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Banned Books Week: Plays and Poetry
Books @ Noon--September 2023 Picks
It's Lit: Films Inspired by Classics
Oregon Shakespeare Festival 2023 Season
Books @ Noon--September 2023 Picks
It's Lit: Films Inspired by Classics
Oregon Shakespeare Festival 2023 Season
Description
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
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English
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Measure for Measure - William Shakespeare - Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604. Originally published in the First Folio of 1623, where it was listed as a comedy, the play's first recorded performance occurred in 1604. The play's main themes include justice, "mortality and mercy in Vienna," and the dichotomy between corruption and purity: "some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall." Mercy...
6) Heartland
Publisher
Wolfe Video LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Lauren, a young Oklahoma artist struggling with a recent death, finds escape in a reckless affair with her brother's girlfriend.
7) One moment
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
It is the humorous and heartwarming story of middle-aged siblings struggling to manage their own lives while also caring for their recently widowed aging father. Welcome to the 1Sandwich Generation' where you care for your parents while still parenting your kids.'
8) RFK
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Publisher
Distributed by Ventura Distribution Inc
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
The final five years of Robert F. Kennedy's life are looked at in this drama, starting with JFK's assassination in 1963, to his own tragic death in 1968.
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Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Off the Rails follows the plot of Measure for Measure, infamous for being one of Shakespeare's problem plays, the power struggles between the characters help rather than hurt the play's ability to send a powerful message by accentuating the racist treatment of Native Americans. Reinholz utilizes specific projection images and traditional Native American tribal songs and language in the script of the play in order to make a political statement about...
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
In their late teens and early '20s, the Banner siblings Mitchell, Desiree and Danny made it big as a rock band, but everything fell apart when Desiree decided to leave the group at the height of their fame. Now, fifteen years later, their mother has a plan to bring the group back together and heal her fractured family. Will the siblings be able to put aside their differences and reunite or will they remain estranged forever?
12) Tenemos la carne
Publisher
Alfhaville Cinema
Pub. Date
[2017], ©2016
Language
Español
Description
A brother and sister take refuge in a dilapidated lair of an strange hermit after roaming an apocalyptic city.
13) Labyrinth
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Babysitting infant stepbrother Toby on a weekend night isn't young Sarah's idea of fun. Frustrated by his crying, she secretly imagines the Goblins from her favorite book, Labyrinth, carrying Toby away. When her fantasy comes true, a distraught Sarah must enter a maze of illusion to bring Toby back from a kingdom inhabited by mystical creatures and governed by the wicked Goblin King.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The coolest SPYkids anywhere are back for a huge new adventure! Carmen and Juni are on a mission to recover a device that threatens the entire world! It is now up to the Cortez family to save the world from the evil scientist.
16) The nanny
Publisher
EOne Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In this dark fantasy, a mysterious nanny is put in charge of an inquisitive young girl, Noa, and her little brother Michael. When Noa becomes suspicious that her new nanny could very well be an evil faerie from a dark underworld, she pleads her case to anyone that will listen. As Noa seeks answers in hopes to reveal the true identity of her eerie caretaker, she finds the truth is much more twisted than she could have ever imagined.
Publisher
Omnibus Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis are the Railway Children whose lives change dramatically when their father is mysteriously taken away. They move from London to a cottage in rural Yorkshire with their mother, where they befriend the local railway porter, Perks, and embark on a magical journey of discovery, friendship and adventure. But where is their father, and is he ever coming back?
18) Apprentice
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Malayalam
Description
Aiman is a 28 year old Malay correctional officer who is recently transferred to the territory's top prison. He lives with his older sister Suhaila in a modest housing estate. At his new workplace, Aiman begins to take an interest in a 65 year old sergeant named Rahim. Soon, it is revealed that the charismatic Rahim is actually the long serving chief executioner of the prison.
19) Cielo
Publisher
Laguna Productions
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Español
Description
Gabriel is a young man with a normal life until the tragic death of his mother. Constant fights with his sister and being abandoned by his brother lead him to run away. His life on the streets is much harder and more dangerous than he imagined.
20) 3 days to go
Publisher
Figjam Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
When their father passes away, four grown siblings gather with their collection of husbands, wives, children, and grandchildren. Together, this crazy family needs to survive each other for three days. As the siblings re-examine their shared history and their tattered relationships, they learn how miserable they have become in their lives and how they can no longer blame someone else for their decisions.
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