Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Featured DVDs


Time for horror films!

My picks for this year feature an impressive list of silent films.

The Avenging Conscience (1914)
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Butler Media Res
DVD7647

Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919)
Directed by Robert Wiene
Butler Media Res
DVD7220

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
Directed by John S. Robertson
Butler Media Res
DVD6107

Eyes of the Mummy (1922)
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Butler Media Res
DVD10390

The Hands of Orlac
(1924)
Directed by Robert Wiene
Butler Media Res
DVD7221

Haunted Castle (1921)
Directed by F. W. Murnau
Butler Media (Circulating)
DVD13100

Nosferatu (1922)
Directed by F.W. Murnau
Butler Media Res
DVD4716

The Penalty (1920)
Directed by Wallace Worsley
Butler Media Res
DVD6109

The Phantom of the Opera (1929)
Directed by Rupert Julian
Butler Media Res
DVD0270

Waxworks (1924)
Directed by Paul Leni
Butler Media Res
DVD1336

Monday, October 25, 2010

Featured DVD


If you are like me and completely blanked on getting a ticket for the already sold out ANGELS IN AMERICA at the Signature Theater, the first New York revival since the spectacular Broadway run in 1993-1994 (which I did see), check out the Mike Nichols film version made for HBO.
Starring Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Jeffrey Wright, Justin Kirk, Patrick Wilson, Mary-Louise Parker and others -- Tony Kushner's brilliant play works on the small screen.

Butler Media (Circulating)
DVD9767

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Featured DVD of the Week

In response to this New York Times article entitled "Longing for the Lines That Had Us at Hello," I will add one of my favorites from Donnie Brasco -- "Forget about it."


Donnie Brasco
Butler Media Res
DVD0015

Donnie Brasc


Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Featured Resource

Film Language Glossary

A multimedia dictionary of essential film terms.