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5761) Father of the Bride
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A father deals with his only daughter's lavish wedding.
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Romany
Description
The final fifteen years of the Ceausescu regime were the worst in Romania's history. Nonetheless, the propaganda machine of that time relentlessly referred to that period as the country's 'golden age'. Using the moniker as a starting point, Tales from the Golden Age spins the most popular, comic and bizarre urban legends from that harrowing period into a hilariously surreal omnibus film.
5764) 11 flowers
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
A coming-of-age tale set in the final days of China's Cultural Revolution. Eleven-year-old Wang lives with his family in a remote village in Guizhou Province. Life is tough, but they make the most of what little they have. When Wang is selected to lead his school in daily gymnastics, he is told he must wear a clean, new shirt, which forces his family to make a great sacrifice. Soon after, Wang has an encounter with a wounded, desperate man on the...
5765) The funeral
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
日本語
Description
In the wake of her father's sudden passing, a successful actor (Itami's wife and frequent collaborator, Nobuko Miyamoto) and her lascivious husband leave Tokyo and return to her family home to oversee a traditional funeral. Over three days of mourning that bring illicit escapades in the woods, a surprisingly materialistic priest, and cinema2s most epic sandwich handoff, the tensions between public propriety and private hypocrisy are laid bare. Deftly...
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
None
Description
This haunting silent thriller tells the tale of a mysterious young man who takes up residence at a London boardinghouse, just as a killer who preys on blonde women, known as the Avenger, descends upon the city. The film is animated by the palpable energy of a young stylist at play, decisively establishing the director's formal and thematic obsessions.
5767) Darkest hour
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
During the early days of World War II, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the newly appointed British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Hitler, or fight on against incredible odds.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Now a well established household in the heart of London, life in Eaton Place has moved on; Lady Agnes and Sir Hallam's family is complete with the addition of two small children and London has settled into an uneasy peace with the apparent aversion of war. Yet below the surface of a well-run household, both upstairs and downstairs are harboring life-changing secrets. As romance, heartbreak and revelation engulf the household; its inhabitants discover...
5770) Crimes and misdemeanors
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Weaving together several different stories about people's lives, loves, perceptions, and ideals, this examines some of the toughest questions surrounding human nature.
5771) In darkness
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Polish
Description
Leopold Socha is a sewer worker and petty thief in Lvov, a Nazi-occupied city in Poland. One day he encounters a group of Jews trying to escape the liquidation of the ghetto. He hides them for money in the labyrinth of the town's sewers beneath the bustling activity of the city above. What starts out as a straightforward and cynical business arrangement turns into something very unexpected, the unlikely alliance between Socha and the Jews as the enterprise...
5772) In the shadow of women
Publisher
Icarus Films Home Video
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Français
Description
Pierre and Manon are a married couple working in fragile harmony on Pierre's documentary film projects, the latest of which is a portrait of a resistance fighter. When Pierre takes a lover, he feels entitled to do so, and he treats both wife and mistress with disengagement bordering on disdain. When Manon catches Pierre in the act, her immediate response is to find common ground with her husband.
5773) Drag me to Hell
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
An original tale of a young woman's desperate quest to break an evil curse. Christine Brown is an ambitious L.A. loan officer. Life is good until the mysterious Mrs. Ganush arrives at the bank to beg for an extension on her home loan. Christine denies the extension to impress her boss and get a leg-up on a promotion, shaming Mrs. Ganush and dispossessing her of her home. She finds herself the recipient of a supernatural curse, which turns her life...
5774) Queen of hearts
Series
Film Movement volume year 9, film 11
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Français
Description
Thirty-something Adèle is devastated after a painful breakup. With no close friends or family, her distant cousin, Rachel, reluctantly takes her in and graciously attempts to salvage Adèle's personal and professional lives. Rachel finds her a job and suggests that Adèle sleep with other men to get over her heartbreak. Adèle bounces from one lover to the next in search of her perfect companion but can't escape the visage of her ex. Finally, she...
5775) L'albero degli zoccoli
Series
Criterion collection volume 854
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Italiano
Description
A painterly and sensual immersion in late nineteenth-century Italian farm life that lovingly focuses on four families working for one landowner on an isolated estate in the province of Bergamo.
5776) The great lie
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Tempestuous and ambitious concert pianist Sandra Kovac shares a bond with down-to-earth Maggie Van Allen and her little boy, Pete. Sandra's chic New York friends can't imagine what the two women have in common. What they don't know is that Pete is Sandra's son - the son of the heroic aviator both women love.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A ten part detective series from the BBC about an oddball couple of private detectives named Luella Shakespeare and Frank Hathaway. Investigating crime in Stratford-upon-Avon, the duo quickly discover all is not as peaceful as it seems in this little theatre town.
5778) Tower heist
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Queens native Josh Kovacs has managed one of the most luxurious and well-secured residences in New York City for more than a decade. Under his watchful eye, nothing goes undetected. In the swankiest unit atop Josh's building, Wall Street titan Arthur Shaw is under house arrest after being caught stealing two billion from his investors. The hardest hit among those he defrauded? The tower staffers whose pensions he was entrusted to manage.
5779) Hobson's choice
Series
Criterion collection volume 461
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
An owner of a Victorian-era boot shop finds himself in a battle of wills with his headstrong eldest daughter, who wants to make her own professional and personal decisions in her life.
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