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As the university gets ready for another month of hibernation, we’re working through the last of our new acquisitions for 2012. We’re ending the year on a high note with big new blockbusters (Cabin in the Woods<\/i>, The Dark Knight Rises<\/i>), some old favorites (Risky Business<\/i>), new seasons for popular television shows, and a slew of high-quality documentaries that you might’ve read about recently<\/a>. Consider it our present to you in this Capitalist Wintertime Gift-Giving Season.<\/p>\n

The university is closed starting on Saturday, December 22 until Wednesday, January 2. The blog will go dark until then. Enjoy the break! Read on for a full list of our newest titles.
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Home Use Collection: <\/h3>\n

War Requiem \u2013 HU DVD 566
What’s Love Got to Do With It \u2013 HU DVD 658
The Three Musketeers \u2013 HU DVD 3175
Josef and Anni Albers: Art is Everywhere \u2013 HU DVD 4546
Shadow Company \u2013 HU DVD 4547
About a Boy \u2013 HU DVD 4548 Requested!<\/b><\/span>
My Best Friend’s Wedding \u2013 HU DVD 4549
Alaska Gold \u2013 HU DVD 4550
Old Partner \u2013 HU DVD 4551
Give Up Tomorrow \u2013 HU DVD 4552
The Queen of Versailles \u2013 HU DVD 4553
Somewhere in the Night \u2013 HU DVD 4554
Mars Attacks! \u2013 HU DVD 4555
Something New \u2013 HU DVD 4556
Violeta \u2013 HU DVD 5408
What Lies Beneath \u2013 HU DVD 5795
Eastbound & Down \u2013 HU DVD 7043
Rumble in the Bronx \u2013 HU DVD 7771
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy \u2013 HU DVD 7773 Requested!<\/b><\/span>
Gerhard Richter Painting \u2013 HU DVD 7774
Free Men \u2013 HU DVD 7775
Dropout Nation \u2013 HU DVD 8158
The Chicago Maternity Story \u2013 HU DVD 9063
Lilies \u2013 HU DVD 9922
Little Women \u2013 HU DVD 9923
Big Sky, Big Money \u2013 HU DVD 9925
The Fugitive \u2013 HU DVD 9926
The Million Dollar Hotel \u2013 HU DVD 9927
The Man in Grey \u2013 HU DVD 9928
Madonna of the Seven Moons \u2013 HU DVD 9929
The Wicked Lady \u2013 HU DVD 9930
The X from Outer Space \u2013 HU DVD 9931
Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell \u2013 HU DVD 9932
The Living Skeleton \u2013 HU DVD 9933
Genocide \u2013 HU DVD 9934
Son of Man \u2013 HU DVD 9935
Fear and Desire \u2013 HU DVD 9936
Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present \u2013 HU DVD 9937
Taking Woodstock \u2013 HU DVD 9938
Keep the River on Your Right \u2013 HU DVD 9939
Scott of the Antarctic \u2013 HU DVD 9941
The Dictator \u2013 HU DVD 9942
The Dictator \u2013 HU BLU<\/span> 9942
Savages \u2013 HU DVD 10090
Savages \u2013 HU BLU<\/span> 10090
The Story of Film \u2013 HU DVD 10120
Love Addict \u2013 HU DVD 10668
La Gen\u00e8se = Genesis \u2013 HU DVD 10673
Robert Whitman: Performances from the 1960s \u2013 HU DVD 10684
Mission: Impossible \u2013 HU DVD 10697
Mission: Impossible II \u2013 HU DVD 10698
Mission: Impossible III \u2013 HU DVD 10699
Disclosure \u2013 HU DVD 10714
Sleepy Hollow \u2013 HU DVD 10716
Notting Hill \u2013 HU DVD 10717
From Dusk Till Dawn \u2013 HU DVD 10718
Dark Horse \u2013 HU DVD 10719
Singles \u2013 HU DVD 10720
Rude \u2013 HU DVD 10721
The Ambassador \u2013 HU DVD 10722
The Campaign \u2013 HU DVD 10723
The Cabin in the Woods \u2013 HU DVD 10724 Requested!<\/b><\/span>
The Dark Mirror \u2013 HU DVD 10749
The Mask of Zorro \u2013 HU DVD 10750 Requested!<\/b><\/span>
Corpo Celeste \u2013 HU DVD 10751
Gas, Food Lodging \u2013 HU DVD 10752
Space Cowboys \u2013 HU DVD 10753
Kukushka = The Cuckoo \u2013 HU DVD 10754
The Cotton Club \u2013 HU DVD 10755
The Pyx \u2013 HU DVD 10756
The Lawnmower Man \/ Lawnmower Man 2: Jobe’s War \u2013 HU DVD 10757
The Man from London \u2013 HU DVD 10758
Scanners \u2013 HU DVD 10759
The Dead Zone \u2013 HU DVD 10760
The Cigarette Girl of Mosselprom \u2013 HU DVD 10761
The Guatemalan Handshake \u2013 HU DVD 10762
The Spectre of Hope \u2013 HU DVD 10763
Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview \u2013 HU DVD 10764
The Raw and the Cooked \u2013 HU DVD 10765
The Three Musketeers \u2013 HU DVD 10771
The Four Musketeers \u2013 HU DVD 10772
Last Call at the Oasis \u2013 HU DVD 10773
Conspiracy Theory \u2013 HU DVD 10775
The Clay Bird \u2013 HU DVD 10776
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz \u2013 HU DVD 10777
Monster from the Id \u2013 HU DVD 10778
Love & Human Remains \u2013 HU DVD 10779
Risky Business \u2013 HU DVD 10780 Requested!<\/b><\/span>
Celestial Clockwork \u2013 HU DVD 10781
Scared Sacred \u2013 HU DVD 10783
Purple Noon \u2013 HU DVD 10785
True Lies \u2013 HU DVD 10786
The Firm \u2013 HU DVD 10787
Two Films by Fran\u00e7ois Truffaut \u2013 HU DVD 10788
The Window \u2013 HU DVD 10789
The Dark Knight Rises \u2013 HU DVD 10792
2 Days in Paris \u2013 HU DVD 10793
Whisky Romeo Zulu \u2013 HU DVD 10794
White Men Can’t Jump \u2013 HU DVD 10795
Zou Zou \u2013 HU DVD 10796
Winter in Wartime \u2013 HU DVD 10797
Winter in Wartime \u2013 HU BLU<\/span> 10797
This is Cinerama \u2013 HU DVD 10798
This is Cinerama \u2013 HU BLU<\/span> 10798
The Magic Flute \u2013 HU DVD 10799
Underworld \u2013 HU DVD 10810
The Last Command \u2013 HU DVD 10811
The Docks of New York \u2013 HU DVD 10812
A Delicate Balance \u2013 HU DVD 10816
Butley \u2013 HU DVD 10817
Luther \u2013 HU DVD 10818
In Celebration \u2013 HU DVD 10819
The Man in the Glass Booth \u2013 HU DVD 10820
Galileo \u2013 HU DVD 10822
Maids \u2013 HU DVD 10823
The Homecoming \u2013 HU DVD 10824
Jacque Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris \u2013 HU DVD 10825
Lost in the Stars \u2013 HU DVD 10827
Ice Station Zebra \u2013 HU DVD 10828
Lon Chaney Collection \u2013 HU DVD 10831
Twenty-Four  Eyes \u2013 HU DVD 10833
After Kony: Staging Hope \u2013 HU DVD 10835
Jew S\u00fcss \u2013 HU DVD 10836
Afghanistan Revealed: The Unknown Story of a Land \u2013 HU DVD 10837
Zero Patience \u2013 HU DVD 10838
L\u00edmite = Deadline \u2013 HU DVD 10839
The Kremlin Letter \u2013 HU DVD 10842
Moonraker \u2013 HU DVD 10843
Terror in a Texas Town \u2013 HU DVD 10844
Daughters of Darkness \/ The Blood-Spattered Bride \u2013 HU DVD 10845
My Trip to Al-Qaeda \u2013 HU DVD 10847<\/p>\n

Television: <\/h3>\n

Mad Men, Season 5 \u2013 HU DVD 4545
Parks and Recreation, Season 2 \u2013 HU DVD 9222
Parks and Recreation, Season 3 \u2013 HU DVD 9223
Parks and Recreation, Season 4 \u2013 HU DVD 9224
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Season 1 + 2 \u2013 HU DVD 10766
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Season 3 \u2013 HU DVD 10767
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Season 4 \u2013 HU DVD 10768
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Season 5 \u2013 HU DVD 10769
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: A Very Sunny Christmas \u2013 HU DVD 10770
Doctor Who, Series 2 \u2013 HU DVD 10802
Doctor Who, Series 3 \u2013 HU DVD 10803
Doctor Who, Series 4 \u2013 HU DVD 10804
Doctor Who, The Specials \u2013 HU DVD 10805
Doctor Who, The Animated Specials \u2013 HU DVD 10806<\/p>\n

In-Library Titles: <\/h3>\n

Free Men \u2013 DVD 7775
The Boy Game \u2013 DVD 8955
Sext Up Kids \u2013 DVD 9924
Julian Bond: Reflections from the Frontlines of the Civil Rights Movement \u2013 DVD 10618
Africa’s Last Taboo \u2013 DVD 10619
A Wild Idea \u2013 DVD 10631
The Hungry Tide \u2013 DVD 10632
It’s a Girl \u2013 DVD 10633
Cape Spin!: An American Power Struggle \u2013 DVD 10647
1910, Buffalo Bill \u2013 DVD 10704
1927, Lindbergh’s Atlantic Crossing \u2013 DVD 10705
1934, The Assassination of King Alexander of Yugoslavia \u2013 DVD 10706
1937, Crash of the Hindenburg \u2013 DVD 10707
1944, De Gaulle in Liberated Paris \u2013 DVD 10708
1946, A-bomb Tests on Bikini \u2013 DVD 10709
1954, Marilyn Monroe in Korea \u2013 DVD 10710
1955, Tragedy Strikes Le Mans’ 24 Hours \u2013 DVD 10711
1963, John F. Kennedy’s Funeral \u2013 DVD 10712
1969, Live from the Moon \u2013 DVD 10713
Harvest of Empire \u2013 DVD 10715
The Gate of Heavenly Peace \u2013 DVD 10735
The Light in Her Eyes \u2013 DVD 10782
Antonia Pantoja, \u00a1Presente! \u2013 DVD 10807
Scarlet Road \u2013 DVD 10808
Waging Peace \u2013 DVD 10809
The Iceman Cometh \u2013 DVD 10814
Rhinoceros \u2013 DVD 10815
Three Sisters \u2013 DVD 10821
Philadelphia, Here I Come! \u2013 DVD 10826
The Quarrel \u2013 DVD 10846<\/p>\n

Music Library: <\/h3>\n

Absolute Beginners \u2013 MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 336
La Bamba \u2013 MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 339
Great Balls of Fire \u2013 MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 340
The Runaways \u2013 MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 341
Color Me Obsessed: A Film About the Replacements \u2013 MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 342
It Might Get Loud \u2013 MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 343
Backbeat \u2013 MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 344
Sing Faster: The Stagehands’ Ring Cycle \u2013 MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 345
The Buddy Holly Story \u2013 MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 346
Wattstax \u2013 MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 347
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey \u2013 MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 348\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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