Austin Pendleton
Author
Language
English
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Description
Theater greats Sir Laurence Olivier, Orson Welles, Vivian Leigh, Joan Plowright, and Kenneth Tynan get together to rehearse Ionesco's Rhinoceros. With lightning wit and scathing insight into the true nature of genius, this play opens the private world of these very public people, exposing their warmth, their egos, and their glittering madness.
2) Sunset
Author
Language
English
Description
A diverse group of people grapple with the imminent probability of a nuclear strike on the East Coast.
Author
Language
English
Description
From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road • A startling encounter on a New York subway platform leads two strangers to a run-down tenement where a life or death decision must be made.
In that small apartment, “Black” and “White,” as the two men are known, begin a conversation that leads each back through his own history,...
In that small apartment, “Black” and “White,” as the two men are known, begin a conversation that leads each back through his own history,...
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
Vanessa Redgrave, Keith Carradine, and Rod Steiger star in this adaptation of the Carson McCullers novella. Merchant Ivory veteran Simon Callow’s only turn as a director is a twisted Southern Gothic dark comedy set in a rural town in the deep South. Redgrave plays Miss Amelia, the eccentric proprietor of the town’s only café and, more importantly to her grip on the townsfolk, the owner of a secret moonshine still. Her domineering hold on the...
7) Sunset
Publisher
Random Media
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A diverse group of people grapple with the imminent probability of a nuclear strike on the east coast of the United States. Winner of the Best Feature Film Award at the **Manhattan Film Festival.** Winner of the Best Ensemble Award at the **Los Angeles Film Awards.**
9) Wanderland
Publisher
The Orchard
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
To escape his isolated life in New York City, Alex impulsively accepts an email invitation to house-sit a picturesque “Enchanted Cottage" on Long Island in the off-season. Left with a broken USB cord and no cellphone coverage, he ventures out to find a working charger, only to end up hopelessly lost on a surreal all-night odyssey of misadventures. Forced to finally connect face to face with the eccentric characters he encounters, Alex discovers...
10) Finding Nemo
Language
English
Formats
Description
The fretful Malin and his young son Nemo, become seperated from each other in the Great Barrier Reef. Nemo, a clown fish, is unexpectedly taken from his home and thrust into a fish tank in a dentist's office overlooking Sydney Harbor. Buoyed by the companionship of a friendly fish named Dory, Malin embarks on a dangerous trek and finds himself the unlikely hero.
11) 5-25-77
Publisher
MVD Visual
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
During the spring of 1977, sci-fi-obsessed teenager Pat Johnson finds himself torn between making 8mm sequels to his favorite movies and pursuing the girl of his dreams, Linda. Desperate to help her son escape his likely future in Wadsworth, Illinois, (population 750), his mother Janet cold-calls the editor of 'American Cinematographer's magazine, and Pat soon finds himself on "the ultimate trip" to Hollywood, becoming the very first outsider to see...
12) Starting over
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this romantic comedy, Burt Reynolds plays Phil Potter, a low-key, contented magazine writer who tries to put his life back together after his wife (Candice Bergen) opts for independence as a singer-songwriter. Jill Clayburgh, a wacky nursery school teacher, tries to help him surmount the emotional hurdles, but it's rough going in this delightful contemporary tale-- he's still hung up on his ex-wife. Nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role...
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
[2002], c2000
Language
English
Description
On her 35th birthday, Bella, an overworked waitress, is set up on a date with Bruno, an irresponsible cab driver and father of two. One of Bella's regulars, a long time widow, responds to an ad and meets Emily. Soon, however, a random encounter changes Bella's life in a way she could never have imagined.
14) My cousin Vinny
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two carefree pals (Macchio and Whitfield) traveling through Alabama are mistakenly arrested, and charged with murder. Fortunately, Vincent Gambini (Pesci) is the cousin of one of them and he is a lawyer. Vinny is a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who just passed his bar exam after his sixth try and has never been in court. When cousin Vinny arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend (Tomei) to handle his first case, it's a real shock - for both Vinny...
15) Short circuit
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Language
English
Description
When a lightning bolt strikes a top secret experimental military robot, it comes to life and escapes to the home of a woman who tries to keep it from being "repaired" by its computer-genius creator.
Author
Language
English
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Description
White picks the site of a subway station, on his birthday, to end his life. Black, an ex-con with newfound faith, ends up saving White and bringing him back to his apartment. There the two engage in a debate pitting White's nihilism against Black's spiritual awakening. As the two drain themselves of words, questions arise. What is faith, or life, for that matter? And what does it mean to be saved?
17) Uptown girls
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Language
English
Description
Molly is the daughter of a deceased rock legend who is, for the first time in her life, forced to work after her manager steals all her inheritance. With help of her friend, Molly becomes the nanny of Ray, the precocious daughter of a busy music executive. She learns as much about being an adult from Ray, as she teachs Ray about being a child.
18) The Reunion
Author
Language
English
Description
Ricky Reilly is on a spiritual journey in Union Square when he runs into his childhood nemesis. Ricky's best friend Andy, an NYPD officer, challenges Ricky to confront his nemesis at their high school reunion.
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Darius Lefaux, a detective, is called to identify a body that is identical to him. As he dives into the harrowing case, versions of himself begin to emerge and haunting memories fill his mind. Darius must find his other self, before it finds him.