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1) Aurora
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Language
Romanian
Formats
Description
A mesmerizing new masterwork from Cristi Puiu (*The Death of Mr. Lazarescu*), AURORA is a murder mystery turned on its head. Inside a non-descript apartment, a man and a woman converse, their voices hushed, mindful of waking the little girl sleeping in the next room. Behind a line of abandoned trailers, on the outskirts of Bucharest, the same man waits for something or someone to arrive. At a nearby factory, he collects two hand-made firing pins secretly...
2) The Firm
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mitch joins a prosperous Memphis firm that affords Mitch and his wife an affluent lifestyle beyond their wildest dreams. But when FBI agents confront him with evidence of corruption and murder within the firm, Mitch sets out to find the truth.
Publisher
IFC Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
After a proposed pipeline creates divisions within the small town of Beaverfield, and a snowstorm traps its residents together inside the local inn, newly arrived forest ranger Finn (Sam Richardson) and postal worker Cecily (Milana Vayntrub) must try to keep the peace and uncover the truth behind a mysterious creature that has begun terrorizing the community.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Lionel Essrog is a lonely private detective afflicted with Tourette's Syndrome. He ventures through 1950s New York trying to solve his friend's murder. Armed only with a few clues and the powerful engine of his obsessive mind, Lionel unravels closely guarded secrets that hold the fate of the whole city in the balance.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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Description
Many charismatic actors have played the man in the deerstalker cap over the years, but Basil Rathbone's work (in tandem with Nigel Bruce's lovably bumbling Dr. Watson) during the 1930s and 1940s remains the standard against which all other performers are measured. This remarkable collection shines the spotlight upon the iconic duo's film and radio appearances, showcasing four of their silver screen collaborations, along with twenty of their acclaimed...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Language
Français
Formats
Description
This French New-Wave classic features stunning imagery, while deliberately avoiding conventional plot and character development. In a vast and opulent hotel, an unnamed man attempts to persuade a similarly unnamed married woman that they have not only met before, but that they were also romantically involved and had planned to elope together. Nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the **Academy Awards** and Nominated for the Best Film at the **BAFTA...
Publisher
KL Studio Classics
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
One of the all-time great Hollywood chillers! A murderer is targeting disabled young women in a New England town, and Helen, a mute servant in a Gothic mansion, is terrified she's next. Mrs. Warren, the invalid, bullying mistress of the house, warns Helen to leave at once, rather than rely on her weak son and stepson for protection. But even as Helen is packing her things, she suspects she may be too late and the murderer is closer than she ever imagined....
11) The verdict
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Scotland Yard superintendent Grodman retires in disgrace when a man he helped convict is exonerated after being hanged. When someone commits the perfect crime, a locked-room murder, Grodman seeks to redeem himself by solving the case.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The trouble with Harry is that he's dead, and while no one really minds, everyone feels responsible. Shirley Maclaine makes her screen debut in this New England romp that includes romance, humor ... and several unearthings of the corpse.
13) Red eye
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
After her grandmother's funeral, Lisa takes the red eye flight back to Miami. The man sitting next to her reveals her father's wallet and says he will be killed if she doesn't help him murder the deputy secretary of Homeland Security.
14) Blackmail
Series
Publisher
LaserLight DVD
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
[Blackmail] A young woman kills an artist who attempts to rape her. Her Scotland Yard detective boyfriend soon learns the killer's identity, but so has someone else. First produced as a silent film, then in this version with dialog.
[Easy virtue] "After divorcing an abusive husband, an innocent woman makes a valiant effort at beginning her life anew, but she cannot escape the incidents surrounding her past"--Container.
15) Mr. Holmes
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In 1947, an aging Sherlock Holmes returns from a journey to Japan, where, in search of a rare plant with powerful restorative qualities, he has witnessed the devastation of nuclear warfare. Now, in his remote seaside farmhouse, Holmes faces the end of his days, with only the company of his housekeeper and her young son, Roger. Grappling with the diminishing powers of his mind, Holmes comes to rely upon the boy as he revisits the circumstances of the...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
What starts out as a lavish train ride through Europe quickly unfolds into one of the most stylish, suspenseful and thrilling mysteries ever told. From the novel by best-selling author Agatha Christie, tells the tale of thirteen strangers stranded on a train, where everyone is a suspect. One man must race against time to solve the puzzle before the murderer strikes again.
17) Suspicion
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Alfred Hitchcock weaves a terrifying web of suspicion around a fragile young English bride and captures a classic suspense thriller. Joan Fontaine is the bride, a gently-reared heiress who fears she has married a murderer. Cary Grant is the husband, a dashing ne'er-do-well with a penchant for the high life--and a bank account that's strictly low-life.
18) A simple favor
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A mommy vlogger seeks to uncover the truth behind her best friend Emily's sudden disappearance from their small town.
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