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1) 1Q84
Author
Language
English
Description
An ode to George Orwell's "1984" told in alternating male and female voices relates the stories of Aomame, an assassin for a secret organization who discovers that she has been transported to an alternate reality, and Tengo, a mathematics lecturer and novice writer.
2) Best sellers
Publisher
Screen Media
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In a last-ditch effort to save her father's publishing house, an ambitious young editor goes on a book tour with an author who put the publishing house on the map decades before but is now bitter, booze-addled and hasn't written a new book since.
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A unique look at the life of celebrated American author Patricia Highsmith based on her diaries and notebooks, and the intimate reflections of her lovers, friends and family. Focusing on Highsmith's quest for love and her troubled identity, the film sheds new light on her life and writing. Most of Highsmith's novels were adapted for the big screen; the best known of these are Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Ripley. Carol, a partly autobiographic...
4) Long weekend
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A down-on-his-luck struggling writer, meets an enigmatic woman who enters his life at the right time.
Series
Criterion collection volume 301
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The true-life story of Janet Frame, New Zealand's most distinguished author. The film follows Frame along her inspiring journey, from a poverty-stricken childhood to a misdiagnosis of schizophrenia and electroshock therapy to, finally, literary fame.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Reclusive author Loretta Sage writes about exotic places in her popular adventure novels that feature a handsome cover model named Alan. While on tour promoting her new book with Alan, Loretta gets kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire who hopes she can lead him to an ancient city's lost treasure from her latest story. Determined to prove he can be a hero in real life and not just on the pages of her books, Alan sets off to rescue her.
10) Please stand by
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A young woman escapes from her group home hoping to get her Star Trek script produced in Hollywood. With her sister and psychiatrist at her heels, she must conquer a new world full of challenges.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
After an author named David plots the seemingly accidental murder of his wife, her body is never recovered, and he's convinced that she's still alive. Meanwhile, as David translates the final novel by a writer who also died mysteriously, he finds himself attracted to the man's sultry widow.
Publisher
Hallmark Channel
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
With a case of writer's block, a children's author escapes to small town Mitford for a change of scenery. She soon finds the heart and soul of the southern town in a priest as they work together to care for a young boy who's lost his family. With heartbreak in their pasts, each must find the courage and faith to grab an unexpected chance at true love.
14) The last word
Language
English
Formats
Description
In THE LAST WORD, Shirley MacLaine is Harriet Lauler, a once successful businesswoman in tight control of every aspect of her life. As she reflects upon her accomplishments, she's suddenly inspired to engage a young local writer, Anne Sherman (Amanda Seyfried), to pen her life's story. When the initial result doesn’t meet Harriet's high expectations, she sets out to reshape the way she is remembered, with Anne dragged along as an unwilling accomplice....
15) The best man
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Share the laughter, love, and surprises with a beloved group of college friends who reunite for the first time in years. It all begins as Harper, Lance, Mia, Quentin, Murch, and Jordan reunite before a very special wedding. When Harper's book detailing their school exploits reveals scandalous secrets between the buddies, big revelations test their bonds.
16) Take this waltz
Language
English
Formats
Description
Michelle Williams plays twenty-eight-year-old Margot, happily married to Lou (Seth Rogen), a good-natured cookbook author. But when Margot meets Daniel (Luke Kirby), a handsome artist who lives across the street, their mutual attraction is undeniable. Swelteringly hot, bright and colorful, TAKE THIS WALTZ leads us, laughing, through the familiar, but uncharted question of what long-term relationships do to love, sex and our image of ourselves. ....
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
An insurance salesman is sent to track down a Steven King like horror novelist. He eventually finds him in the supposedly fictional town of Hobb's End, a village from the authors book. There, he witnesses scenes from the author's books come to life.
18) Jesus kid
Publisher
Indiepix Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Portuguese
Description
Eugenio is the author of a once-popular Western novel is experiencing various real-life difficulties. His most famous character, Jesus Kid, a gun-slinging cowboy, is getting bad sales, and his publisher wants him to ghost-write a political biography ... or else. Then appears what could be his salvation. He's hired to write a screenplay, only he's told he must isolate himself for three months in a luxury hotel, to do so. What best-selling film could...
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Examines the life and legacy of African American poet, memoirist, and civil rights worker Maya Angelou, from her upbringing in the Depression-era South to her work with Malcolm X in Ghana to the recitation of her inaugural poem for President Bill Clinton. Includes Angelou's own words woven together with archival photographs and videos as well as interviews with Angelou's friends and family.
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