Roger A. Deakins
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Based on Marquis de Sade's 1791 novel Justine: the misfortunes of virtue, Chris Boger's visually sumptuous film is a dark tale of sexual depravity and Sadean excess. Royal plaything Koo Stark stars as a virtuous innocent whose chosen path of goodness is thwarted at every turn by her cunning and amoral sister, Juliette (Lydia Lisle), whose debauched lifestyle is her only happiness. Justine is the first feature film credit of cinematographer Roger Deakins,...
Series
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001], c2000
Language
English
Description
Oct. 1962, for thirteen extraordinary days the world stood on the brink of destruction. Krushchev wouldn't back down, President Kennedy wouldn't give in. Inspired by the real-life events that took place in the Kennedy White House.
3) 1984
Series
Criterion collection volume 984
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A man and a woman try desperately to escape the totalitarian regime they live in that bans nearly all free-thinking and love itself.
5) 1917
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers, Blake's own brother among them.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"Red" Redding is a lifer who knows the ropes at Maine's Shawshank State Prison. New inmate Andy Dufresne is a quiet banker, unjustly convicted of murder. Andy's indomitable will earns Red's friendship and his resourcefulness brings hope and change to the entire prison. Andy is full of surprises--and he saves his best surprise for last.
9) Homicide
Series
Criterion collection volume 486
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
An inner-city detective is investigating the murder of an elderly candy shop owner and finds odd clues along the way, while at the same time trying to find out who he has become.
10) Sid and Nancy
Series
Criterion collection volume 20
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Sid and Nancy: Chronicles the brief, intense attachment of two of Punk rock's most notorious poster children, Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen.
England's glory: A humorous documentary on the making of Alex Cox's punk biopic Sid and Nancy, featuring behind the scenes production and commentaries.
11) The goldfinch
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Theodore 'Theo' Decker was thirteen years old when his mother was killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The tragedy changes the course of his life, sending him on a stirring odyssey of grief and guilt, reinvention and redemption, and even love. Through it all, he holds on to one tangible piece of hope from that terrible day, a painting of a tiny bird chained to its perch.
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Loosely based on Homer's "Odyssey", this is the story of three convicts--escapees from a prison farm in Mississippi--and their adventure as they travel home in hopes of recovering buried loot before it's lost forever in a flood.