Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Featured DVD of the Week

Thanksgiving Dinner in the movies!


Redux -- suggestions from 2009 -- Enjoy and best wishes for the holiday!

Avalon (1990)
Directed by Barry Levinson

The Gold Rush (1925)
Directed by Charlie Chaplin

Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Directed by Woody Allen

The House of Yes (1997)
Directed by Mark Waters

The Ice Storm (1997)
Directed by Ang Lee

Pieces of April (2003)
Directed by Peter Hedges

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Featured DVD

Cats in starring and supporting roles!



Bell, Book and Candle

DVD13481

Breakfast at Tiffany's
DVD6333

Cats and Dogs
MPDVD02009

I Remember Mama
DVD10691

Savages
DVD6989

Squid and the Whale
DVD4614

Featured Resource

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Monday, November 8, 2010

In Memoriam

Jill Clayburgh
Read Janet Maslin's appraisal.



Monday, November 1, 2010

Get out and vote!

This week's featured DVD is Otto Preminger's Advise and Consent starring Henry Fonda, Walter Pidgeon, Gene Tierney, Burgess Meredith, and, the one and only, Charles Laughton as Senator Cooley.

The film is timely and still riveting.

Advise and Consent
Butler Media (Circulating)
DVD9525