Ken Jacob part of Cinema’s Spring Visiting Artists Series

Posted on April 23, 2012 by chailey

The Cinema Department will present Ken Jacobs as part of its spring visiting artists series on Tuesday, April 24. The event, which is free and open to the public, will feature a film showing at 7:30 p.m. in LH-6. An informal discussion by the video artist about the film will follow each screening. Jacobs is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus from the Cinema Department.  The Libraries have a number of works both by and about Professor Jacob.  A selected list is below:

DVD & VHS

New York ghetto fishmarket 1903 Newcomb Reading Room Circulation Desk (DVD) PN1995.9.E96 N496 2007

Celestial subway lines: salvaging noise Newcomb Reading Room Circulation Desk (DVD)  PN1995.9.E96 C45 2005

Tom, Tom the piper’s son Newcomb Reading Room Circulation Desk (VHS)  PN1995.75 .T66 2002

Books

Optic antics : the amazing cinema of Ken Jacobs edited by Michele Pierson, David E. James, and Paul Arthur. Fine Arts Collection Stacks PN1998.3.J2655 O58 2010

 

 

 

Ken Jacobs : interview by Lindley Hanlon. Special Collections Rogg Collection PN1998.3.J266 H36 1979

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Wild Grass

Posted on April 20, 2012 by chailey

Alain Resnais’ 2009 film, Wild Grass will be shown on campus April 20 & 22 at 7:30 p.m. in Lecture Hall 6, as part of the Harpur Cinema film series. The Friday showing will be introduced by Professor Vincent Grenier of the Cinema Department.  Wild Grass is the romantic story of Georges, Marguerite, and the vagaries of fate brought on by a lost wallet. It won a special award at the Cannes Film Festival.  Other famed films by Resnais include the holocaust documentary, Night and Fog, Last Year at Marienbad, Hiroshima Mon Amour, and Mon Oncle D’Amerique. The Libraries own a number of DVD and books by and about Alain Resnais.   Some are listed below.

Books

Uncovering the Holocaust : the international reception of Night and fog Fine Arts PN1995.9.H53 U53 2006

Alain Resnais Fine Arts  PN1998.3.R48 W55 2006

Arts of impoverishment : Beckett, Rothko, Resnais Fine Arts  NX456 .B48 1993

Nuit et brouillard by Alain Resnais : on the making, reception and functions of a major documentary film Fine Arts  PN1995.9.H53 R38 1987

The film narratives of Alain Resnais Fine Arts Collection PN1998.A3 R4823 1981

DVD

Nuit et brouillard = Night and fog Newcomb Reading Room(Bartle) Circulation Desk (DVD)  D805.G3 N84 2003

Hiroshima mon amour Newcomb Reading Room(Bartle) Circulation Desk (DVD) PN1997 .H57 2003

L’année dernière à Marienbad = Last year at Marienbad Newcomb Reading Room(Bartle) Circulation Desk (DVD) – PN1997 .A44 1999

 

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New Cinema Books

Posted on April 2, 2012 by chailey

Recent acquisitions.

Out of the shadows : expanding the canon of classic film noir by Gene D. Phillips. Fine Arts  PN1995.9.F54 P475 2012

 

 

 

Science fiction film, television, and adaptation : across the screens edited by J.P. Telotte and Gerald Duchovnay. Fine Arts PN1997.85 .S38 2012

 

 

 

Picturing Tolkien : essays on Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the rings film trilogy edited by Janice M. Bogstad and Philip E. Kaveny. Fine Arts  PN1995.9.L58 P53 2011

 

 

 

New Argentine cinema by Jens Andermann. Fine Arts PN1993.5.A7 A53 2012

 

 

 

Camera historica : the century in cinema by Antoine de Baecque ; translated by Ninon Vinsonneau and Jonathan Magidoff. Fine Arts  PN1995.2 .B3313 2012

 

 

Screening the unwatchable : spaces of negation in post-millennial art cinema by Asbjørn Grønstad. Fine Arts PN1995.9.P7828 G76 2012

 

 

 

 

Uneven modernity : literature, film, and intellectual discourse in postsocialist China by Haomin Gong.  PL2273 .G66 2012

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The Princess of Montpensier

Posted on February 24, 2012 by chailey

Bernard Tavernier’s 2010 film, the Princess of Montpensier will be shown on campus February 24 & 26 at 7:30 p.m. in Lecture Hall 6, as part of the Harpur Cinema film series. Set in France during the 16th century Wars of Religion, the film focuses on the main character’s search for love in an era where politics, birth, and religion were paramount. The DVD of the film is available in the Libraries’ Newcomb Reading Room Circulation Desk PN1997.2 .P746 2011.

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Theo Angelopoulos

Posted on January 25, 2012 by chailey

Famed Greek film director, Theo Angelopoulos died Tuesday from injuries received from being hit by a motorcycle near the set of his latest film. His career spanned four decades.  Politics, immigration, and war were common themes of his films.  The Libraries own numerous books on Angelopoulos, some of which are listed below.

Theo Angelopoulos : interviews, edited by Dan Fainaru.
Fine Arts Collection Stacks  PN1998.3.A53 A5 2001

 

 

 

 

The films of Theo Angelopoulos : a cinema of contemplation,  by Andrew Horton
Fine Arts Collection Stacks PN1998.3.A53 H67 1999

 

 

 

The Last modernist : the films of Theo Angelopoulos, edited by Andrew Horton.
Fine Arts Collection Stacks PN1998.3.A53 L37 1997

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New Cinema Books

Posted on January 19, 2012 by chailey

Recent acquisitions

Civilized violence: subjectivity, gender and popular cinema, by David Hansen-Miller. Fine Arts PN 1995.9 .V5 H35 2011

 

 

 

A “toxic genre”: the Iraq war films, by Martin Baker. Fine Arts PN1995 .B2665 2011

 

 

 

 

Hollywood film 1963-1976 : years of revolution and reaction by Drew Casper. Fine Arts PN1993.5.U6 C32 2011

 

 

 

The fairy tale and anime : traditional themes, images and symbols at play on screen by Dani Cavallaro. Fine Arts PN1995.9.F34 C38 2011

 

 

 

Cinematic Hamlet : the films of Olivier, Zeffirelli, Branagh, and Almereyda by Patrick J. Cook. PR2807 .C58 2011

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Director of the Month

Posted on December 2, 2011 by chailey

Ken Russell, who died recently at the age of 84, was an director known primarily for his flamboyant visual style.  His most famous films are Women in Love (1969), The Devils (1971), The Who’s Tommy (1975), and Altered States (1980).   Some library holdings both by and about Ken Russell are listed below.

Phallic Frenzy: Ken Russell and his films Library Annex Restricted Collection – PN1998.3.R88 L36 2007

Altered states: the autobiography of Ken Russell Fine Arts Collection Stacks – PN1998.3.R88 A3 1991

Ken Russell’s films Fine Arts Collection Stacks – PN1998.A3 R7734 1984

Gothic Newcomb Reading Room Circulation Desk (DVD) – PN1997 .G663 2002

Aria Newcomb Reading Room Circulation Desk (DVD) – PN1997 .A74 1999

 

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Student Experimental Film Festival

Posted on December 1, 2011 by chailey

The Binghamton University Cinema Department will host the Student Experimental Film Festival at Binghamton this weekend.

The festival is dedicated to exhibiting innovative film and video works by students enrolled in college in the United States. It focuses on experimental works that challenge the conventional cinematic experiences. All events will be conducted by students in BU’s Curating Film and Video course. Last year’s event screened 41 films and videos, selected from works by students from more than 15 U.S. colleges and universities.

SEFF 2011 will host two showings:
8 p.m. Friday at the KNOW Theatre at 74 Carroll St. in Binghamton.
3, 5 and 7 p.m. Saturday at Lecture Hall 6 on BU’s Vestal campus.

To learn more about the event, go online to http://seffbinghamton. blogspot.com

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New Fall Cinema Books

Posted on November 29, 2011 by chailey

Framing pictures : film and the visual arts Fine Arts Collection Stacks PN1995.25 .J33 2011
Covers artists’ films and experimental films, video art, documentaries, art house cinema, and mainstream feature films.

Indie : an American film culture Fine Arts Collection Stacks PN1993.5.U6 N49 2011
Looks at the mid-eighties to the mid 2000s, analyzing films such as Welcome to the Dollhouse, Lost in Translation, Pulp Fiction, and, Juno, along with the work of Nicole Holofcener, Jim Jarmusch, John Sayles, Steven Soderbergh, and the Coen brothers.

The Epic film in world culture Fine Arts Collection Stacks PN1995.9.E79 E76 2011
Explores the rebirth of the epic film genre in the contemporary period, covering such films as 300, The Passion of the Christ, Gladiator, and the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Horror noir : where cinema’s dark sisters meet Fine Arts Collection Stacks PN1995.9.F54 M44 2011
The influence of 1930s- and 1940s-era horror films on the development of noir is detailed, with analyses of more than 100 motion pictures.

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Sundance Film Festival

Posted on February 14, 2011 by chailey

The annual Sundance Film Festival, which is held every year in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, Utah runs from January 20-30th. Sundance, first developed by Robert Redford and others in 1978, is the largest independent film festival in the United States. Many now popular filmmakers first got noticed at Sundance, including Kevin Smith, Steven Soderbergh, Darren Aronofsky, and Quentin Tarantino, amongst others. The Libraries own several books about Sundance including:

Down and dirty pictures : Miramax, Sundance, and the rise of independent film / Peter Biskind
Fine Arts Collection Stacks — PN1999.M57 B57 2004

Party in a box : the story of the Sundance Film Festival / Lory Smith
Fine Arts Collection Stacks — PN1993.4 .S55 1999

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