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1) Ransom river
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Rory Mackenzie, having been selected as a juror in a murder case in Ransom River, California, reluctantly returns to her hometown and is forced to face her past when she realizes the dark secrets she has been keeping can help solve a cold case.
Author
Series
Publisher
Amphorae Publishing Group, LLC / Independent Publishers Group
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Deputy Samantha Cody finally bagged her man. The jury's verdict: three counts of murder in the first with special circumstances and a recommendation of death by lethal injection. Only Judge Westbrooke's final decree stands between Richard Earl Garrett and death row. After three weeks of an exhausting trial and being haunted by images of the three sacrificially mutilated children, Sam's only wish is to wash her hands of Garrett, whose only defense...
Publisher
Video Project
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This documentary is about New York artist Joey Skaggs, the godfather of the media hoax. Famed for such media fictions as the Celebrity Sperm Bank, the Cathouse for Dogs, the Fat Squad, and Portofess, all reported as fact by prestigious journalists, he's one of America's greatest living satirists. When Skaggs decides to pull off the most demanding hoax of his career, filmmaker Andrea Marini gets a unique view into the mind of this most unconventional...
6) Good Manners
Publisher
Distrib Films
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
When lonely nurse Clara is hired as a nanny by wealthy Ana, she hardly expects anything like the friendship she finds with the lonely, pregnant woman. However, both women have dark secrets which will engulf all that they hold dear. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the **Locarno International Film Festival.** Winner of the José Luis Guarner Critic's Award at the **Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival**. *"...a haunting tale of love --...
Publisher
Pragda
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
On December 10, 2006, General Pinochet died unexpectedly. His death reawakened the political divisions that marked Chile’s recent history. This documentary exposes the people's reactions during the first 24 hours, constructing an intimate and surprising portrait of Chilean society.. Nominated for Best Documentary at the Warsaw International Film Festival. Jury Award Winner at the Santiago International Film Festival.. “In (THE DEATH OF PINOCHET)...
8) Kimono
Publisher
Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Looking for something to eat, a homeless woman sneaks into a man’s apartment. When she is almost caught, she hides in his closet. But instead of leaving the apartment, she gets interested in the man and starts to secretly live there and observe him. What she doesn’t realize, however, is that the man has already noticed her presence. Youth Jury Award winner and Best Short Fiction Film nominee at the **Dresden Film Festival**.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Tibetan
Description
Filmed in the high grasslands of eastern Tibet, Summer pasture offers an intimate glimpse into the life of a young nomad couple and their infant daughter. Locho and his wife Yama live in Dzachukha, eastern Tibet - nicknamed '5-most' by the Chinese for being the highest, coldest, poorest, largest, and most remote county in Sichuan Province. They depend on their herd of yaks for survival, much as their ancestors have for generations. In recent years...
10) Barbie Blues
Publisher
SND Films
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
עברית
Description
When Mika, a suburban teenager, finds a disturbing creature in her pool, she asks her new friendly neighbor Gershon for help. The two end up spending the afternoon together by the pool, but what starts off as a friendly encounter between two neighbors turns into a painful lesson on the borders of control. Nominated for the Short Film Jury Prize in the International Fiction category at the **Sundance Film Festival.** Nominated for Best Short Independent...
11) Ayanda
Publisher
Array Releasing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
After tragedy strikes, a young woman begins a journey of self-discovery as she struggles to save her father’s car repair shop along with her memory of him. AYANDA is a coming-of-age story from writer/director Sara Blecher that takes us into a vibrant Johannesburg community alive with love and humor, risk and reward, tragedy and triumph. This film held its world premiere screening at the 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival winning the Special Jury Prize...
12) The Juniper Tree
Publisher
Arbelos Films
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
This stark, stunning debut feature is loosely based on a Brothers Grimm fairy tale of the same name, and stars Björk in her first on-screen performance. Set in medieval Iceland, THE JUNIPER TREE follows Margit (BjörK) and her older sister Katla as they flee for safety after their mother is burned to death for witchcraft. Finding shelter and protection with Johan, and his resentful young son, Jonas, the sisters help form an impromptu family unit...
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
The first Mardi Gras in America was celebrated in Mobile, Alabama in 1703. In 2008, it is still racially segregated. A fascinating investigation into our nation's history and traditions, this acclaimed, award-winning documentary illuminates the complexities of race relations in 21st century America. Winner of the Truer Than Fiction Award at the **Film Independent Spirit Awards**. Nominated for the Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the **Sundance Film...
14) The Pool
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
Hindi
Description
The story of Venkatesh, a hotel worker in India, who sees from his perch in a mango tree a luxuriant garden and shimmering pool hidden behind a wall. In making whatever efforts he can to better himself, Venkatesh offers his services to the wealthy owner of the home. Not content to simply dream about a different life, Venkatesh is inquisitive about the home's inhabitants — indeed, about the world around him — and his curiosity changes the shape...
15) Marwencol
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Jeff Malmberg's landmark documentary MARWENCOL follows the story of Mark Hogancamp, a victim of a brutal beating, who in response created a fantastic miniature world. As he documents the town's dramas with his camera, the dolls become living characters in an epic tale of love, adventure, resurrection and revenge. When his photos are discovered by the art world, Mark is suddenly forced to choose between the safety of his imaginary world and the real...
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
Christopher Munch’s boldly original debut, THE HOURS AND TIMES (1992), is a fictional account of what might have happened in April 1963, when John Lennon and Beatles manager Brian Epstein traveled to Barcelona for an extended weekend getaway. In the four days they spend together, the suave Epstein (David Angus) and the provocative Lennon (Ian Hart) reflect on their lives, both private and professional, as they explore the unique bond they share....
17) Coherence
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In this mind-bending sci-fi thriller, eight friends at a dinner party start experiencing strange and mysterious events on the night a comet is passing close to Earth. Soon it becomes clear that nothing and no one are what they appear. Winner of the Carnet Jove Jury Award and Best Screenplay and nominated for **Best Motion Picture at the Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival**. Nominated for an Audience Award and the Bingham Ray Breakthrough...
18) The Cockettes
Publisher
David Weissman
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
As the psychedelic San Francisco of the ’60’s began evolving into the gay San Francisco of the ’70’s, The Cockettes, a flamboyant ensemble of hippies decked themselves out in gender-bending drag and tons of glitter for a series of legendary midnight musicals at the Palace Theater in North Beach.. With titles like “Tinsel Tarts in a Hot Coma” and “Pearls over Shanghai”, these all singing, all dancing extravaganzas featured elaborate...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
Escape to Life: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story, the result of a remarkable pairing between fiction and non-fiction filmmakers, depicts an even more remarkable relationship. Erika and Klaus Mann, the brilliant eldest children of German author Thomas Mann, claimed to be identical twins, despite being born more than a year apart and of different genders. Living under the shadow of Hitler's rise, Erika and Klaus were intellectuals, homosexuals, and pacifists...
20) Donnie Darko
Publisher
Arrow Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Fifteen years before *Stranger Things* combined science-fiction, Spielberg-ian touches and 80s nostalgia to much acclaim, Richard Kelly set the template - and the high-water mark - with his debut feature, DONNIE DARKO. Initially beset with distribution problems, it would slowly find its audience and emerge as arguably the first cult classic of the new millennium. Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a disturbed adolescent from a semi-functional, upper-middle...
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