Resources for June 22, 2014

Top Films of 1969

Top Films of 1974

Top Films of 2013





Byfield, Natalie. "NYC’s $40M Central Park 5 Settlement Resolves Wrongful Jailing Fueled by Race-Baiting, Police Abuse." Democracy Now (June 20, 2014)

Davis, Peter. "Hearts and Minds: Vietnam and Memory." Current (June 17, 2014)

Davidson, James. "15 Sleeper Films Of The New Hollywood Era That Are Worth Seeing." Taste of Cinema (June 12, 2014)

Kuersten, Erich. "Wes Anderson vs. the Trust Fund Marxists + 10 Classic films for fans of The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)." Acidemic (June 16, 2014)

Gerhard, Susan. "The College Question: Filmmaker Andrew Rossi takes a balanced approach to a pivotal crisis with Ivory Tower." Keyframe (June 21, 2014)




oblivion \uh-BLIV-ee-un\

noun 1 : the fact or condition of forgetting or having forgotten; especially : the condition of being oblivious; 2 a : the condition or state of being forgotten or unknown; b : the state of being destroyed

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After driving for 10 hours with the events of the past few days running repeatedly through her mind, Elyse was looking forward to the oblivion of sleep.

"Remember those dire warnings about how climate change might raise sea levels, mess up global ocean currents and generally screw us all over? Well, the wait for disaster to strike may soon be at an end—as a vast chunk of ice gets ready to release its hold on the Antarctic continent and slide into sweet oceanic oblivion." — Ben Gilliland, Metro (United Kingdom), May 19, 2014

"Oblivion" was derived via Middle English and Anglo-French from Latin "oblivisci," which means "to forget." This form may have stemmed from combining "ob-" ("in the way") and "levis" ("smooth"). In the past, "oblivion" has been used in reference to the River Lethe, which according to Greek myth flowed through the Underworld and induced a state of forgetfulness in anyone who drank its water. Among those who have used the word this way is the poet John Milton, who wrote in Paradise Lost, "Farr off from these a slow and silent stream, Lethe the River of Oblivion roules Her watrie Labyrinth."