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The movie award season has come and gone and the Library is now getting in many of the nominees and winners. Here's a selection of what has been added to the film collection, either for your academic or leisure use:
American Gangster, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, and Ruby Dee (Oscar nominee, Actress in a Supporting Role).
Gone Baby Gone, directed by Ben Affleck and starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Amy Ryan (Oscar nominee, Actress in a Supporting Role), Morgan Freeman and Ed Harris.
Once, directed by John Carney and starring Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova (Oscar winners, Best Original Song).
Away From Her, directed by Sarah Polley and starring Julie Christie (Oscar nominee, Best Actress in a Lead Role), Gordon Pinsent and Olympia Dukakis.
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, directed by Andrew Dominik and starring Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck (Oscar nominee, Actor in a Supporting Role), Sam Shepard, Mary-Louise Parker.
Elizabeth, the Golden Age, directed by Shekhar Kapur and starring Cate Blanchett (Oscar nominee, Actress in a Lead Role), Geoffrey Rush and Clive Owen.
Michael Clayton (Oscar nominee, Best Picture), directed by Tony Gilroy (Oscar nominee, Directing) and starring George Clooney (Oscar nominee, Actor in a Leading Role), Tilda Swinton (Oscar winner, Actress in a Supporting Role), Tom Wilkinson (Oscar nominee, Actor in a Supporting Role) and Sidney Pollack.
La Vie En Rose, directed by Olivier Dahan and starring Marion Cotillard (Oscar winner, Actress in a Lead Role).
Where's Juno? Where's Sweeney Todd? Where's No Country for Old Men? They're on their way.
And lastly, March is "Women's History Month" and the Library has created a web page to link you to a variety of online sources, and created board displays to lead you to some of the books we have in the collection related to the observance.