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1) Sweaty betty
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
In a cramped row house on the border of Washington, D.C., two stories of big dreams take place. Floyd and his family have raised a 1000-pound pig in their backyard, and are determined to turn her into the team mascot for the Redskins football team. Floyd puts his plan into motion, but the pig, named Miss Charlotte, draws unwanted attention. A few blocks away, Rico and Scooby, two teenage single fathers and best friends, are hanging around the neighborhood....
2) Blush
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
17-year-old Naama spends most of her free time drinking and partying in the hopes of escaping from her parents' constant bickering, worsened by the recent disappearance of her AWOL soldier sister. When a free-spirited new girl shows up at school, Naama falls deeply in love for the first time and the intensity of the experience at once confuses her and gives her life new meaning.
Pub. Date
1946.
Description
In London, Lady Margaret Carstairs (Mary Forbes) and her son, Roland (Geoffrey Steele), engage renowned detective Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) to accompany them back home to Scotland as protection for their priceless gem, the Star of Rhodesia. When Roland turns up murdered and the Star disappears, Holmes and his friend Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) investigate -- only to discover another murder, and a strange connection with Watson's acquaintance Maj....
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
The French tradition of comedy built around impeccable timing and flawless acting is alive and well in this farce about a group of vibrant Spanish maids who shake things up in 1960s Paris. Jean-Louis has a quiet, bourgeois existence, living peacefully with his neurotic socialite wife Suzanne while their children are at boarding school. The couple's world is turned upside-down when they hire a Spanish maid Maria. Jean-Louis is introduced to an alternative...
5) Moka
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Diane Kramer (Emmanuelle Devos) is led by one obsession: to find the driver of the mocha-colored Mercedes which hit her son and devastated her life. With a few belongings, some money and a gun, she goes to Evian, where she has learned the driver lives. But sometimes the path of revenge is more tortuous than it seems. Diane will have to face another woman (Nathalie Baye), friendly and mysterious...
6) Lamb
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
This remarkable feature debut tells the story of young Ephraim, a half-Jewish, Ethiopian boy who is sent by his father to live among distant relatives after his mother's death. Ephraim uses his cooking skills to carve out a place among his cousins, but when his uncle decides that his beloved sheep must be sacrificed for the next religious feast, he will do anything to save the animal and return home. Drawing amazing performances from his cast of professional...
7) Maya Dardel
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
The story of the final weeks leading to the ambiguous disappearance of Maya Dardel, an internationally respected poet and novelist, who lived in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California. Maya announces on National Public Radio that she intends to end her life and that young male writers may compete to become executor of her estate. Men drive up the mountain and are challenged intellectually, emotionally, erotically, until one of them begins to fathom...
8) 17 girls
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
Inspired by events that took place in Massachusetts, Delphine and Muriel Coulin's provocative debut focuses on a group of bored teenage girls who all make an irrevocable pact. When Camille (Louise Grinberg, The Class) accidentally becomes pregnant, she encourages her friends and fellow high school classmates to follow suit. It's only a matter of time before 17 girls in the high school are pregnant and the town is thrown into a world of chaos. Set...
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
This simmering drama is a New York Times Critics' Pick and an award-winner at Sundance and Berlinale. Johnny Saxby (Josh O'Connor) works long hours in brutal isolation on his family's farm in the north of England. He numbs the daily frustration of his lonely existence with nightly binge-drinking at the local pub and casual sex. When a handsome Romanian migrant worker (Alec Secareanu) arrives Johnny is confronted with new emotions. An intense relationship...
10) Holy motors
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
Join Monsieur Oscar (Denis Lavant) on his rollicking, soulful journey by limousine through the streets of Paris as he transforms into multiple characters for a series of mysterious "appointment." Director Leos Carax melds monster movie, film noir, romantic drama, musical, crime thriller, and anime in his mirthful, mind-bending masterwork, featuring new original music performed by Kylie Minogue. Eva Mendes and Kylie Minogue also star alongside Denis...
11) Richard III
Pub. Date
1955.
Description
In Richard III, director, producer, and star Laurence Olivier brings Shakespeare's masterpiece of Machiavellian villainy to ravishing cinematic life. Olivier is diabolically captivating as Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who, through a series of murderous machinations, steals the crown from his brother Edward. And he surrounds himself with a royal supporting cast, which includes Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud, and Claire Bloom. Filmed in VistaVision...
12) A moving image
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
In this timely independent drama, Nina, a young artist, returns to her Brixton community after a prolonged absence. Soon after her arrival, she is painted as a symbol of gentrification, causing her to struggle with her own complicity in the matter. But these internal struggles and the strength of her hometown inspires her to create a new piece that brings her community together.
13) Goya's ghosts
Formats
Description
Told through the eyes of celebrated Spanish painter Francisco Goya. Set against political turmoil at the end of the Spanish Inquisition and start of the invasion of Spain by Napoleon's army. Captures the essence and beauty of Goya's work which is best known for both the colorful depictions of the royal court and its people, and his grim depictions of the brutality of war and life in 18th century Spain. When Goya's beautiful muse is accused of being...
14) The Aviator
Description
A biopic depicting the early years of legendary director and aviator Howard Hughes' career from the late 1920s to the mid-1940s. --IMDB.
15) The face of love
Formats
Description
Annette Bening stars as a widow who falls in love with a man (Ed Harris) who looks exactly like her deceased husband in this moving romantic drama. Also stars Robin Williams.
16) Our friend
Pub. Date
2021
Description
Follows Matt and Nicole Teague and their two young daughters after Nicole is diagnosed with terminal cancer and the couple's best friend puts his life on hold to stay with them for help and support.
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Description
Charlie Burns is presented with an impossible proposition by local law enforcement. The only way for him to save his younger brother from the gallows is to dismiss his moral judgment and kill his psychotic older brother within nine days.
"Two big thumbs up!"--Ebert & Roeper.
"Takes-no-prisoners powerful. The acting is superb."--Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
"Must List."--Entertainment Weekly.
"***1/2 Admirably lean, mean and populated with guys..."--USA...
18) Twelve angry men
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Description
Eleven jurors are convinced that the defendant is guilty of murder. The twelfth has no doubt of his innocence. How can this one man steer the others toward the same conclusion? It's a case of seemingly overwhelming evidence against a teenager accused of killing his father.
Pub. Date
[2010
Description
The heartwarming true story of a loyal dog named Hachiko. This very special friend would accompany his master to the train station everyday and return each afternoon to greet him after work. Even after his master passed away, he continued to return to the same spot at the station every day for the next nine years to wait for his beloved master. During his daily visits he touched many lives and taught the local people about love, compassion, and above...
20) The Square
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Widescreen presentation
Description
"Christian is the respected curator of a contemporary art museum, a divorced but devoted father of two who drives an electric car and supports good causes. His next show is 'The Square', an installation which invites passersby to altruism, reminding them of their role as responsible fellow human beings. But sometimes, it is difficult to live up to your own ideals: Christian's foolish response to the theft of his phone drags him into shameful situations....
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