Vanessa Redgrave
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
An eccentric woman, Maddy, lives a solitary existence in a ramshackle hilltop home. Her life is disrupted by her unexpected encounter with 12-year-old James -- who is still traumatized by the death of his beloved mother. He has difficulty relating to his emotionally distant father, new stepmother, and spaced-out uncle. James comes to embrace Maddy as a mentor of sorts, and the unlikely pair forms a unique relationship.
83) Cradle will rock
Pub. Date
[2000?]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
A kaleidoscopic look at the extraordinary events of 1930s America, from high society to life on the streets in Depression-era New York City.
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"The story is set during two gatherings, two years apart, on the same Russian country estate and among six lovers, most of whom are not loved in return. Those who are hard-shelled and worldly shrug off romantic disappointment. Those who are not, cannot...and tragedy ensues".
85) Wilde
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Special edition.
Language
English
Description
Notorious poet and playwright Oscar Wilde devours all that life has to offer, but there's only so much that late Victorian England will tolerate. As Wilde delves into a taboo world of homosexual desire, his life rapidly becomes a turbulent charade. He cannot escape the repercussions wrought by a "pure" society, nor will he hide in shame for being true to his nature.
86) Blowup
Series
Criterion collection volume 865
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Language
English
Description
A London photographer takes some pictures of a couple in a park and discovers that he may have recorded evidence of a murder.
"In 1966, Michelangelo Antonioni transplanted his existentialist ennui to the streets of swinging London for this international sensation, the Italian filmmaker's first English-language feature. A countercultural masterpiece about the act of seeing and the art of image making, Blow-Up takes the form of a psychological mystery,...
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Restoration : Robert Merivel is a young man who seems to have everything ... until an affair leads to scandal, suddenly leaving him heartbroken and penniless.
An ideal husband : A politician's spotless reputation is threatened by a dark secret from his past.
A month by the lake : At a lakeside resort, an attractive older guest has her eye on a well-to-do bachelor.
My life so far : Young Fraser Pettigrew has always been an adventurous child. But...
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