Will Oldham
2) Old joy
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Two old friends reunite for a quietly revelatory overnight camping trip. As they drive from Portland into the woods in search of a secluded hot spring, expectant father Mark and nomadic Kurt make fumbling attempts to reconnect, butting up against the limits of their friendship and coming to grips with just how much their paths have diverged since their shared youth.
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Wendy Carroll (Michelle Williams) is driving to Alaska in hopes of a summer of lucrative work at the Northwestern Fish cannery, and the start of a new life with her dog, Lucy. When her car breaks down in Oregon, however, the thin fabric of her financial situation comes apart, and she confronts a series of increasingly dire economic decisions, with far-ranging repercussions for herself and Lucy. Winner of the Palm Dog and nominated for the Un Certain...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
Set in a mining town in the 1880s, THOUSAND PIECES OF GOLD is based on the classic novel by Ruthanne Lum McCunn with a screenplay by award-winning filmmaker Anne Makepeace (Tribal Justice). Upon its release in 1990, the film won immediate acclaim for its portrayal of the real-life story of Lalu (Rosalind Chao), a young Chinese woman whose desperately poor parents sell her into slavery. She is trafficked to a nefarious saloonkeeper in Idaho's gold...
5) Matewan
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A wrenching historical drama that recounts the true story of a West Virginia coal town where the local miners2 struggle to form a union rose to the pitch of all-out war in 1920. Written and directed by John Sayles, this film issues an impassioned cry for justice that still resounds today.
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