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New Feature Film DVD Spotlight
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Days Of The Bagnold SummerAdapted from the graphic novel by Joff Winterhart, it is a tender, funny coming-of-age story about single parenting and heavy metal. Sue works in a library. Daniel eats chips and listens to Metallica. This was the summer Daniel was due to spend with his dad and his dad’s new wife in Florida. But when they cancel his trip at the last minute, Sue and Daniel suddenly face the prospect of six long weeks together. An epic war of wills ensues in the unassuming battleground of their suburban home as they each reckon with private tragedies, and pursue their passions. Featuring original songs by Belle and Sebastian.
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Chesley Bonestell: A Brush With The FutureWhat do the Chrysler Building, the Golden Gate Bridge, the film Destination Moon and America's space program all have in common? They were each touched by the creative talents of a forgotten artist named Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986). Told by the people who were influenced by or knew him personally, and punctuated with rare interview footage of Bonestell himself, this award-winning documentary film chronicles the life of an artistic visionary, whose beautiful paintings continue to inspire us to reach for the stars.
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Killing floor /All frank Custer wanted was a better life for himself and his family. What he got was a job and a place in history. Set in the early 1900s, this powerful true story retells the often brutal and violent beginning of the U.S. Labor Movement through the eyes of a Southern black sharecropper who finds work in a Chicago slaughter-house. After witnessing the inhumane conditions in the plant, he is slowly transformed into an activist for the fledgling interracial union.
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DodsworthSam Dodsworth is a rags-to-riches millionaire who finds that his money cannot bring him happiness. His unsatisfied wife, Fran, seeking glamour and sophistication, persuades him to take her on a grand tour of Europe, where she promptly deserts him for a romantic but penniless baron. Brokenhearted, Sam meets Edith, a widow who arouses passions he never thought he had and sets him on a collision course with his wife, unleashing a torrent of desire, betrayal, and shocking revelations.
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How it feels to be free /Take an unprecedented look at the intersection of African-American women artists, politics, and entertainment and hear the story of how six trailblazing performers - Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Diahann Carroll, Nina Simone, Cicely Tyson, and Pam Grier - changed American culture through their films, fashion, music, and politics.
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Criss cross /An armored car driver is suckered into a burglary by his ex-wife and her hoodlum husband. Multiple back-stabbings and double-crosses ensue. 1948 Film Noir
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Tribes on the edge /
Follows Céline Cousteau as she travels to the Brazilian Amazon after she's contacted by a member of the Marúbo tribe and explores health crises and land and human rights threats facing indigenous peoples of the Vale do Javari
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.Cash McCallCash is enjoying himself plenty of late. A successful plastic company is on the sales block, and that means the ambitious financier can continue pursuing more riches, along with that other valuable pursuit: l'amour. That's where lovely Lory Austen comes in. Natalie Wood & james Garner costar. 1960
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Alone with her dreams /Lucia must stay behind under the care of her stern and overbearing grandmother in 1960's Sicily, while her parents and younger brother emigrate to France to find work. The girl is distraught and bitter about being left behind, and mopes the days away as the relationship with her grandmother grows more and more contentious. Lucia grows increasingly curious about her grandmother's hatred towards other members of the family on the island, and begins to befriend them behind her grandmother's back until one day she discovers the reason why and uncovers a terrible secret. Contains forced English subtitles.
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My blue heavenThe FBI's Witness Protection Program is turned funnyside up when mob informant Vinnie Antonelli and agent Barney Coopersmith are on a caper. Vinnie's got smooth moves, a swank wardrobe and a mean dance step. His identity, home and lawn mower are new, but he's still the same: a guy with an eternal scam. That makes overseer Barney a guy with a huge headache. Rick Moranis & Steve martin costar. 1990
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Minding the gap /The extraordinary debut from documentarian Bing Liu weaves a story of skateboarding, friendship, and fathers and sons into a coming-of-age journey of courageous vulnerability.
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Into the whiteAt the beginning of World War II a hostile chance encounter in the skies above the harsh Norwegian wilderness leaves two aircraft, one British, one German, shot down in a remote and isolated region. By strange coincidence the crews seek shelter in the same cabin. They must battle to survive the brutal winter in order to get back to the war and to fighting one another. Although war has made them enemies, as the days go by animosity proves hard to maintain.
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Des /The story is about one of the most infamous serial killers in UK history: Dennis Nilsen. Known as the ‘kindly killer,’ Nilsen was an unassuming civil servant who became Britain’s most prolific serial killer of the time. The chilling true-crime series delves into Nilsen’s emotionally elusive psyche after his arrest in 1983. David Tennant stars.
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The train / In August 1944, the Allied army is closing in on Paris. German commander and art fanatic Colonel Von Waldheim steals a vast collection of rare French paintings and loads them onto a train bound for Berlin. When a beloved French patriot is murdered while trying to sabotage Von Waldheim's scheme, Labiche, a stalwart member of the Resistance, vows to stop the train at any cost.
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Masculin fémininDramatizes the ferment of the 1960's, exploring the reactions of youth to violence, political protest, suicide, birth control and other issues prevalent during the Vietnam era. French new wave icon Jean-Pierre Leaud stars as Paul, an idealistic would-be intellectual struggling to forge a relationship with adorable pop star Madeleine (real-life ye-ye girl Chantal Goya).
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