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Series
Criterion collection volume 704
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A sensational and high-octane but economically constructed drama set in a maximum-security penitentiary. Shot on location at Folsom State Prison, with real inmates and guards as extras.
Publisher
Luis Argueta
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
Español
Description
Set during the 1954 American-led military coup to overthrow Guatemalan president Jacobo Arbenz, this coming-of-age tale follows a young boy, Neto (Oscar Javier Almengor), who dreams of one day flying in a hot air balloon. After the U.S. military arrives in the country, he watches as his family and friends are negatively affected. First, his father loses his job, and then the whole family is forced to leave the city, which culminates in the death of...
5) Dillinger
Series
Film noir classic collection volume 2
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Traces Dillinger's violent career from his early days through his rise to the top of the FBI most-wanted list, and concludes with the well-known "lady in red" betrayal that left Dillinger a bullet-riddled corpse on a dark Chicago street.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Elia Kazan's own words begin the saga of young Stavros, who leaves his war-torn homeland behind to begin a new life. With his family's meager fortune and his father's blessing, Stavros encounters both allies and adversaries on a dramatic trek. He ultimately achieves his dream through sheer determination and will, thereby earning his nickname : America America.--Container.
Series
Criterion collection volume 63
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A young woman in a small Kansas town is haunted by strange images and events after she experiences a car crash. She agrees to take a job as a church organist in Salt Lake City. En route, she is haunted by a bizarre apparition that compels her toward an abandoned lakeside pavilion. Made by industrial filmmakers on a small budget, this eerily effective B-movie classic was intended to have "the look of a Bergman and the feel of a Cocteau."
8) Frantic
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
When the wife of an American cardiologist is kidnapped in Paris, he sets out to find her but encounters a web of language, locale, and bureaucracy.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In this powerful new film based on his bestselling book, sociologist Michael Kimmel maps the troubling social world where boys become men -- a new stage of development he calls "Guyland." Arguing that the traditional adult signposts and cultural signals that once helped boys navigate their way to manhood are no longer clear, Kimmel provides an astonishing glimpse into a world where more and more young men are trying desperately to prove their masculinity...
10) GMO OMG
Publisher
Submarine Deluxe
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Director and concerned father Jeremy Seifert is in search of answers. How do GMOs affect our children, the health of our planet, and our freedom of choice? And perhaps the ultimate question, which Seifert tests himself: is it even possible to reject the food system currently in place, or have we lost something we can't gain back? These and other questions take Seifert on a journey from his family's table to Haiti, Paris, Norway, and the lobby of...
11) City of fear
Series
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A criminal escapes from jail with what he thinks is pure heroin, but is actually a radioactive powder. Now, the cops must find him before he exposes the whole city.
12) Ghostbusters
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
When ghosts go on a rampage, only these men can save the world. Soon every spook in the city is loose and our heroes face the supreme challenge. If you want your spirits raised, who you gonna call? GHOSTBUSTERS.
13) Freaky Friday
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A conservative, refined mother magically swaps bodies with her thirteen-year old daughter for one day.
14) Marathon man
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
"Hoffman plays the likeable Columbia graduate student and marathon runner of the title, unwittingly trapped in a terrifying drama revolving around a murderous Nazi fugitive"--Container.
Series
Film noir classic collection volume 3
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"Clips from noir classics and little-known gems, plus interviews with modern noir aficionados like directors Christopher Nolan and Frank Miller, writers James Ellroy and Brian Helgeland and others shape this multifaceted exploration of the movie style that grew out of the hard realities of post-World War II life"--Container.
17) Misery
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
After an almost fatal car crash, novelist Paul Sheldon finds himself being nursed by a deranged fan who holds him captive.
18) The offering
Publisher
Decal
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In hopes of reconciling with his orthodox father, the son of a Hasidic funeral director returns home with his pregnant wife in tow. But his intentions are put to the test when the family morgue receives the body of a mysterious corpse containing an ancient entity with a sinister plan for his unborn child.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Based on a play by Arthur Laurents, it recounts the story of a young black soldier who has suffered a nervous breakdown and developed psychosomatic paralysis. Crippled by rage and trauma, his condition was induced by experiences encountered during a reconnaissance mission combined with a lifetime of racial discrimination. He may be able to walk again, but only if he can overcome his anger and frustrations.
20) Nightcrawler
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A pulse-pounding thriller set in the nocturnal underbelly of contemporary Los Angeles. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Lou Bloom, a driven young man desperate for work who discovers the high-speed world of L.A. crime journalism. Finding a group of freelance camera crews who film crashes, fires, murder and other mayhem, Lou muscles into the cut-throat, dangerous realm of nightcrawling, where each police siren wail equals a possible windfall and victims are...
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