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1) Tommy
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A classic rock opera about a boy who is traumatized by the death of his father. He is "cured" several years later, only to be hailed as a "Messiah."
2) Ema
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
After a shocking incident upends her family life and marriage to a tempestuous choreographer, Ema, a reggaeton dancer, sets out on an odyssey of personal liberation.
Publisher
A & E Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Beyond Titanic: Explore the aftermath and legacy of this momentous shipwreck, and discover the popular phenomenon surrounding on the the most outsized event in modern history.
Dream of a dream: The largest ship ever built is christened in Ireland. Witness the disaster as numerous iceberg warnings go unheeded and the ship sinks.
The "unsinkable" Titanic was a dream come true. Four city blocks long and a passenger list that included the wealthy and...
5) Patton
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Story of General Patton in World War II whose military brilliance was balanced by his inability to deal with the social and political aspects of war, causing him difficulties in his dealings with the War Department.
Series
Criterion collection volume 923
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Romanian
Description
A drama based on notorious real-life events, Cristian Mungiu mounts a complex inquiry into faith, fanaticism, and indifference. At a desolate Romanian monastery, a young novice nun, Voichita, reunites with her former companion Alina, who plans to take her to Germany. But Voichita proves unwilling to abandon her calling, and Alina becomes increasingly desperate to reclaim her devotion, putting the outsider at odds with the monastery's ascetic priest....
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
"Billy Wilder's delightful, fast-paced comedy features the iconic scene in which Marilyn's skirt is blown up by a gust of wind. It's every man's fantasy -- a summer romance with the sexist woman he can imagine. Richard Sherman (Tom Ewell) is a happily married man whose wife and son are off on vacation when his tempting new neighbor (Monroe) sneaks in one hot summer night to cool off in his air-conditioned apartment. How does an ordinary man deal with...
Series
Criterion collection volume 615
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Classic Chaplin (the Little Tramp) prospects for gold, gets involved with a dance hall girl, and deals with a burly competitor during the Yukon gold rush.
Series
Criterion collection volume 216
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
Français
Description
A critique of corrupt French society cloaked in a comedy of manners, in which a weekend at a marquis's countryside chateau lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haute bourgeois acquaintances. The film was subjected to cuts after premiere audiences rejected it in 1939, and the original negative was destroyed during World War II and reconstructed in 1959, which is the version presented here.
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