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Is there a classic movie club that shows old movies? — Asked by Anonymous

There is! Classic Film Series (led in part by our own Seth ‘13) typically shows movies at least twice in a month, somewhat intermittently. This past term, the films they chose to show were based around the theme of ‘first films,’ so all of them were directorial debuts by their given (famous) director. 

You can get a small sampling of some past films they’ve shown from Seth’s post back in April.

-Evan ‘13

Last night I sat for a couple of hours at the library front desk helping my friend Stevie make a playlist of YouTube videos of 90s movies and TV shows to project on the wall while we skate around at Rollerama. 

We’ve certainly remembered a lot of classics (such as Nickelodeon shows and Leonardo DiCaprio movies) and got good suggestions from people in the library who interrupted our highly important work to check out books, but do any of you readers have any ideas of some 90s pop culture essentials?

-Ellie

Time for another fun fact about Bennington’s history with Riley and Victoria! Fact #2: “In the 1950s a film, depicting educational life at Bennington College, was made by the State Department to show to schools in Europe, particularly Germany, that a different educational approach existed and worked. A quote from the Bennington College Alumnae Quarterly from the spring of 1953 reads, “The State Department…wanted to tell Germany and the rest of the world something about a system of education which not only gave knowledge and facts but something else to its students, gave them strength and ability to face their problems themselves and a realization that they could have an active voice in governing themselves.” -Victoria The cartoon is drawings and descriptions of the movie they made. -Riley

Time for another fun fact about Bennington’s history with Riley and Victoria!

Fact #2: “In the 1950s a film, depicting educational life at Bennington College, was made by the State Department to show to schools in Europe, particularly Germany, that a different educational approach existed and worked. A quote from the Bennington College Alumnae Quarterly from the spring of 1953 reads, “The State Department…wanted to tell Germany and the rest of the world something about a system of education which not only gave knowledge and facts but something else to its students, gave them strength and ability to face their problems themselves and a realization that they could have an active voice in governing themselves.” -Victoria

The cartoon is drawings and descriptions of the movie they made.

-Riley