M.I.A
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (100 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Drawn from a cache of personal video recordings from the past 22 years, this award winning documentary is a startlingly personal profile of the critically acclaimed artist, chronicling her remarkable journey from refugee immigrant to pop star. Never one to compromise on her vision, Maya kept her camera rolling throughout. MATANGI/MAYA / M.I.A. provides unparalleled, intimate access to the artist in her battles with the music industry and mainstream...
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (119 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Bored by marriage and small-town life, Emma Bovary pursues her dreams of passion and excitement whatever the cost. Mia Wasikowska, Paul Giamatti and Ezra Miller star in the Flaubert classic.
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
In the anarchic town of Seaside, nowhere near the sea, puppeteers Judy & Punch perform their marionette show, which is a hit due to Judy's superior puppeteering. But Punch's driving ambition and penchant for whiskey lead to an inevitable tragedy that Judy must avenge.
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
1985.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (82 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Depression-era waitress Cecilia (Mia Farrow) is addicted to movies. Spellbound by her new favorite, Cecilia is astonished when the leading man (Jeff Daniels) suddenly walks off the screen! Wooed by his charm, Cecilia finds herself falling for him -- until she meets the real actor who plays him. Romanced by both a fictional character and a famous star, Cecilia struggles to locate the shifting line between fantasy and reality, only to discover that...
5) Embrace
Publisher
Gravitas
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (87 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Taryn Brumfitt is a highly recognized body image activist whose powerful message has reached over 100 million people worldwide. After receiving more than 7000 emails and messages from people all over the world, Taryn realized that there was a global body-hating epidemic and felt compelled to find answers. EMBRACE is told from the point of view of Taryn as she traverses the globe talking to experts, women in the street and well-known personalities...
6) Albert Nobbs
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (114 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
ALBERT NOBBS struggles to survive in late 19th-century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be independent. Posing as a man so she can work as a butler in Dublin's most elegant hotel, Albert meets a handsome painter and looks to escape the lie she has been living. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. Nominated for three **Academy Awards**.
7) High Life
Publisher
A24
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (113 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Monte (Robert Pattinson) and his baby daughter are the last survivors of a damned and dangerous mission to the outer reaches of the solar system. The crew—death-row inmates led by a doctor (Juliette Binoche) with sinister motives—has vanished. As the mystery of what happened onboard the ship is unraveled, father and daughter must rely on each other to survive as they hurtle toward the oblivion of a black hole. Official Selection at the **Toronto...
8) No Days Off
Publisher
Whistle TV
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (177 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
No Days Off, is a docu-series featuring relatable young athletes and the journey to achieve their goals.
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (102 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
After a bombshell revelation that her marriage is over, Nathalie (Isabelle Huppert) sets out with a sense of liberation and rediscovers herself.
10) Dope is Death
Publisher
Utopia
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (81 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
DOPE IS DEATH is the story of how Dr. Mutulu Shakur, stepfather of Tupac Shakur, along with fellow Black Panthers and the Young Lords, combined community health with radical politics to create the first acupuncture detoxification program in America in 1973 - a visionary project eventually deemed too dangerous to exist in America.
11) Friend Request
Publisher
The Orchard
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (91 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Two detectives are tasked with apprehending a crazed, online psycho who tracks down and lures victims via a popular social media site.
12) Be Kind Rewind
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (100 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Jack Black and Mos Def star in Be Kind Rewind, a one-of-a-kind comedy from the mind of writer/director Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). Black plays a loveable loser stuck in a life that's too small for his big dreams. But when he unintentionally erases all the tapes in a video store where his best friend works, he devises a plan to satisfy the store's few loyal customers by re-creating and re-filming every movie they decide to...
13) Marrowbone
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (110 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Four siblings with their mother move to escape a troubled past. When she dies, they vow to stay together. But when a ghostly presence torments them and a lawyer threatens their pact, the four must stand together or be torn apart forever. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**.
14) Mad City
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
1997.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (115 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A network television journalist is banished to a backwater station for bad behavior on the job. He meets a security guard who got laid off and the two form a bond of mutual need which changes the course of their lives forever.
15) Food Club
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (100 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Danish
Description
Three life long girlfriends travel to Italy together to attend a cooking course in Puglia, and here they each find the opportunity to redefine themselves.
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (78 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
After a robbery goes wrong, Frank and Vince break into a home to avoid the cops. Liam and Olivia think that it’s their babysitters who have just burst through the door. Frank begins to read them stories from a magic book taking them to the enchanted world of "Arctic Friends".
Publisher
Synergetic Distribution
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (109 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This acclaimed film follows 14-year-old Sami girl Elle Marja ("Powerful newcomer Lene Cecilia Sparrok." - New York Times), who, along with her sister, is torn from her indigenous reindeer-herding family and placed in a government-run boarding school in 1930s Sweden. There Elle dreams of education and a future, but these dreams are hindered when she is met with racial expectations that class her people as inferior. What follows is a girl's attempt...
18) Making The Grade
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (87 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This endearing and uplifting documentary invites us into the world of the piano lesson. Every year teachers and students throughout Ireland prepare for graded musical exams. These exams can be pleasing for some but daunting for others. Each student has their own particular goal but reaching Grade Eight is considered a pinnacle. MAKING THE GRADE explores the bond between piano teachers and their pupils as they struggle through these grades. This is...