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Three Sisters (1900) is a drama in four acts by Russian playwright and short story writer Anton Chekhov. It was first performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1901, directed by acclaimed actor Konstantin Stanislavski-who also played the role of Aleksandr Ignatyevich Vershinin, a philosophizing artillery officer in love with middle Prozorov sister Masha. Reviews were mixed at first, but as the play continued to run, Three Sisters became a popular success,...
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From the Nobel Prize winner and acclaimed author of My Name is Red comes a modern epic novel that tells the coming of age story of a street vendor in Istanbul and the love of his life.
Arriving in Istanbul as a boy, Mevlut Karataş is enthralled by both the old city that is disappearing and the new one that is fast being built. He becomes a street vendor, like his father, hoping to strike it rich, but luck never seems...
Arriving in Istanbul as a boy, Mevlut Karataş is enthralled by both the old city that is disappearing and the new one that is fast being built. He becomes a street vendor, like his father, hoping to strike it rich, but luck never seems...
Publisher
Poh Kim
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
中文(繁體)
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It tells a story from 1965 to the early 1970s, following the protagonist of the story, Zhao Di, and her family as they journey through the years from Kampong to HDB, which parallels Singapore's early growth as a nation. With Zhao Di2s indomitable spirit, and with the help of her family, they went through adversities, witnessed the changes through the years, and accompanied every step of the nation2s growth in its early years
5) Sanditon
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Tom Parker is obsessed with turning the sleepy seaside village of Sanditon into a fashionable health resort, enlisting the backing of local bigwig Lady Denham. Through a mishap, Tom makes the acquaintance of the Heywoods and invites their eldest daughter, Charlotte, for an extended stay at Sanditon. Meanwhile, Lady Denham, a widow, is playing matchmaker for her destitute nephew, Sir Edward, who is determined to seduce Lady Denham's ward, Clara.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A humanistic and comical look into the daily grind of a police squad in New York's Greenwich Village. For seven acclaimed seasons, these unforgettable cops put their lives on the line for the better of their city. From numerous gang-related crimes to robbery and drug trafficking, the cases these cops dealt with were matched only by their own personal lives.
Series
Hill Street blues volume 4
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A humanistic and comical look into the daily grind of a police squad in New York's Greenwich Village. For seven acclaimed seasons, these unforgettable cops put their lives on the line for the better of their city. From numerous gang-related crimes to robbery and drug trafficking, the cases these cops dealt with were matched only by their own personal lives.
8) City so real
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Academy Award nominated filmmaker Steve James' fascinating and complex portrait of contemporary Chicago delivers a deep, multifaceted look into the soul of a quintessentially American city, set against the backdrop of its history-making 2019 mayoral election, and the tumultuous 2020 summer of COVID-19 and social upheaval following the police killing of George Floyd.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Continuing for seven acclaimed seasons, the unforgettable cops of this unnamed American city put their lives on the line for the better of their city. From numerous gang-related crimes to robbery and drug trafficking, the cases these cops dealt with were matched only by their own personal lives. Includes all twenty-two episodes from the third season.
10) Bacurau
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Portuguese
Description
A few years from now, Bacurau, a small village in the Brazilian sertô, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their village has literally vanished from online maps and a UFO-shaped drone is seen flying overhead. There are forces that want to expel them from their homes, and soon, in a genre-bending twist, a band of armed mercenaries led by Udo Kier arrive in town picking off the inhabitants...
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Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Since 1971 a squatter community has occupied an abandoned military base in the center of Copenhagen, Denmark. Finding the idea of eviction to be politically unpopular, the government declared Christiania a short-term social experiment. Over fourty years later, Christiania is still standing."
12) La granja
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Español
Description
A promising young boxer, a barren midwife, and a fat kid with a bike: three intersecting stories focus around the pursuit of happiness and its unanticipated consequences during the economic collapse of the island of Puerto Rico. Each actor in this modern day tragedy will ultimately discover how the pursuit of hope can dehumanize and expose underlying animal instincts.
Series
Criterion collection volume 664
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2013], c1952.
Language
日本語
Description
In 17th-century Japan, a samurai's daughter, Oharu, falls in love with a servant. Caught together, the man is beheaded and Oharu and her family are exiled. After enduring further misfortunes as a concubine, a courtesan, wife, and prostitute, Oharu becomes a mendicant nun in her old age. A peerless chronicler of the soul who specialized in supremely emotional, visually exquisite films about the circumstances of women in Japanese society throughout...
17) The dust bowl
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Ken Burns documents the worst human-made ecological disaster in American history, when a frenzied wheat boom on the southern Plains, followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s, nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation. Vivid interviews, dramatic photographs, and seldom-seen movie footage bring to life incredible stories of human suffering and perseverance. Includes bonus features.
18) 1/1
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Breathless, daring, and undone in a million pieces. Describing both the film's style and main character, it submerges the audience into the mind of Lissa, a twenty-year-old girl trapped in rural Pennsylvania, who grapples with sex, drugs, love and loss. When a possible pregnancy forces Lissa to take a hard look at her life, both her and the structure of the film mature, illuminating a brighter path ahead.
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