Yanco / Black Panthers – HU DVD 9954
Lions Love – HU DVD 9955
Mur Murs – HU DVD 9956
The Henrick Ibsen Collection – HU DVD 12460 – 12605
Caidos del Cielo – HU DVD 12583
Connection – HU DVD 12606
West of Zanzibar – HU DVD 12609
Sacred Ground: The Battle for Mount Auburn Cemetery – HU DVD 12610
Goodbye, Columbus – HU DVD 12618
Iris – HU DVD 12620
Rape on the Night Shift – HU DVD 12621
Psych-Out – HU DVD 12622
Show Boat – HU DVD 12625
Firestone and the Warlord – HU DVD 12628
Hitmakers: The Changing Face of the Music Business – HU DVD 12629
P’tit Quinquin – HU DVD 12635
Paycheck to Paycheck: The Life & Times of Katrina Gilbert – HU DVD 12636
Low Down – HU DVD 12638
Firing Line: The Hippies – HU DVD 12639
Secrets, Politics, and Torture – HU DVD 12641
Wanda – HU DVD 12643
Dawn of the Dead – HU DVD 12644
Growing Up Trans – HU DVD 12646
Edge of Existence – HU DVD 12647
The Harder They Fall – HU DVD 12648
Storm Fear – HU DVD 12649
A Dangerous Possession – HU DVD 12650
Experiment Perilous – HU DVD 12651
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief – HU DVD 12652
Fear of a Black Hat – HU DVD 12653
He Ran All the Way – HU DVD 12654
Appointment with Danger – HU DVD 12655
Blindsight – HU DVD 12656
Bestiaire – HU DVD 12657
A Double Life – HU DVD 12658
General Orders No. 9 – HU DVD 12659
Cry Vengeance – HU DVD 12660
Antarctica: A Year on Ice – HU DVD 12661
Da Zui Xia = Come Drink With Me – HU DVD 12662
Harper Lee: from Mockingbird to Watchman – HU DVD 12663
Gaslight – HU DVD 12664
Cherry 2000 – HU DVD 12665
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me – HU DVD 12666
Brainstorm – HU DVD 12667
Experiment in Terror – HU DVD 12668
A Lady without Passport – HU DVD 12669
711 Ocean Drive – HU DVD 12671
Hollow Triumph – HU DVD 12672
Crack-Up – HU DVD 12673
Deanna Durbin Sweetheart Collection – HU DVD 12675
Home Movies, Season 1 – HU DVD 12676
Bombay Beach – HU DVD 12677
Affair in Trinidad – HU DVD 12678
Keep on Keepin’ On – HU DVD 12685
On Two Fronts: Latinos & Vietnam – HU DVD 12686
I’m Still Here – HU DVD 12687
Jupiter Ascending – HU DVD 12688
Only the Young – HU DVD 12689
JFK: A President Betrayed – HU DVD 12690
JFK: The Smoking Gun – HU DVD 12691
L’Amore in Citta = Love in the City – HU DVD 12692
Population Boom – HU DVD 12693
Running from Crazy – HU DVD 12694
Silver Lode – HU DVD 12695
Kenny – HU DVD 12696
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry – HU DVD 12698
La Notte ha Mille Occhi = The Night Has a Thousand Eyes – HU DVD 12699
King and Country – HU DVD 12700
Shut Up and Play the Hits – HU DVD 12701
Roadblock – HU DVD 12702
Bodyguard – HU DVD 12703
Turner Classic Movies Greatest Classic Films Collection: Lassie – HU DVD 12704
Sleep, My Love – HU DVD 12705
Johnny Eager – HU DVD 12706
The Seven Five – HU DVD 12712
Yours, Mine, and Ours – HU DVD 12713
The Spiral Staircase – HU DVD 12719
The Garment Jungle – HU DVD 12720
The Gangster – HU DVD 12721
The Tattooed Stranger – HU DVD 12722
Looney Tunes Golden Collection – HU DVD 12735 – 17340
The Walking Dead, Season 4 – HU DVD 14096
The Bridge, Season 1 – HU DVD 14196
Empire, Season 1 – HU DVD 14212
Simpsons, Season 11 – HU DVD 14334

In-Library Titles:

My Dinner with Andre – DVD 1146
The Thin Blue Line – DVD 2219
Deadline Every Second: On Assignment with 12 Associated Press Photojournalists – DVD 12637
The Sky Below – DVD 12640
Big Men – DVD 12697
Cry Terror! – DVD 12760

TCM’s ‘Summer of Darkness” offers free online noir course – and a noir movie marathon!

Turner Classic Movies is preparing for “Summer of Darkness,” a slate of over 100 noir films a commentary that will air throughout June and July. Two months of nearly century-old, dark, black-and-white movies is a hard sell during warm weather and peak movie theater season, but Turner clearly isn’t aiming for a general audience. Their … Continue reading “TCM’s ‘Summer of Darkness” offers free online noir course – and a noir movie marathon!”

Turner Classic Movies is preparing for “Summer of Darkness,” a slate of over 100 noir films a commentary that will air throughout June and July. Two months of nearly century-old, dark, black-and-white movies is a hard sell during warm weather and peak movie theater season, but Turner clearly isn’t aiming for a general audience. Their noir extravaganza is for film nerds – and now TCM has the academic bonafides to back that up.

TCM has partnered with Ball State University to present a free online course, titled Into the Darkness: Investigating Film Noir, that will examine the history of noir using critical texts, live chats, and the original films. The course includes access to TCM’s archives, which include production photos, trailers, and essays about the films being discussed.

We’ve never participated in a MOOC ourselves, but we have full faith that BSU and TCM can deliver a quality course. If you’ve feeling a little itchy for film criticism now that the semester’s out, this might be the right outlet for you. Best of all, it’s all lectures and no assignments. It’s learning for the sake of learning! You always wanted more of that from your education, right?

IFC Ranks The Top 50 Opening Title Sequences Of All Time…

http://www.ifc.com/news/2011/02/the-50-greatest-opening-title.php Media Services is home to most of these great films, below are the top ten: Vertigo (1958) DVD 14, VHS 60 A Hard Day’s Night (1964) DVD 5740, VHS 145 Se7en (1995) DVD 22 Touch of Evil (1958) DVD 163 Goldfinger (1964) DVD 4995 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) … Continue reading “IFC Ranks The Top 50 Opening Title Sequences Of All Time…”

Media Services is home to most of these great films, below are the top ten: