Laura Dern
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Award-winning actresses and mother-daughter duo Laura Dern and Diane Ladd are the kind of women who draw strength from their lifelong friendships with other women, and most of all, from each other. Ever since Laura was born, the two have leaned on each other through the trials of everyday life and the tribulations that come with even the most storied Hollywood careers. They were always close, but when Diane developed a sudden illness, their relationship...
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (99 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
The true story of one woman's effort to keep her family afloat under difficult circumstances comes to the screen in this bittersweet comedy drama. Evelyn Ryan (Julianne Moore) was a woman of intelligence, talent, and pluck living in the small town of Defiance, OH, in the 1950s. Evelyn was married to Kelly Ryan (Woody Harrelson), a man who gave her ten children but not much else. It was seemingly up to Evelyn to support the family, but with ten kids...
5) Adventure
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (0 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Acclaimed directors Zhang Yimou and Daniel Espinosa discuss Bergman's film taste, and their own sense of adventure.
6) Tenderness
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Lori Cranston is a confused fifteen-year-old dreamer in search of an escape from her troubled home life. She discovers and becomes enthralled with Eric, a young man with a violent past. As they embark on a harrowing journey, a hardened local cop, who has been following Eric for years, is intent on exposing him as a serial killer before Lori's fate is determined.
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
videodiscs (ca. 126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Hazel and Gus are two extraordinary teenagers who share an acerbic wit, a disdain for the conventional, and a love that sweeps them on an unforgettable journey. Their relationship is all the more miraculous, given that they met and fell in love at a cancer support group.
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (108 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
A group of filmmakers visit Ingmar Bergman's house on the remote Swedish island of Faro to discuss his legacy, and the art of filmmaking. Ingmar Bergmans life and his key films as seen and told by the greatest actors and directors of our time. Candid, funny and explicit interviews with the likes of Lars Von Trier, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, Isabella Rossellini and Michael Haneke - some shoot at Bergmans last home on the island of Fårö - interwoven...
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
One of the country's preminent and prolific serious writers, Joyce Carol Oates is the author of more than 100 novels, including Them, We Were the Mulvaneys and Blonde. In this candid and revealing documentary, she provides insight into her life, creative process, and the events that have shaped her writings, including the 1967 Detroit Riot, the Chappaquiddick incident, and the tragic life of Marilyn Monroe. Featuring readings by Oscar winner Laura...
11) Citizen Ruth
Pub. Date
1996.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (106 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Reckless, fencepost-dumb Ruth is pregnant - and everyone has an opinion about what she should do.
12) Certain Women
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (107 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Michelle Williams, Kristen Stewart, and Laura Dern lead a remarkable ensemble cast in this stunning portrait of three powerful and flawed women forging their own paths.
13) 99 Homes
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (112 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
A recently unemployed single father struggles to get back his foreclosed home by working for the real estate broker who is the source of his frustration.
14) The son
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A cautionary tale that follows a family as it struggles to reunite after falling apart. Centers on Peter, whose hectic life with his infant and new partner Beth is upended when his ex-wife Kate appears at his door to discuss their son Nicholas, who is now a teenager. The young man has been missing school for months and is deeply troubled. Peter strives to take care of Nicholas as he would have wanted his father to have taken care of him while juggling...
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (134 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Writer-director Greta Gerwig has crafted a film that draws on both the classic novel and the writings of Louisa May Alcott and unfolds as the author's alter ego, Jo March reflects back and forth on her fictional life. In Gerwig's take, the beloved story of the March sisters, four young women each determined to live life on her own terms, is both timeless and timely.
Pub. Date
1989.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (127 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
In the remote desert of New Mexico, “The Manhattan Project” is materializing – the World War II effort to build the atomic bomb. **Oscar**-winner Paul Newman (*Hud*, *Nobody’s Fool*) stars as General Leslie Groves, the military man in charge of a massive project that will produce two weapons: “Fat Man” and “Little Boy.” Nominated for the Golden Berlin Bear at the **Berlin International Film Festival**. *"A singular, powerful experience."...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (147 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Four years after the destruction of Isla Nublar, dinosaurs now live and hunt alongside humans all over the world. This fragile balance will reshape the future and determine, once and for all, whether human beings are to remain the apex predators on a planet they now share with history's most fearsome creatures in a new era.