Newly arrived at the library!
These are new feature films from all over the world.
Description: A woman grieving over the death of her daughter loses grip of reality when she begins to think her girl may still be alive.
Call Number: Drama
Format: DVD
Date Added: Dec 4, 2019
Description: Based on the acclaimed Joseph Heller novel, Catch-22 follows the adventures and misadventures of a US air squadron in Italy in World War II, where the real enemy of the soldiers is actually the bureaucracy of the military.
Call Number: Comedy
Format: DVD
Date Added: Dec 5, 2019
Description: Inspired by a dream, a newly single man eases the pain of his midlife crisis by launching a public-access talk show. But no matter how innocuous the topic, each episode devolves into chaos, veering from slapstick comedy into supernatural horror, driving the man ever closer to his emotional breaking point.
Call Number: Comedy
Format: DVD
Date Added: Dec 4, 2019
Description: Gwen is a young girl whose life seems to be collapsing around her. Struggling with her mother's mysterious illness, her father's absence and a group of angry villagers threatening to take her farm, Gwen must find the strength to guide her family through the darkness. But as a malevolent presence begins to take a grip of her home, it becomes apparent there is a greater evil that may be too strong to overcome.
Call Number: Horror
Format: DVD
Date Added: Dec 3, 2019
Description: A true story of humanity and heroism, this film vividly recounts the 2008 siege of the famed Taj Hotel by a group of terrorists in Mumbai, India. Among the dedicated hotel staff is the renowned chef Hemant Oberoi and a waiter who choose to risk their lives to protect their guests. As the world watches on, a desperate couple is forced to make unthinkable sacrifices to protect their newborn child.
Call Number: Drama
Format: DVD
Date Added: Dec 3, 2019
Description: An ex-soldier returns to Afghanistan to find the family of a civilian he accidentally killed during the war. Seeking forgiveness, he puts his life in the hands of the village justice system.
Call Number: Drama
Format: DVD
Date Added: Dec 3, 2019
Description: Garnering recognition for his stellar athletic abilities and intellectual accomplishments "Luce" follows the titular character's struggle of maintaining his integrity while dealing with the circumstances of his background. Adopted from a war-torn country just ten years prior, Luce becomes the very essence of what many consider to be the American Dream. However, all changes when his teacher encounters a shocking revelation upon examining the contents of Luce's locker. Luce is then charged with fighting to maintain his integrity and reputation, as everyone around him begins to question his true character and motives.
Call Number: Drama
Format: DVD
Date Added: Nov 8, 2019
Description: The unspoken, complex heroine of Hamlet shares her own story through modern language in contemporary Denmark. As a rebellious and motherless child, Ophelia is taken into Elsinore Castle by Queen Gertrude as one of her most trusted ladies-in-waiting. Soon enough, Ophelia captures the affections of the young Prince Hamlet. A passionate romance kindles between the two in secret as the kingdom is on the brink of war amidst its own political intrigue and betrayal. When Hamlet's father is murdered and the prince's wits begin to unravel into an insatiable quest for vengeance, Ophelia sharply navigates the rules of power in Denmark all while struggling to choose between her true love and her own life.
Call Number: Drama
Format: DVD
Date Added: Dec 3, 2019
Description: Joan Stanley is a widow living out a quiet retirement in the suburbs when, shockingly, the British Secret Service places her under arrest. The charge: providing classified scientific information, including details on the building of the atomic bomb, to the Soviet government for decades. As she is interrogated, Joan relives the dramatic events that shaped her life and beliefs: her student days at Cambridge, where she excelled at physics while challenging deep-seated sexism.
Call Number: Drama
Format: DVD
Date Added: Dec 3, 2019
Description: A family is caught in a web of lies, fears, and suspense after the ex-girlfriend of their deceased son appears five years after his death and tells them she is carrying his child.
Call Number: Drama
Format: DVD
Date Added: Dec 3, 2019
Description: Since his mother's confinement to an institution, Andy has lived in the shadow of his stoic father. A family acquaintance, Dr. Wallace Fiennes, employs the introverted young man as a photographer to document an asylum tour advocating for his increasingly controversial lobotomy procedure. As the tour progresses and Andy witnesses the doctor's career and life unravel, he begins to identify with the institutions' patients.
Call Number: Drama
Format: DVD
Date Added: Nov 8, 2019
Description: When a big-hearted but dimwitted Portuguese soccer hunk blows it in the World Cup finals, he goes from superstar to laughing stock overnight. His sheltered worldview is further shattered after learning about the European refugee crisis and he resolves to make amends by adopting an African refugee, only to find that his new 'son' is actually an undercover lesbian tax auditor investigating him on the suspicion of corruption. From there, he gets swept up in a gonzo comic odyssey.
Call Number: 869.3 Dia
Format: DVD
Date Added: Dec 4, 2019
Description: Follow three three teenage girls as they explore their first taste of freedom. Charlotte, the recently hearbroken, Megane, the anti-love anarchist, and Aube, a virgin who dreams of love, all three smitten by the guys at the Toy Depot. After applying for their first part-time job at the store during this one fateful summer, the three girls experience for the very first time what it is like to make their own decisions and their resulting consequences.
Call Number: 843 Slu
Format: DVD
Date Added: Nov 8, 2019
Description: A suspenseful, poignant, and humorous story through the eyes of two rebellious young women from two troubled families that tangle in the most unexpected ways in Jerusalem.
Call Number: 892.4 Oth
Format: DVD
Date Added: Nov 18, 2019
Description: During a visit to the cinema in West Berlin, high school students Theo and Kurt see dramatic newsreel footage of the Hungarian uprising in Budapest. Back at school in Stalinstadt, they spontaneously decide to hold a moment of silence in solidarity with the victims of the uprising. The gesture causes bigger ripples than expected.
Call Number: 833 Sil
Format: DVD
Date Added: Nov 8, 2019
Description: Told from the perspectives of eight different Pacific Island cultures, directed by eight different female Pacific filmmakers, and starring eight different indigenous actresses as the title character, this portmanteau film about female empowerment tells the story of one fictitious woman's life in eight separate vignettes, each segment advancing a decade or so forward, deploying a single continuous shot where possible.
Call Number: 899.442 Vai
Format: DVD
Date Added: Nov 8, 2019
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Angel Of Mine
Drama |
Red Joan
Drama |
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Catch-22
Comedy |
Strange But True
Drama |
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Divorced Dad
Comedy |
The Mountain
Drama |
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Gwen
Horror |
Diamantino
869.3 Dia |
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Hotel Mumbai
Drama |
Slut In A Good Way
843 Slu |
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Jirga
Drama |
The Other Story
892.4 Oth |
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Luce
Drama |
The Silent Revolution
833 Sil |
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Ophelia
Drama |
Vai
899.442 Vai |