movies

The Emmy Awards are scheduled to take place this year on Sunday, Sept 19. Once again we are having our annual Guess the Emmys Contest. Look for ballot boxes at the Adult Services and Multimedia desks or feel free to enter our online contest. Choose who you think will win the Emmy Award in ten… Read More

So you’re at home, in the car, on vacation, or taking a break from work and the one thing you want is the perfect book or movie that draws you in immediately. We get it. Which is why we are thrilled to offer a brand new service at the Deerfield Public Library called Personalized Picks.… Read More

With summer coming and warmer weather, everyone is thinking of fun outdoor activities that you can do with your family and friends. Did you know that you could check out a big inflatable movie screen and a LED video projector from the Deerfield Public Library’s Library of Things Collection? These are great if you would… Read More

We have a new collection we’ll be circulating at the Deerfield Library. We think they’re pretty neat and we hope you enjoy them and check them out. We’re calling it the Binge-Watching Collection.  Our movie supplier has put together a series called Binge Boxes. Each Binge Box has between 4 and 6 DVDs and each… Read More

Watch some of the best selections in cinema for free with your Library card! I am so excited to announce the launch of Kanopy. This resource will give Deerfield patrons access to thousands of movies, documentaries, TV series, and kids content. Go behind the scenes of Hamilton, or tune in to those classics you just… Read More

The foreign movie collection is one of those oft-neglected gems of the library. Most titles are lucky to get checked out more than once or twice a year. This is a shame, because there’s so much cool stuff sitting on those shelves! Let me try to describe the scope of the foreign movie collection. Here… Read More

Some of our patrons may remember that last year we did a survey at the Multimedia Desk asking our patrons if they would like to check out movies for seven (7) days instead of three (3). The results told us that yes, our patrons wanted longer checkout times for the adult DVDs and Blu-rays. We… Read More

Last year, we started circulating Roku streaming players to our patrons, and one of the things they love is our growing movie collection on the Vudu app. We now have over 400 films in our collection. The other resource that has been very popular is the Netflix app. One of the reasons Netflix is so popular is… Read More

It's that time of year again... the time when everyone starts making their "Best of 2016" lists. We, of course, couldn't pass up the opportunity to make one of our own and share our staff's favorite books, movies, and TV on DVD from 2016. So here it is! We just have one disclaimer: This blog… Read More

This year's Summer Reading Program theme is Read For The Win. With that in mind, we'll be showing three of the greatest sports films ever made for our Summer Movie Discussion series. I will give a brief talk before each movie with some fun facts and interesting stories about the film. Please feel free to stay after to talk… Read More