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Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Français
Description
Casanova, exiled to London, becomes enamoured with Marianne de Charpillon, a young courtesan, to the point where he loses interest in all other women. She refutes his advances to become the one true, unrequited love of his life.
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
1934.
Language
English
Description
Bearing a child out of wedlock was punishable in 17th century Massachusetts by being forced to wear a scarlet letter 'A,' but unwed mother Hester Prynne, who was born to a noble family, is determined to rise above her situation.
3) Irena's Vow
Publisher
Quiver Distribution
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Through the eyes of a strong-willed woman comes the true story of Irena Gut Opdyke and the triumphs of the human spirit over devastating tragedy.
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
Cheng Dieyi (Leslie Cheung) and Duan Xiaolou (Zhang Fengyi) grow up enduring the harsh training of the Peking Opera Academy, where instructors regularly beat the students to instill in them the discipline needed to master the complex physical and vocal techniques of this ancient art. As the two boys mature, they develop complementary talents: Dieyi, with his fine, delicate features, assumes the female roles while Xiaolou plays masculine warlords....
5) White Lie
Publisher
Filmhub, Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A popular undergrad who fakes a cancer diagnosis for the attention and financial gain struggles to maintain her secret.
6) Juniper
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Ruth (Oscar nominee Charlotte Rampling) is a worldly former war correspondent now bored in retirement with a drinking problem and a newly fractured leg. Sam (George Ferrier) is her unruly grandson, recently kicked out of boarding school and grieving the death of his mother. When the two are brought together under the same roof, they form an unexpected bond.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Intensely readable and beautifully observed . . . full of wisdom, generosity, humor, and sharp insights."
—Elif Batuman, author of Either/Or
Three Israeli women, their lives altered by immigration to the United States, seek to overcome crises. Ilana is a veteran Hebrew instructor at a Midwestern college who has built her life around her career. When a young Hebrew literature professor joins the faculty, she finds
...10) The Wheel
Publisher
Quiver Distribution
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Albee and Walker, a young couple on the brink of divorce, embark on a mountain getaway to save their fledgling marriage. Before long, their personal drama also creates tension between their newly engaged Airbnb hosts.
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Lost on the dreary Oregon coast, Fran finds solace in her cubicle, listening to the constant hum of officemates and occasionally daydreaming to pass the time. She is ghosting through life, unable to pop her bubble of isolation, when a friendly new coworker, Robert, persistently tries to connect with her. Though it goes against every fiber of her being, she may have to give this guy a chance. Director Rachel Lambert and team craft beautiful cinema...
12) The Best of Me
Publisher
Relativity Media
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.
13) Maze
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of the 1983 mass breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from HMP Maze high-security prison in Northern Ireland. As Larry Marley (Tom Vaughan-Lawlor), the chief architect of the escape, schemes his way towards pulling off this feat, he manipulates prison warder Gordon Close (Barry Ward) in order to get closer to his goal.
Author
Language
English
Description
An all-star, large scale epic movie that chronicles the life and ministry of Jesus Christ..." My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken Me?" It is towards this climactic crossroads that the story of Jesus of Nazareth leads, and to which, at the final moment, it again looks back in triumphant retrospect. It is the anguishing crossroads where the eternal questions of faith and doubt become resolved.
15) It Turns Blue
Publisher
Ouat Media
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Pari gets called in by her brother to cover up the bruises on his 3-year-old daughter’s body.
Publisher
Ouat Media
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by true events, the film tells the timely story of Imani, a Nigerian single-mother living in Los Angeles. When she offers to help a perfect stranger reunite with her son, Imani learns this simple act of kindness threatens to jeopardize her own path to citizenship.
17) 2/Duo
Publisher
Arbelos Films
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
日本語
Description
Nobuhiro Suwa’s second feature and breakout film, 2/DUO telescopes in on the seemingly mannered, domestic life of a young couple and finds a quiet storm of high stakes affection and alienation. An under-seen masterstroke of recent Japanese cinema lensed by Masaki Tamura, Suwa and his cast deftly conjure the emotional range and improvised precision of Jacques Rivette and Mike Leigh to inhabit a story that incrementally evokes the most universal sentient...
Publisher
Topic Studios
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Italiano
Description
1993 picks up where the first season of 1992 left off, tracking the collapse of a political system and the chaos that results. Out of the ashes will rise new right-wing parties, like the Forza Italia party founded by media magnate Silvio Berlusconi.
19) Carajita
Publisher
Pragda
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Sara and her nanny Yarisa have a relationship that seems to transcend their class conditions: they are the closest thing to a daughter-mother, but an accident will test their intimate loyalty and the innocent illusion that nothing can separate them.
20) Studio City: S2
Publisher
Cineverse
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Emmy Award-winning Studio City explores the life of an aging soap star, where life happens between takes and the lines between reality and fiction blur.
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