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2) Rushmore
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
A gifted, rebellious teenager at Rushmore Academy falls for a teacher and plans to erect an aquarium in her honor, however he finds himself competing with his friend for her affections.
Publisher
Fox Video
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
"Three brothers find themselves temporarily living together under one roof; the married one is tempted to stray, the one who's involved with a woman has Catholic guilt about sinning, and the third wears his cynicism about relationships on his sleeve, even after he falls in love."--Maltin.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
Lounge lizard musician John Lurie stars as Willie, a disenchanted New Yorker, who along with his best friend Eddie (Richard Edson) and cousin Eva (Eszter Balint) decides it's time to leave behind their boring lives in search of paradise. But as their unforgettable road trip to Florida unfolds, they find that amidst the sunshine, blue skies and palm trees, their pursuit of happiness is constantly road-blocked by the very thing they can't run away from...themselves....
5) Fargo
Publisher
PolyGram Video
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
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Description
A midwestern policewoman tracks down killers responsible for a brutal series of crimes resulting from a bungled kidnapping.
6) Operator
Publisher
The Orchard
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Joe (Martin Starr, Silicon Valley) is a programmer with a crippling anxiety problem who is unable to deal with uncertainty. At work he is tasked with creating an interactive call center answering machine that can convey empathy. Joe recruits his wife Emily (Mae Whitman, Arrested Development) who has the perfect voice for the system.
Publisher
The Orchard
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
David Warwik (Wyatt Cenac) is a struggling writer who has been toiling away at the same novel for years. His wife Jennifer (Greta Lee) is a hot young literary figure, who has just released a new masterpiece. When her publisher invites the couple to an artists' salon at his home in Connecticut, the pair embark on a twisted journey, and David must face his demons and try to "not be weird" among the waspy salon guests and competitive artists in attendance....
9) Sling blade
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1996.
Language
English
Description
25 years after committing an unthinkable crime, a quiet man named Karl is finally returning home. Once there he is befriended by a fatherless boy and his mother. As a strong relationship develops between Karl and the boy, a confrontation builds with the mother's abusive and sometimes violent boyfriend.
10) Mother of George
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In this dazzlingly beautiful romantic drama, a Nigerian woman living in Brooklyn must make a choice which could have dire consequences when she has failed to conceive a child a year after her glorious wedding.
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A contemporary fairy tale revolving around the unlikely of friendship between a reclusive young woman with dreams of being a children's book author and a cantankerous widower, set against the backdrop of a beautiful garden in the heart of London. Bella Brown (Jessica Brown Findlay) is a beautifully quirky young woman who dreams of writing and illustrating a successful children's book. When she is forced by her landlord to deal with her neglected garden...
12) Ulee's gold
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
Beekeeper Ulee Jackson may have gotten out of Vietnam alive, but he left a part of himself behind. When his family and honey are threatened he must break through his emotional walls, find the strength to change, and begin a new life.
13) Trees Lounge
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
Long Islander Tommy spends time at his neighborhood bar, where he becomes involved with various colorful characters.
15) Primer
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005].
Language
English
Description
Everything you think you know about modern science is about to unravel in this critically acclaimed film about two young engineers and the consequences they face when they invent a machine that enables them to travel back in time.
16) A mighty wind
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
Mockumentary captures the reunion of 1960s folk trio the Folksmen (Guest, McKean, Shearer) as they prepare for a show at The Town Hall to memorialize a recently deceased concert promoter.
17) Wendy and Lucy
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Wendy Carroll (Michelle Williams) is driving to Alaska in hopes of a summer of lucrative work at the Northwestern Fish cannery, and the start of a new life with her dog, Lucy. When her car breaks down in Oregon, however, the thin fabric of her financial situation comes apart, and she confronts a series of increasingly dire economic decisions, with far-ranging repercussions for herself and Lucy. Winner of the Palm Dog and nominated for the Un Certain...
18) Speaking Parts
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
A postmodern thrilling drama about loss, love, power and the distance that modern technology puts between us. The story of four people—an actor/gigolo, a frustrated chambermaid, an obsessed writer and the film producer who manipulates them all—is filmed as if we were watching their power games through the lens of a surveillance camera. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. Winner of Bes Canadian Screenplay at the **Vancouver...
19) The Return
Publisher
Synergetic Distribution
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Two Korean adoptees return for the first time to the country they were once born in. Confronted with the spirit of their Motherland and the personal stories of the fellow adoptees they meet in the city of Seoul, Karoline and Thomas are hurled into an emotionally disorienting journey that forces both of them to question and face their own destiny and identity. Official Selection at the **Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival**.
20) Relaxer
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Doom and gloom are on the way. The Y2K apocalypse can't be stopped. Abbie's older brother issues him the ultimate challenge before it goes down: beat the infamous level 256 in Pac-Man and no getting up from the couch until he does so. Abbie’s survival story begins here; inside a rotting living room with no food or water, and a revolving door of friends and acquaintances. It’s THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL by way of SLACKER. Official Selection at the...
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