by Dale Dalenberg | Aug 27, 2018 | Dalenberg Library Gallery
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez. Directed by Robert M. Young. USA, 1982. In English and Spanish. Aside from being the title of this week’s movie, “The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez” is actually the title of a song. A folk song, or corrido, which is a Mexican...
by Dale Dalenberg | Aug 21, 2018 | Dalenberg Library Gallery
Alien. Directed by Ridley Scott USA, 1979 Ridley Scott’s second feature film as director, Alien, turned out to be the first of what has come to be known as a “franchise” in the film industry (a term that hadn’t been introduced yet in 1979.) To date,...
by Dale Dalenberg | Aug 13, 2018 | Dalenberg Library Gallery
Fantasia. Produced by Walt Disney Walt Disney Animation Studios USA, 1940. From 1929 to 1939, Walt Disney produced 75 short features called Silly Symphonies, which were separate from the usual Disney productions that involved recurring characters like Mickey...
by Dale Dalenberg | Jul 31, 2018 | Dalenberg Library Gallery
A Matter of Life and Death. Production, direction, & scenario by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. UK, 1946. Starring David Niven, Roger Livesey, Raymond Massey, and Kim Hunter. The British film-making duo of Powell and Pressburger, often called by their...
by Dale Dalenberg | Jul 23, 2018 | Dalenberg Library Gallery
The Dalenberg Library re-launches the Sunday film series with a mix of acknowledged classics and lesser known discoveries. Sometimes the Sunday film will be the latest in the “100 Years, 100 Films” series (which is running concurrently). A few times per...
by Dale Dalenberg | Jul 7, 2018 | Dalenberg Library Gallery
News travels slowly to Kansas. The Dalenberg Library just got word of the passing June 27 of the enfant terrible of science fiction, Harlan Ellison (5/27/34-6/27/18.) It is difficult to envision Ellison as an 84 year-old. He was somehow frozen in our mind as...
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