DVD - U. S. & Foreign Feature Films
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These are new feature films from all over the world.
Junk head
Author(s):
Takehide Hori
Takahide Hori
Atsuko Miyake
Yuki Sugiyama
Description:
Mankind can no longer reproduce because of gene manipulation aimed at making life longer. The clones ruling the bottomless underworld may have become fertile. Parton is selected to go on a mission through a subterranean labyrinth crawling with monsters to secure humanity's future.
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DVD
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SciFi/Fantasy
Golda
Author(s):
Guy Nattiv
Helen Mirren
Camille Cottin
Lior Ashkenazi
Rami Heuberger
Description:
On October 6th, 1973, under cover of darkness, on Israel's holiest day and during the month of Ramadan, the combined forces of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan begin a surprise attack on the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights. Outnumbered and outgunned, Israel's only female Prime Minister, Golda Meir, confronts the immediate, clear, and present danger of a ticking timebomb that she hoped never to face. Surrounded, isolated, and frustrated by the infighting of her all-male cabinet, with little hope of rescue, one woman is in a race against time to save millions of lives on both sides of the conflict.
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DVD
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Drama
Linoleum
Author(s):
Colin West
Jim Gaffigan
Rhea Seehorn
Katelyn Nacon
Gabriel Rush
Description:
Cameron Edwin, the host of a failing children's science TV show called "Above & Beyond," has always had aspirations of being an astronaut. After a mysterious space-race-era satellite coincidentally falls from space and lands in his backyard, his midlife crisis manifests in a plan to rebuild the machine into his dream rocket. As his relationship with his wife and daughter start to strain, surreal events begin unfolding around him a doppelg?anger moving into the house next door, a car falling from the sky, and an unusual teenage boy forging a friendship with him. He slowly starts to piece these events together to ultimately reveal that there's more to his life story than he once thought.
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DVD
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Comedy
Dalíland
Author(s):
Mary Harron
Ben Kingsley
Barbara Sukowa
Christopher Briney
Rupert Graves
Description:
In 1974 a young gallery assistant is drawn into the wild, never-ending party that is artist Salvador Dalí's life in New York City. As he helps the aging genius prepare for an important show, he discovers not everything is as it seems.
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DVD
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Drama
The beasts = As bestas
Author(s):
Rodrigo Sorogoyen
Marina Foïs
Denis Ménochet
Luis Zahera
Diego Anido
Description:
An expatriate French couple operates an organic farm in the Spanish countryside. However, their earnest enthusiasm reeks of patronizing privilege to the handful of 'hill people' families who have toiled on the land for generations. Tensions between locals and foreigners boil over in this edge-of-your-seat thriller.
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DVD
Call Number:
843 Bea
Brother's keeper
Author(s):
Ferit Karahan
Samet Yildiz
Ekin Koç
Mahir Ipek
Nurullah Alaca
Description:
Yusuf and his best friend Memo are pupils at a boarding school for Kurdish boys, secluded in the mountains of Eastern Anatolia. When Memo falls mysteriously ill, Yusuf is forced to struggle through the bureaucratic obstacles put up by the school's repressive authorities to try to help his friend. But by the time the adults in charge finally understand the seriousness of Memo's condition and try to get him to the hospital, the school has been buried under a sudden, heavy snowfall. With no way out and now desperate to reach help, teachers and pupils engage in a blame game where grudges, feelings of guilt, and hidden secrets emerge, as time ticks mercilessly on and threatens to run out.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
894.3 Bro
A family for 1640 days
Author(s):
Fabein Gorgeart
Melanie Thierry
Lyes Salem
Felix Moati
Gabriel Pavie
Description:
Inspired by the filmmaker's family history, Fabien Gorgeart's heartfelt, heartbreaking second feature focuses on an excruciating period in one family's life. Anna, her husband, and their two young sons are told they must hand six-year-old Simon, the foster child they've raised since he was eighteen months old, over to his 'real' father. Powerless before a social services system that fails to understand the powerful emotional ties that inevitably form between abandoned children and their caregivers, the family has no choice but to allow that bond to be torn apart.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
843 Fam
Elephant
Author(s):
Kamil Krawcycki
Jan Hrynkiewicz
Pawel Tomaszewski
Ewa Skibinska
Description:
Bartek runs a small horse farm in the mountains of Poland. He had to become head of the family when his father left, and his mother fell apart. One day their neighbor dies, and his son Dawid comes back to the village for the funeral. Bartek becomes fascinated by Dawid and his care-free approach to life. This new romance will force him to decide if he's ready to risk it all and choose his freedom above family obligations.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
891.85 Ele
One fine morning
Author(s):
Mia Hansen-Love
Lea Seydoux
Pascal Greggory
Melvil Poupaud
Nicole Garcia
Description:
With a father suffering from neurodegenerative disease, a young woman lives with her eight-year-old daughter. While struggling to secure a decent nursing home, she runs into a friend who although being in a relationship, embarks on an affair.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
843 One
Shabaash mithu
Author(s):
Srijit Mukherji
Taapsee Pannu
Mumtaz Sorcar
Vijay Raaz
Description:
The story begins with a young Mithali, portrayed by Taapsee Pannu, growing up in a small town in India and displaying exceptional talent and passion for cricket from a young age. Despite facing societal and cultural barriers, she remains determined to pursue her dreams and break the stereotypes associated with women in sports. It showcases her determination to overcome these obstacles, shatter glass ceilings, and inspire a generation of young women to pursue their dreams fearlessly. The film also delves into Mithali's personal life, portraying her relationships, the support she receives from her family, and the friendships she develops with her teammates. It presents a multi-dimensional portrait of Mithali Raj, not only as a formidable cricketer but also as a strong, resilient, and inspiring individual.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
891.4 Sha
Cracked
Author(s):
Surapong Ploensang
Byron Bishop
Sahajak Boonthanakit
Chayanit Chansangavej
Nichkhun
Description:
Ruja returns to Thailand from New York with her young daughter Rachel to settle her late father's estate. Included in her inheritance are two mysterious portraits of a bewitching woman that she is told are worth a fortune if only they weren't damaged. Desperate to sell the paintings, Ruja hires Tim, an art restorer, to prepare the canvases for sale. But the cracks in the paint have begun to reveal long-hidden secrets, and as strange phenomena begin to emerge around them, Ruja and Rachel quickly realize their lives are in grave danger.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
895.91 Cra
Never too late for love = Astolfo
Author(s):
Gianni di Gregorio
Gianni Di Gregorio
Stefania Sandrelli
Alfonso Santagata
Description:
After being evicted from his long-time apartment in Rome, retired professor Astolfo returns to his childhood village in southern Italy, where a distinguished yet run-down estate has been passed down in his family for generations. Any plans for a quiet retirement are derailed when he discovers a squatter living on his family's estate and begins to clash with the community in a series of brilliant comedic misadventures. But as Astolfo builds unlikely friendships with this idiosyncratic new cast of characters and falls for a charming local woman, the comedy of manners gives way to a generous portrait of aging, friendship, love, and the possibility of second chances.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
853 Nev
The Royal Hotel
Author(s):
Kitty Green
Julia Garner
Jessica Henwick
Toby Wallace
Hugo Weaving
Description:
Hanna and Liv are backpacking in Australia. After they run out of money, they take a temporary job at The Royal Hotel. Soon, Hanna and Liv find themselves trapped in an unnerving situation that grows rapidly out of control.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
Drama
Sisters = Māsas
Author(s):
Linda Olte
Emma Skirmante
Gerda Aljena
Description:
Rebellious 13-year-old Anastasija and her younger sister Diana live together in an overcrowded Latvian orphanage. While Diana is excited by the news of their pending adoption by a wealthy American couple, Anastasija acts out in defiance, clinging to the hope that they can be reunited with their biological mother who has recently been released from prison.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
891.93 Sis