Frances Conroy
Series
Criterion collection volume 1158
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Jane Campion returns to the kind of mythic frontier landscape--pulsating with both freedom and menace--that she previously traversed in The Piano in order to plumb the masculine psyche in The Power of the Dog, set against the desolate plains of 1920s Montana and adapted by the filmmaker from Thomas Savage's novel. After a sensitive widow and her enigmatic, fiercely loving son move in with her gentle new husband, a tense battle of wills plays out between...
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A struggling single mom takes a job as a chambermaid at a luxury hotel in New York. She meets and falls in love with a suave and sophisticated heir to an American political dynasty, who mistakes her for a society woman. When her real identity is revealed, the reality about their separate lives sets in.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
Once upon a time in the far away kingdom of Dor lived a brave and virtuous mouse with comically oversized ears who dreamt of becoming a knight. Banished from his home for having such lofty ambitions, Despereaux sets off on an amazing adventure with his good-hearted rat friend Roscuro. The two go on a very noble quest to rescue an endangered princess and save an entire kingdom from darkness.
4) Mimi's Guide
Author
Language
English
Description
When Mimi accompanies her lover, a well-known poet, to a literary conference in Louisiana in 1994, she meets a Vietnamese-American professor who fled South Vietnam in 1975. As a torrid love triangle develops between the professor, the poet, and Mimi, the three face down their pasts and their relationships to the Vietnam War.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
During Christmas break from school, a seemingly typical teenager discovers that he is anything but ordinary. As the seventh son of a seventh son, Will Stanton is The Seeker - a chosen warrior destined to restore the delicate earthly balance between Light and Dark. Guided by ancient protectors of the Light, young Will must travel through time to gather the hidden signs that hold the ultimate power to protect the world.
Author
Language
English
Description
Lucas Simons, an 11-year-old filmmaker, is obsessed with death after the loss of his brother. When Lucas accidentally captures a mysterious presence in one of his films, he inadvertently becomes a YouTube phenomenon, and must learn to live life in the spotlight while also learning how to once again start living life to its fullest.
8) Catwoman
Language
English
Description
Sensitive and shy artist Patience Philips is a woman who can't seem to stop apologizing for her own existence. She works as a graphic designer for Hedare Beauty, a mammouth cosmetics company on the verge of releasing a revolutionary anti-aging product. When Patience inadvertently happens upon a dark secret her employer is hiding, she finds herself in the middle of a corporate conspiracy. What happens next changes Patience forever. In a mystical twist...
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Confirmed bachelor Don has just been dumped by his latest lover, Sherry. Don begins to resign himself to being alone and left to his own devices. However, he becomes compelled to reflect on his past when he receives a mysterious pink letter by mail. It is from an anonymous former lover and informs him that he has a 19-year-old son who may be looking for his father. Don is urged to investigate the contents of the letter by his closest friend and neighbor,...
10) No Pay, Nudity
Author
Language
English
Description
Aging actor Lester Rosenthal (Gabriel Byrne) has lost his way. In this often humorous, yet warmly poignant story, love and friendship, jealousy and re-discovery, career, family, and friends (Nathan Lane, Frances Conroy) intertwine as Lester navigates the perplexing realities facing so many of us as we pursue dreams and dignity. A film about hanging out, hanging in, and hanging on.
11) Joker
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Most days, Arthur Fleck is bullied in public as he works as a clown-for-hire, but his slow descent into madness is hurried along by his mother's failing health, their strained connection with the rich Wayne family, and his failed comedy career.
12) Joker
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Most days, Arthur Fleck is bullied in public as he works as a clown-for-hire, but his slow descent into madness is hurried along by his mother's failing health, their strained connection with the rich Wayne family, and his failed comedy career.
14) Mountain Rest
Author
Language
English
Description
After sequestering herself to a small mountain town, an aging actress calls her estranged daughter and granddaughter home for reconciliation - and one final celebration.
15) Chasing Ghosts
Publisher
New Kingdom Films
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Lucas Simons, an 11 year-old filmmaker, is obsessed with death after the loss of his brother. When Lucas accidentally captures a mysterious presence in one of his films, he inadvertently becomes a YouTube phenomenon, and must learn to live life in the spotlight while also learning how to once again start living life to its fullest.
16) New in town
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A high-powered consultant in love with her upscale Miami lifestyle is sent to a small Minnesota town, in the middle of nowhere, to oversee the restructuring of a blue collar manufacturing plant. She endures a frosty reception from the locals, along with the icy roads and freezing weather. She warms up to the small town's charm, and eventually finds herself being accepted by the community. When she's ordered to close down the plant and put the entire...
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
"With the Wicked Witch of the West now vanquished from Oz, Tom and Jerry, along with Dorothy, are back in Kansas! But not for long, as an all-new villain has surfaced from beneath the magical land: the Gnome King! Having captured the Good Witch, the Gnome King and his army are wreaking havoc throughout Oz and need one thing to take control of the Emerald City: Dorothy's ruby slippers! It's up to our favourite cat and mouse duo to team up, go Back...
18) The wicker man
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Edward Malus is a California police officer who takes a leave of absence after witnessing a tragedy on the job. Taking pills to soothe the effects of his post-traumatic stress disorder, Edward receives a letter from his ex-fiance, Willow, requesting his assistance in finding her missing child. She asks him come to Summerisle, a small island off the coast of Puget Sound, and help her find her daughter, Rowan. When Edward starts investigating Rowan's...
19) New in Town
Author
Language
English
Description
Lucy Hill (Renée Zellweger) is an ambitious, up and coming executive living in Miami. She loves her shoes, she loves her cars and she loves climbing the corporate ladder. When she is offered a temporary assignment - in the middle of nowhere - to restructure a manufacturing plant, she accepts the opportunity, knowing a big promotion is close at hand. What begins as a straight forward job assignment becomes a life changing experience as Lucy discovers...
20) The aviator
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Howard Hughes was a rich young man from Texas, heir to his father's fortune, when he decided he wanted to make movies. Age 21, he made the most expensive Hollywood film ever (at the time); and went on to break air-speed records, make another fortune in aircraft design, smash Charles Lindbergh's round-the-world flight record, and be romantically linked with almost all of Hollywood's famous beauties. Nevertheless, he died alone, sealed into a room he...