A24 (Firm)
41) Krisha
Publisher
A24
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (81 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Winner of Grand Jury and Audience Awards at the **SXSW Film Festival**, and Official Selection at the **Cannes Film Festival**, KRISHA is the story of a woman’s return to the family she abandoned years before, set entirely over the course of one turbulent Thanksgiving. Winner of the John Cassavetes Award at the **Film Independent Spirit Awards**. "*An explosive, stomach-knotting debut.*" - Tricia Olszewski, ***TheWrap***
Publisher
A24
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (119 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A strong-willed single mother (Annette Bening) raises her teenage son with the help of two unconventional younger women in this funny, heartwarming look at a makeshift family’s comic adventures in Santa Barbara during the summer of 1979. Nominated for an **Academy Award** for Best Original Screenplay (Mike Mills), and two **Golden Globes** (Best Motion Picture, Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Annette Bening). Nominated for Best...
43) X
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1979 some young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast members find themselves in a fight for their lives.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on a true story, this riveting western follows a headstrong New York widow (Jessica Chastain) as she journeys west to meet Sioux chief Sitting Bull, facing off with an army officer (Sam Rockwell) intent on war with Native Americans. Official Selection at the **Tribeca Film Festival** and **Toronto International Film Festival**. "*Jessica Chastain and Michael Greyeyes bring smarts and chemistry to this worthy Western.*" - Tomris Laffly, ***Time...
45) Menashe
Publisher
A24
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (82 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Yiddish
Description
In this heartwarming and fascinating story that gives a first-time glimpse into a notoriously secret community, a loving orthodox Jewish father fights against tradition in order to keep custody of his only son after his wife passes away. Nominated for Best First Feature at the **Film Independent Spirit Awards**. Nominated for a Best of Next! Award at the **Sundance Film Festival**. "*The subtle on-screen chemistry between father and son gives this...
46) Low Tide
Publisher
A24
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (86 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In the long days of summer in a beach town on the New Jersey shore, high schooler Alan (Keean Johnson) and his friends Red (Alex Neustaedter) and Smitty (Daniel Zolghadri) break into vacation homes to steal valuables, funding dates at the boardwalk and lunches at the burger stand. When Alan and his younger brother Peter (Jaeden Martell) find a bag of gold coins, they try to hide them from the others — but Red, suspicious and violently unpredictable,...
47) Spring Breakers
Publisher
A24
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (94 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
From visionary director Harmony Korine (*Kids*, *Gummo*) comes a bold new vision of the seasonal American ritual known as "spring break"—the bacchanalia of bikinis, beach parties and beer bongs that draws hordes of college students to the Florida coast and elsewhere each year. Brit, Faith, Candy and Cotty are best friends anxious to cut loose on their own spring break adventure, but they lack sufficient funds. After holding up a restaurant for quick...
48) Green Room
Publisher
A24
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (95 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
After witnessing a shocking crime, a young rock band is unexpectedly thrust into a life-or-death battle to escape the clutches of a diabolical club owner and his ruthless henchmen in this white-knuckle thriller. Official Selection at the **Cannes Film Festival** and the **Toronto International Film Festival**. "*An exquisitely crafted love letter to John Carpenter, and the rare horror ensemble that gives as much care to the villains as to the victims.*"...
49) Slice
Publisher
A24
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (83 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In a spooky small town, when a slew of pizza delivery boys are slain on the job, two daring survivors (*Atlanta*'s Zazie Beetz and **Grammy Award** Winner Chance the Rapper in his film debut) set out to catch the culprits behind the cryptic crime spree. Director Austin Vesely makes his first feature film after helming music videos for Chance's "Sunday Candy" and "Angels." "*Brash color, bold compositions, and outrageous bursts of horror pop.*" - ***Newcity***...
50) A ghost story
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
**Academy Award** winner Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara star as a young couple who -- after being separated by loss -- discover an eternal connection and a love that is infinite. A GHOST STORY was nominated for the John Cassavetes Award at the 2017 **Film Independent Spirit Awards**. Nominated for a Best of Next! Award at the **Sundance Film Festival**. *"A simple, wrenching story of love and loss that pries open a window onto eternity."* - Justin...
51) The Sea of Trees
Publisher
A24
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (111 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Matthew McConaughey stars as a professor with a troubled past traveling to a Japanese forest with a dark history. There he meets a mysterious stranger who takes him on a life-changing journey of love, discovery and redemption. Nominated for a Palme d'Or at the **Cannes Film Festival**. "*A sumptuous, rewarding experience. "The Sea of Trees" is quietly mesmerizing and exceedingly wise, understanding there is profundity in every direction one gazes.*"...
Publisher
A24
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in Cape Cod over one scorching summer, this fun and stylized thriller follows Daniel (Timothée Chalamet), a teenager who gets in over his head dealing drugs with the neighborhood rebel while pursuing his new partner's enigmatic sister (Maika Monroe). Official Selection at the **SXSW Film Festival**. "*Elijah Bynum solicits strong performances from his young cast - especially Timothée Chalamet as the teenage fish out of water - and blends humor...
Publisher
A24
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two girls must fight a mysterious evil force at a deserted prep school in this terrifying horror film starring Emma Roberts and Lucy Boynton. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. "*Few horror debuts unnerve and fascinate as much as this one.*" - Alan Scherstuhl, ***Village Voice*** *"The Blackcoat's Daughter" is a self-contained tale of evil that knows exactly what it's doing.*" - Adam Graham, ***Detroit News***
Publisher
A24
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (94 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
After a mysterious apocalypse leaves the world with few survivors, two families forced to share a home form an uneasy alliance in an attempt to keep the outside evil at bay... only to learn that that the true horror may come from within. "*Scored intensely and photographed vividly, the electric film imagines a small slice of doomsday with horrific believability.*" - Brad Wheeler, ***Globe and Mail***
Publisher
A24
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (97 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Directed by Noah Baumbach and powered by great performances by Ben Stiller, Adam Driver, Naomi Watts and Amanda Seyfried, WHILE WE'RE YOUNG is a funny cross-generational comedy about aging, ambition and success, as well as a moving portrait of a marriage tested by the invading forces of youth. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. "*This delicious satire about aging hipsters and their discontents is everything we've come...
Publisher
A24
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (121 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind. As he struggles to reconnect with his family and reconstruct the community he longs for, his hopes blind him to the reality of his situation. A wistful odyssey populated by skaters, squatters, street preachers,...
57) The Bling Ring
Publisher
A24
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (91 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A group of fame-obsessed teenagers living in the suburbs of LA use the internet to track celebrities' whereabouts in order to rob their empty homes. Ringleader Rebecca leads Marc, Nicki, Sam, and Chloe on the ultimate heist of designer clothes and jewelry -- and what starts out as teenage fun quickly spins out of control. Nominated for a Un Certain Regard Award at the **Cannes Film Festival**. "*The Bling Ring plugs into the zeitgeist of trash culture...
58) The Lobster
Publisher
A24
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (119 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A darkly comic fable from Yorgos Lanthimos (*Killing of a Sacred Deer, The Favourite*), this acclaimed film centers on recently-divorced David (Colin Farrell) as he searches for a new love within 45 days—at which point, if he’s still single, he will be turned into a lobster. Nominated for an **Oscar** for Best Original Screenplay. Nominated for a **Golden Globe** for Best Actor. Winner of three prizes at the **Cannes Film Festival**. "*The Lobster...
59) Cut Bank
Publisher
A24
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (93 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A small town murder caught on camera thrusts a man and his girlfriend into the high stakes game of cat and mouse. Starring Billy Bob Thornton, Bruce Dern, Liam Hemsworth, Teresa Palmer, and John Malkovich. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, right after the publication of Wallace's groundbreaking epic novel, 'Infinite jest.' Based on David Lipsky's critically-acclaimed memoir Although of course you end up becoming yourself: a road trip with David Foster Wallace.