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Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Documentary about the 1970s rock band Big Star (Alex Chilton, Chris Bell, Andy Hummel, Jody Stephens), together less than four years and without mainstream success, but producing a body of work that influenced many other musicians.
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Español
Description
In El Salvador in the late '70s, one man was the voice of the poor, the disenfranchised, and the disappeared, all struggling under the corrupt Salvadoran government. Appointed Archbishop in early 1977, Monsenor Oscar Romero worked tirelessly and in constant personal peril until the day he was assassinated in March of 1980. Romero broke off ties with the military and aligned himself with the poor, delivering messages of hope in weekly sermons which...
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Follows musician Jeffrey Kagel's journey to India and back, his struggles with depression and drug abuse, and his eventual emergence as Krishna Das - the world-renowned spiritual teacher, chant master, and Grammy-nominated recording artist. An inspiring story of how one man's journey continues to transform countless lives.
8) Philadelphia
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Story of two competing lawyers who join together to sue a prestigious Philadelphia law firm when the firm fires one of them because he has AIDS.
10) Reckless
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"A Broadway star married for love. The tabloids say she murdered for money. ... [Jean Harlow] plays musical star Mona Leslie, the bride of a champagne-stewed blueblood. When he blows his brains out, Mona is suspected of his murder, igniting a media frenzy"--Container.
Publisher
Sundance Selects
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
An animated documentary on the life of controversial MIT professor, philosopher, linguist, anti-war activist and political firebrand Noam Chomsky. Through complex, lively conversations with Chomsky and brilliant illustrations by Gondry himself, the film reveals the life and work of the father of modern linguistics while also exploring his theories on the emergence of language.
12) Mulholland Falls
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In 1950s Los Angeles, Max Hoover leads an elite squad of four detectives who play by their own rules, dealing with criminals the only way they know how - with deadly force. But when they investigate the murder of a beautiful young woman, the detectives find themselves embroiled in a high-level conspiracy and faced with a terrifying secret that the US government is determined to keep hidden at any price.
13) Scream
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A masked killer is on the loose and only the knowledge on low budget horror films can save the teenagers of the town.
14) The party
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A no-name actor is invited to an exclusive party at a film producer's home after a clerical error gets him on the list, where he proceeds to accidentally dismantle the producer's carefully staged event.
15) Men at lunch
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In New York City, 1932, a photograph, "Lunch atop a Skyscraper," is taken during the construction of 30 Rockefeller Plaza. In it, eleven workmen are taking their lunch break while casually perched along a steel girder. For 80 years, the identity of the eleven men and the photographer that immortalized them remained a mystery: their stories, lost in time, subsumed by the fame of the image itself. Then, at the start of the 21st century, the photograph...
16) The summit
Publisher
MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In August of 2008, eighteen mountain climbers reached the top of K2, the second-highest mountain in the world. 48 hours later, eleven people were dead, making it the deadliest day in modern mountain climbing history. While memorials paid tribute to those killed, there were also condemnations about why. Why do these athletes risk everything to reach a place humans are simply not meant to go? Why do they put their lives and the lives of others on the...
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Documents the day three generations of electric guitar players met to share their own stories on how they developed their own unique sound and playing style. Viewers will hear fresh music from each artist and witness intimate moments as they discuss what influences how they write and play. It also looks back at their individual lives and careers.
19) Peg o' my heart
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A plucky Irish lass is taken from the village life in Erin to claim a two-million dollar inheritance if she lives three years with a snooty family of destitute British bluebloods.
20) Medium cool
Series
Criterion collection volume 658
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The story of the working world and romantic life of a television cameraman is a visceral, lasting cinematic snapshot of the era, climaxing with an extended sequence shot right in the middle of the riots surrounding the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. An inventive commentary on the pleasures and dangers of wielding a camera, Medium Cool is as prescient a political film as Hollywood has ever produced.
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