Matthew Rhys
1) Sorted
Author
Language
English
Description
After the mysterious drowning death of his successful brother Justin, Carl Dawson (Matthew Rhys) heads to London to investigate. Teaming up with his brothers beautiful girlfriend (Sienna Guillory), Carl discovers that Justin was leading a double life. As he continues to delve deeper into the heart of Londons wild, drug-crazed club scene, Carl is drawn into a seductive underground web of blackmail, deceit and possibly murder amidst a sea of forbidden...
Author
Series
Death Comes to Pemberley volume 1
Language
English
Description
It's the eve of the Darcys' annual Lady Anne ball at their magnificent Pemberley home and Darcy and Elizabeth are relaxing with their guests after supper when the festivities are brought to an abrupt halt by an unexpected visitor and news of a murder in Pemberley woods.
Author
Series
Death Comes to Pemberley volume 3
Language
English
Description
The trial draws to a close and Wickham's fate looks sealed until a last-minute turn of events back at Pemberley reveal a surprising suspect much closer to home. It becomes a race against time to prove who is the real culprit and save an innocent man from death by hanging.
Author
Series
Death Comes to Pemberley volume 2
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of the dramatic events in the woods and Wickham's arrest, Elizabeth reassures the staff at Pemberley that all will be well, but it's becoming clear that Darcy feels everything is very far from well and he starts to retreat from his wife as he seeks to protect the household against the scandal.
Author
Language
English
Description
Matthew Rhys and Kate Burton headline a Welsh and Welsh-American cast celebrating the centenary of Dylan Thomas' birth in a performance of his timeless "play for voices." With characters such as Captain Cat, Polly Garter, and Nogood Boyo, Thomas brings to life the inhabitants of the fictional town of Llareggub in funny, poignant, and poetic detail.
Includes a conversation with Andrew Lycett, author of Dylan Thomas: A New Life.
An L.A. Theatre...
9) Tartuffe
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known popularly by his stage name Molière, is regarded as one of the masters of French comedic drama. When Molière began acting in Paris, there were two well-established theatrical companies, those of the Htel de Bourgogne and the Marais. Joining these theatrical companies would have been impossible for a new member of the acting profession like Molière and thus he performed with traveling troupes of actors in the French...
10) The Edge of Love
Publisher
MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
This beautifully drawn love story explores the bohemian underworld of war-torn London and the intimate complexities of two young couples whose lives and loves become dangerously intertwined.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Technological advances have escalated Cold War tensions to an all-time high, and undercover KGB operatives Elizabeth and Philip Jennings face the growing threat of discovery. As their assignments grow more deadly, their family is in more danger, and their loyalties are tested like never before.
12) Come What May
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
May 1940. To escape the imminent German invasion, the inhabitants of a small village in northern France flee their homes, like so many millions of their compatriots. Max, a German boy, travels with them. His father, Hans, opposed the Nazi regime and was imprisoned in Arras for having lied about his nationality. Hans is eventually set free and sets off to find his son, accompanied by a Scottish soldier who is trying to get back home. Nominated for...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
After Kristallnacht, Jews are desperate to escape Hitler’s expanding reach. Americans are united in their disapproval of Nazi brutality but divided on whether or how to act even as World War II begins. Charles Lindbergh speaks for isolationists while FDR tries to support the European democracies. The Nazis invade the Soviet Union, and the Holocaust begins in secret.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The first reports of the killing reach the United States. A group of dedicated government officials form the War Refugee Board to finance and support rescue operations. As the Allies advance, soldiers uncover mass graves and liberate German concentration camps, revealing the sheer scale of the Holocaust. The danger of its reverberations becomes apparent.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein’s three-part, six-hour documentary series, The U.S. and the Holocaust, examines how the American people and our leaders responded to one of the greatest humanitarian disasters of the twentieth century, and how this catastrophe challenged our identity as a nation of immigrants and the very ideals of our democracy.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
After decades of open borders, a xenophobic backlash prompts the United States to pass laws restricting immigration. In Germany, Hitler finds support for his antisemitic rhetoric and the Nazis begin their persecution of Jewish people, causing many to flee to neighboring countries or America. FDR and other world leaders are concerned by the growing refugee crisis but fail to coordinate a response.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
John Jasper is haunted and restless. Unhappily settled as choirmaster in the provincial cathedral town of Cloisterham, Jasper finds himself striving for the divine in his music even as he struggles against madness brought on by ennui and opiates. Aware of his unraveling, Jasper believes his salvation may be found in the arms of Rosa, his prized pupil. His only obstacle is her fiance, Edwin Drood - Jasper's nephew.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
It is 1987, and an imminent Gorbachev-Reagan nuclear arms summit promises to ease world tensions. But life for the Jennings family is more precarious than ever: Elizabeth's relentless dedication as a KGB agent has dealt a potentially lethal blow to her marriage to Philip, who has left espionage behind. As Philip's friendship with FBI agent Stan Beeman grows, the danger of exposure of the family 'business,' which now includes Paige, reaches crisis...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tom Hanks portrays Mister Rogers in a timely story of kindness triumphing over cynicism, based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Tom Junod. After a jaded magazine writer is assigned a profile of Fred Rogers, he overcomes his skepticism, learning about kindness, love, and forgiveness from America's most beloved neighbor.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The stakes have never been higher for KGB operatives Philip and Elizabeth Jennings than in this pulse pounding fourth season. Still grieving the death of her mother, Elizabeth berates Paige for telling her pastor about her parents' covert profession. A deadly bioweapon threatens Gabriel's life, and the couple shatters the lives of loved ones when Martha is told Clark's true identity and Elizabeth betrays her friend Young-Hee.