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1) Capote
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4in.
Description
Truman Capote, while researching his book In Cold Blood, an account of the murder of a Kansas family, develops a close relationship with Perry Smith, one of the killers.
"Two thumbs way up."--Ebert & Roeper.
"'Capote' is a film of uncommon strength and insight."--Roger Ebert.
"...without a doubt, one of the best films of the year."--CNN.com.
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 60 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Intimate stranger is a poetic and emotional jigsaw puzzle carved out of the voluminous memorabilia of his grandfather's life story. Family members try to make sense of it all in this witty, candid and cinematically inventive documentary biography. In nobody's business, Alan Berliner takes on his reclusive father as the reluctant subject of this poignant and graceful study of family history and memory.
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 60 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Description
In nobody's business, Alan Berliner takes on his reclusive father as the reluctant subject of this poignant and graceful study of family history and memory. What emerges is a uniquely cinematic biography that finds both humor and pathos in the swirl of conflicts and affections that bind father and son. Ultimately this complex portrait is a meeting of the minds - where the past meets the present, where generations collide, and where the boundaries...
4) Dalíland
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (97 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
From acclaimed filmmaker Mary Harron, DALÍLAND stars Sir Ben Kingsley as the legendary artist Salvador Dalí, focusing on the later years of the strange marriage between Dalí and his wife. The film is told through the eyes of a young assistant keen to make his name in the art world by helping Dalí prepare for a big gallery show.
5) My Left Foot
Pub. Date
1989.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (103 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
In this inspiring biographical drama, Daniel Day-Lewis stars as Christy Brown, an Irish man born with cerebral palsy who can only control his left foot. Raised in a poor, working-class family, Christy faces immense challenges but, with the support of his mother (Brenda Fricker), learns to express himself through painting and writing. His remarkable determination leads him to become a celebrated artist and author.
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (100 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
This Lifetime Feature film chronicles the courtship and love story between a beloved prince and his new fiance. The movie will examine the history of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle from the moment they met after being set up by friends.
8) Wildcat
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (108 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Directed by Ethan Hawke, WILDCAT weaves in and out of American writer Flannery O’Connor’s mind as she ponders the great questions of her writing: Can scandalous art still serve God? Does suffering precede all greatness? Can illness be a blessing?
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 98 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Description
A biographical study of legendary actress Charlotte Rampling, told through her own conversations with artist friends and collaborators, including Peter Lindbergh, Paul Auster, and Juergen Teller. Intercut with footage from some of Rampling's most famous films, this "self-portrait through others" is a revealing look at one of our most iconic screen stars.
10) Dreamin' wild
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Description
The true story of love and redemption, this film is about what happened to singer/songwriter Donnie Emerson and his family when the album he and his brother recorded as teens was rediscovered after thirty years of obscurity and was suddenly hailed by music critics as a lost masterpiece. While the album's rediscovery brings hopes of second chances, it also brings long-buried emotions as Donnie, his wife Nancy, brother Joe, and father Don Sr. come to...
11) The American
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (111 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Based on the story of Joy Womack (Talia Ryder), one of the very few Americans ever accepted into Russia’s elite Bolshoi Ballet. Testing the limits of dedication, determination, sacrifice and virtuosity, Joy’s brilliance is an inspirational journey into the most competitive, hostile dance school in the world. Spurred on by Tatiyana Volkova (Diane Kruger), the Bolshoi’s magnetic and masterful tutor, and the searing passions of first love, Joy’s...
12) Liz & Dick
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (89 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
For nearly a quarter of a century, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were Hollywood royalty and their fiery romance -- often called “the marriage of the century” -- was the most notorious, publicized and celebrated love affair of its day. Starring Lindsay Lohan and Grant Bowler, LIZ & DICK chronicles the fiery, legendary on-again off-again romance between Hollywood stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (118 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
From director John Ridley comes a biographical drama starring André Benjamin as Jimi Hendrix. The film captures Hendrix’s rise from an unknown backup guitarist in New York to a rock legend in London. Set in 1966-67, it follows his journey through the vibrant music scene, leading up to his breakthrough performance at the Monterey Pop Festival.
16) Sink or swim
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
3 online resources (3 video files, 48 min.) : digital, stereo., sound, black & white, some color.
Description
A contemporary classic and a landmark in autobiographical filmmaking, 'Sink or Swim' is an unflinching account of the highly charged relationship between a daughter and her father. Through a series of twenty-six short stories, a young girl chronicles the childhood events that shaped her ideas about fatherhood, family relations, work and play. As the stories unfold, a dual portrait emerges: that of a father who cared more for his career than for his...
17) Padre Pio
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (104 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
It is the end of World War I and the young Italian soldiers are making their way back to San Giovanni Rotondo, a land of poverty, historic violence, and the iron-clad rule of the church and its wealthy landowners. Families are desperate, the men are broken, but victorious. Padre Pio (Shia Labeouf) also arrives, to a remote Capuchin monastery, to begin his ministry evoking an aura of compelling charisma, saintliness, and storied visions of Jesus, Mary,...
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
2 videodisc (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
On the fast track and ready to taste the success of corporate America, John Crowley walks away from it all in hopes of finding a cure for two of his fatally ill children. With his wife Aileen by his side, he teams up with brilliant, but unconventional scientist, Dr. Robert Stonehill, and together they form a company to develop a life-saving drug. But just when it appears that a solution may be found, the relationship between the men is tested and...
19) Stardust
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (109 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
In 1971, a 24-year-old fledgling David Bowie (Johnny Flynn) is sent to America to promote his newest record, The Man Who Sold the World. Leaving behind his pregnant wife Angie (Jena Malone), Bowie and his band embark on a makeshift tour with struggling Mercury Records publicist Rob Oberman (Marc Maron). Stateside, Bowie is quickly met with an audience that's not yet ready for him. Bowie begins to realize a need to reinvent himself. His iconic, celestial...
20) Winner
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (103 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Reality Winner, a brilliant, sarcastic young misfit from Texas with a relentless need for helping others, finds her morals challenged working as an NSA contractor, ultimately leaking Russia’s hacking campaign of the 2016 U.S. Presidential election.
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