There are new, longer loan periods for movies available from the AV Center in MSEL! Hey undergrads and grads, you now have one week — that’s right guys, one whole […]
Film Friday
Yesterday, a friend sent along this YouTube video spoofing movie trailers. By sheer coincidence, what should come across my desk but a brand spanking new copy of And God Spoke […]
Ingmar Bergman, 1918-2007
It’s a sad day for film. Ingmar Bergman died today on the island of Faro , on the Baltic coast of Sweden. The New York Times has a beautiful tribute […]
It Has Arrived …
It has arrived! Two copies of the new Harry Potter book are available in the McNaughton Collection of Popular Fiction and Nonfiction, shelved in the sitting area on M Level. […]
D Level Re-opened
The doors are open on D Level. Those novels, glossy art history texts, and french poetic treatises are waiting to be perused. Thanks for your patience!
D Level Closed Today
For all of you humanities folks out there: D Level of MSEL will be closed today for construction. The rest of the Library is open. We’re terribly sorry for the […]
Film Friday
It’s past the 4th of July, yes. But from the news, it seems like we’ve begun to feel the heat of the 2008 election season. For those of you needing […]
Food Writing
I have a nasty little secret that I seldom admit in public. I read cookbooks. When I say, “I read cookbooks,” I don’t mean I thumb through the pages while […]
Film Friday
There’s a class of comedy currently popular that I can’t particularly stomach. It’s the uncomfortable, anxiety inducing shtick of comedians like Larry David in Curb Your Enthusiasm (2788-2791) and Sacha […]
Volver
Volver — (v) to return; to come back. The title of Pedro Almodovar’s recent film, Volver (DVD 2783), resonates with his fans. Volver; to return. It’s how we feel when […]