The 82nd Academy Awards show is March 7.

In the meantime, follow the road to Oscar!

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  Chicago Film Critics Association
  Golden Globes
  Screen Actors Guild
  Film Independent Spirit Award
   
The Studio blog has a list of nominated movies you can reserve. And don't forget past award winners!

Movies

Award winners, foreign films, film festivals, ratings and guides, staff recommendations...

Music

Award winners, classical, jazz, popular, lyrics, sheet music, staff recommendations...

New Adult Feature Films on DVD and Blu-ray at the Library rss feed
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Film Critics Pick the Best of the Decade
Would you give their choices a "thumbs up" or a "thumbs down"?

Photo of a film reelRoger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times:
    25th Hour
    Almost Famous
    Chop Shop
    The Hurt Locker
    Juno
    Me and You and Everyone We Know
    Monster
    My Winnipeg
    The Son
    Synecdoche, New York

A.O. Scott of The New York Times:
    25th Hour
    4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days
    A.I.
    The Best of Youth
    Brokeback Mountain
    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
    Million Dollar Baby
    The Pianist
    WALL-E
    Where the Wild Things Are

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The 52nd annual Grammy Awards have been announced. See a list of Grammy winning CDs owned by the Library!

 

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Celebrate Black History Month with a wonderful feature film and documentary.

 

Find out what we liked during 2009 in MOVIES and MUSIC!

 

Photo of the Beatles

The Fab Four
will always be in style! Here's a list that includes your favorite
Beatles CDs, movies, and more

 

Illustration of a boxLooking for some great listening ideas? Take a look at our new list of CD collections in Boxed Sets!

 

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Opera buffs! Take note...
The Library has materials for the current Lyric Opera of Chicago and The Metropolitan Opera seasons.

 

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Enjoy movies from different countries...
Come to our
World Film Fest
this winter!