Black Panther
The 15:17 to Paris
A Fantastic Woman
Fifty Shades Freed
The Insult
Den of Thieves
Forever My Girl
Peter Rabbit
Red Trees
The Empathy Gap: Masculinity & the Courage to Change 
Kids and the Church Year 
Mosul
Naledi: One Little Elephant 
The Divide 
Steve McQueen: American Icon 
Written Off 
Fear the Walking Dead: The Complete Third Season 
The Finger Points 
Godard + Gorin: Five Films 1968-1971 
The Hallelujah Trail 
Acceptable Risk 
Moses and Aaron 
The Orchard End Murder 
The Red Squirrel 
Films Media Group, an Infobase Company, agreed today to sponsor up to four registrations to the 2018 National Media Market and Conference (NMM) for librarians who collect media for community colleges. This sponsorship will benefit librarians who wish to attend…
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- The 15:17 to Paris
- Black Hollow Cage
- Early Man
- A Fantastic Woman
- Game Night
- Graduation
- I Kill Giants
- On The Beach At Night Alone
- The Party
- Red Sparrow
- Vazante
- Wonderstruck
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May/June 2018
What you’ll find in the May/June 2018 issue of Video Librarian:
New documentaries on the lives of a Philadelphia family, the 2017 Women’s March, Newtown and Orlando mass shootings, bugs as food, the history of black colleges, Putin, the Paris Opera, the ghoulish blood plasma industry, bird intelligence, and more. Plus, books into movies, anime, music/dance, and 75-plus movie and TV series reviews…
News Briefs
Films Media Group to Sponsor Librarians for National Media Market and Conference 2018
Films Media Group, an Infobase Company, agreed today to sponsor up to four registrations to the 2018 National Media Market and Conference (NMM) for librarians who collect media for community colleges. This sponsorship will benefit librarians who wish to attend…“The Tree of Life,” Lubitsch’s “Heaven Can Wait," Punk Scene Debut “Smithereens,” and More on Criterion's August Slate
The Criterion Collection's August releases kick off August 14 with director Robert M. Young's 1982 drama The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (DVD: $29.95, Blu-ray: $39.95), a passion project for producer-star Edward James Olmos, who plays the titular Mexican American farmer forced…“The Looming Tower” Slated for Release on September 18 from Warner Bros.
The events that led to the deadliest terrorist attacks ever to take place on American soil are chronicled in The Looming Tower (DVD: $29.98, Blu-ray: $39.98), the powerful 10-part Hulu drama to be released on September 18 from Warner Bros. Home…“My Letter to the World” Emily Dickinson Documentary Slated for June 12 from Music Box Films
Music Box Films is releasing the documentary My Letter to the World (DVD: $29.95) on June 12. Offering a rich examination of the life and work of one of America’s greatest poets, the film features world experts and renowned scholars who help to unravel…“A Good American” Surveillance Doc Available Now from Collective Eye Films
Collective Eye Films has recently released A Good American (DVD: public libraries: $50; schools: $125 [$295 w/PPR], www.collectiveeye.org), director Friedrich Moser’s gripping docu-thriller about a groundbreaking surveillance program, the brilliant mastermind behind it, and how a perfect alternative to mass…
Bi-Weekly Selection Guide to Upcoming Releases for June 5 & May 29
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Au Hasard Balthazar
The Big Country
Coach Jake
Alone with Chrissie Hynde
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