Category Archives: Film

Lincoln

Posted on November 25, 2012 by LaDale Winling

My wife and I went out on Thursday for just the third time since our son’s birth, this time to see Lincoln. Several historians chimed in with their opinions and evaluations at film’s release. Kate Masur, a historian of slavery … Continue reading →

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Historic Photography

Posted on January 18, 2012 by LaDale Winling

A photo project I’ve recently seen passed around Facebook is the Detroit re-photography project by David Jordano. A Chicago-based photographer, in 1973 Jordano was a Detroiter and conducted a photo survey of his city. He recently revisited those sites and … Continue reading →

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Getting Back

Posted on December 3, 2011 by LaDale Winling

There’s just a few weeks left in our European trip. We have traveled to many great sites and stayed in some wonderful places. But since we’re heading back to the States, I’m thinking about what I have missed most and … Continue reading →

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The Death of Digital

Posted on March 4, 2009 by LaDale Winling

I’m taking a whirlwind trip including Paris and Marrakech, Morocco, and I’m only taking film. Sound crazy? We’ll see. I’ve got a new old camera in anticipation of the trip and will have about a dozen rolls of b/w and … Continue reading →

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Harvard Beats Yale 29-29

Posted on February 23, 2009 by LaDale Winling

I had heard all the stories about Brian Dowling but until now had never seen film of the guy play. Kevin Rafferty’s new video film on the season-ending 1968 duel between the two Ivy League teams is chock full of … Continue reading →

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Murder Mystery Flicks

Posted on February 13, 2009 by LaDale Winling

Call Northside 777 and The Naked City. The former film is about a Chicago Times reporter’s investigation of a decade-old murder of a police officer in the Second City; it has a strong affinities with the latter, set as a … Continue reading →

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The Chicago 10

Posted on March 1, 2008 by urbanoasis

I saw this film last night, which was just released nationwide. Though unorthodox in its presentation, it was quite forceful and effective in its message. Chicago 10 was not strictly a documentary, though it involved a good deal of archival … Continue reading →

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Flickr and the Library of Congress

Posted on January 20, 2008 by urbanoasis

More than a year ago my friend Rob suggested that the National Archives could dramatically speed digitization of their digital collections if they enlisted the help of researchers as part of their regular research visits. Seemed like a damn good … Continue reading →

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Harlan County, USA

Posted on January 17, 2008 by urbanoasis

At some point, this movie ended up in my Netflix queue. Directed by Barbara Kopple and documenting a 1973 coal miner’s strike in Kentucky, it won the 1976 Oscar for Best Documentary. I wept twice during this movie, neither time … Continue reading →

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Again with the Photography?

Posted on January 13, 2008 by urbanoasis

Dinner Party Originally uploaded by urbanoasis Best conference Web site ever — Photographic Proofs, an event a colleague of mine at Yale is putting on in April. In local news the Art Institute of Chicago is currently exhibiting photos from … Continue reading →

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