Ellen Burstyn
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
In this story of a woman's search for a deeper understanding of herself, actress Burstyn explores the unexpected paths her life has taken. Born in Detroit during the Depression, she left home at eighteen, leaving behind a complicated relationship with her mother, to become a model. Eventually, she ended up on Broadway and on television in the late 1950s and early 1960s before turning to film. She delivered brilliant performances in The Last Picture...
3) Draft day
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
On the day of the NFL Draft, general manager Sonny Weaver has the opportunity to save football in Cleveland when he trades for the number one pick. He must quickly decide what he's willing to sacrifice in pursuit of perfection as the lines between his personal and professional life become blurred on a life-changing day for a few hundred young men with dreams of playing in the NFL.
Series
Criterion collection volume 549
Language
English
Description
Featuring evocative black-and-white imagery and profoundly felt performances, this hushed depiction of crumbling American values remains the pivotal film in the career of the invaluable director and film historian Peter Bogdanovich.
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
In this humorous and heartwarming story based on Clyde Edgerton's acclaimed novel, a feisty 78-year old widow and an unloved, troubled teenager from a youth rehabilitation center forge a special kind of bond, despite their tremendous differences, and discover what it takes to earn the trust and love of another.
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Mary Ingles is a Virginia homesteader whose family is suddenly attacked by a Shawnee war party. After Mary is taken captive, the leader of the war party is impressed by her courage and strength, and decides to make her his mate. Mary then makes the dangerous decision to escape the Shawnee village with another captive woman. Together they embark on a harrowing journey through the Virginia wilderness toward freedom and home.
9) Main Street
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"... a contemporary drama about several residents of a small Southern city whose lives are changed by the arrival of a stranger with a controversial plan to save their decaying hometown. In the midst of today's challenging times, each of the colorful citizens of this close-knit North Carolina community -- from its mayor to a local police officer to a once-wealthy tobacco heiress -- will search for ways to reinvent themselves, their relationships and...
10) Interstellar
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
With our time on Earth coming to an end, a team of explorers undertakes the most important mission in human history; traveling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars.
11) The stone angel
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
At 90, Hagar Shipley may be considered old, but she hasn't stopped fighting. As her son and daughter-in-law take her to a nursing home, Hagar resists and remembers a lifetime of boldness and courage.
12) W
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
A look at the life of the 43rd president of the United States. Rising from a privileged alcoholic to a born-again Christian whose belief in religious destiny helped move him to the top ranks of political power. How he used Christianity to turn his life around, met and married his wife, and the days before his decision to declare war on Iraq.
13) Nostalgia
Language
English
Formats
Description
A mosaic of stories about love and loss, NOSTALGIA explores our relationships to the objects, artifacts, and memories that shape our lives. Official Selection at the **Palm Springs International Film Festival**. *"A multi-character study of grief and loss as represented through the things people leave behind, it's a heartfelt work from Pellington." - Norman Wilner, **NOW Toronto***
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Like mother, like daughter. Neither a hard-as-nails New York playwright nor her flaky Louisiana mother will take the necessary steps to mend their long-time rift. No, this is a job for the Sisterhood, sworn life-long friends who stage an outlandish "intervention" to bring daughter and mother back together again.
15) The mighty Macs
Language
English
Description
In the early '70s, Cathy Rush became the head basketball coach at a tiny, all-girls Catholic college. Though her team had no gym or uniforms, and the school was in danger of being sold, Coach Rush steered her girls to their first national championship.
16) The Calling
Author
Language
English
Description
A detective in a small Ontario town uncovers a series of killings, while battling personal problems like a predilection for the bottle and excruciating back pain. Micallef has got to catch a serial killer, who targets the old and terminally ill for his 'mercy killing.' But Hazel simply loves her home to much to let a murderous religious zealot run rampant.
18) The exorcist
Language
English
Description
A young girl becomes possessed by the devil and causes several violent deaths before she can be cured.
19) For one more day
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Chick Benetto, a broken-down former baseball player who has collapsed into alcoholism and despair, returns one night to his small hometown with plans to take his life. At the final moment, he is magically granted one more day with his departed mother, Posey Benetto, who illuminates the secrets of both their lives and shows him a way to redemption.
20) Resurrection
Series
Language
English
Description
A woman experiences clinical death and returns to life with the amazing ability to heal others. Attributing her powers to human love, rather than divine intervention, she begins to aid the residents of her childhood town. No one she touches will ever be the same again.