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2001: A Space Odyssey
DVD
App. 148 minutes
2018-21
2001: A Space Odyssey is a countdown to tomorrow, a road map to human destiny, a quest for the infinite. It is a dazzling, Academy Award-winning visual achievement, a compelling drama of man vs. machine, a stunning meld of music and motion. It may be the masterwork of director Stanley Kubrick (who co-wrote the screenplay with Arthur C. Clarke)…and it will likely excite, inspire and enthrall for generations. To begin his voyage in to the future, Kubrick visits our prehistoric ape-ancestry past, then leaps millennia (via one of the most mind-blowing jump cuts ever conceived) into colonized space, and ultimately whisks astronaut Bowman (Keir Dullea) into uncharted realms of space, perhaps even into immortality. “Open the pod bay doors, HAL.” Let the awe and mystery of a journey unlike any other begin.
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A Lot Like Love
DVD
App. 107 minutes
2018-95
Ashton Kusher and Amanda Peet set off sparks as opposites who attract and have a one-flight stand from LA to New York. When the trip’s over, they are, too–and both move on but can’t really let go. As they search for love that doesn’t end in disaster, they keep finding each other. And while the chemistry that first brought them together keeps generating heat, the timing is always wrong. This funny and disarming story of modern romance will have you falling in love over and over again.
About a Boy
DVD
App. 1 hour 42 minutes
2018-135
Will Lightman (Hugh Grant) is a good-looking, smooth-talking bachelor whose primary goal in life is avoiding any kind of responsibility. But when he invents an imaginary son in order to meet attractive single moms, Will gets a hilarious lesson about life from a bright, but hopelessly geeky 12-year-old named Marcus. Now, as Will struggles to teach Marcus the art of being cool, Marcus teaches Will that you’re never too old to grow up.
The Absent-Minded Professor
DVD
App. 96 minutes
2018-90
Hailed as one of Walt Disney’s most hilarious comedies, The Absent-Minded Professor contains two essential elements for laughter–Fred MacMurray and Flubber, his gravity-defying formula for flying rubber! You’ll visit Medfield College and delight in the fun when Professor Brainard (Fred MacMurray) uses flubber to put more bounce in the basketball team, fly a Model “T” jalopy over Washington, D.C., and save Medfield College from financial ruin!
Across the Universe
DVD
App. 133 minutes
2018-99
When young dockworker Jude (Jim Sturgess) leave Liverpool to find his estranged father in America, he is swept up by the waves of change that are re-shaping the nation. Jude falls in love with Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood), a rich but sheltered American girl who joins the growing anti-war movement in New York’s Greenwich Village. As the body count in Vietnam rises, political tensions at home spiral out of control and the star-crossed lovers find themselves in a psychedelic world gone made.
The Adjustment Bureau
DVD
App. 1 hour 46 minutes
2018-149
Academy Award nominee Matt Damon stars in this romantic thriller about a man who glimpses the future Fate has planned for him–and chooses to fight for his own destiny. Battling the powerful Adjustment Bureau across, under and through the streets of New York, he risks his destined greatness to be with the only woman he’s ever loved (Emily Blunt).
An Affair to Remember
DVD
App. 119 minutes
2018-111
Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr star in this poignant and humorous love story. Good-looking Nicky Ferrante (Grant) and breathtaking former nightclub singer Terry McKay (Kerr) meet on an ocean liner headed for New York and fall deeply in love. Although each is engaged to someone else, they agree to meet six months later at the top of the Empire State Building if they still feel the same way about each other. But a tragic accident prevents their rendezvous, and the lovers’ future takes an emotional and uncertain turn.
Agni Varsha
DVD
App. 169 minutes
2004-95
Agnivarsha is derived from the myth of Yavakri, which is a part of the great Indian epic, the Mahabharata. The production of the film has retained the period aspect without losing the immediacy of contemporary insights that are so much a part of the script.
Aimee Mann (live at St. Ann’s Warehouse)
DVD
2018-129
Live concert, interviews, slide show and behind the scenes footage.
All That Jazz
DVD
App. 123 minutes
2014-17
Part tragic, part comic, this outrageous look at life in the fast lane is the Academy Award-winning musical about Bob Fosse’s excessive life in show business. His alter-ego drives himself over the edge and soon finds he is caught between a recurring fantasy about his death and the reality of a near-death experience.
All The President’s Men
DVD
App. 138 minutes
2022-7
In the Watergate Building, lights go on and four burglars are caught in the act. That night triggered revelations that drove a U.S. President from office. Washington reporters Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) grabbed the story and stayed with it through doubts, denials, and discouragement. This is their story.
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
DVD
App. 1 hour 38 minutes
2018-56
Will Ferrell is Ron Burgundy, a top-rated 1970’s San Diego anchorman who believes women have a place in the newsroom–as long as they stick to covering fashion shows or late-breaking cooking stories. So when Ron is told he’ll be working with a bright young newswoman (Christina Applegate) who’s beautiful, ambitious and smart enough to be more than eye candy, it’s not just a clash of two TV people with really great hair–it’s war!
Ancient India
DVD
App. 47 minutes
2005-43
The antecedents of modern Indian culture can be traced back to the Harappan civilization, which flourished between 2300 and 1500 BC in what are now Pakistan and Afghanistan. This era saw the birth of the Hindu religion. The Aryan tribes from the Russian steppes invaded the subcontinent in 1000 BC, bringing their language and culture. The resulting synthesis between the Aryan and Indian civilizations brought forth a unique society that included a caste system, which soon became entrenched. This program examines the religious tension between Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam, and the historical events that shaped the great Indian civilizations, from the Mauryan Empire through the Mogul Empire. Maps and scholars provide insight into a culture that remains vibrant and diverse today.
And Then They Came For Us
DVD
App. 40 minutes
2018-156
In 1942, Executive Order 9066 paved the way for the profound violation of constitutional rights that resulted in the forced incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans. Featuring George Takei and many others who were incarcerated, as well as newly rediscovered photographs of Dorothea Lange, And Then They Came for Us brings history into the present, retelling this difficult story and following Japanese Americans as they speak out against the Muslim registry and travel ban. Knowing our history is the first step to ensuring we do not repeat it. And Then They Came for Us is a cautionary and inspiring tale for these dark times.
Andrei Rublev
DVD
App. 145 minutes
2004-7
This movie is a sweeping medieval tale of Russia’s greatest icon painter. “The Passion according to Andrei”.
Anti-Semitism in the 21st Century: The Resurgence
DVD
58 minutes + 45 minutes bonus material
2009-01
Although hatred of Judaic culture and the Jewish faith is often found at the margins of society, anti-Semitism appears to be approaching a groundswell in many parts of the world. This program examines the phenomenon at institutional and grassroots levels, focusing primarily on the Middle East and the complex history behind its conflicts.
The Aristocrats
DVD
App. 1 hour 30 minutes
2018-35
Comedy veterans and co-creators Penn Jillette (one half of the hit duo Penn & Teller) and Paul Provenza capitalize on their insider status and invite 100 of their closest friends (who happen to be some of the biggest names in entertainment, from George Carlin, Whoopi Goldberg, Drew Carey to Gilbert Gottfried, Bob Saget, Paul Reiser and Sarah Silverman) to reminisce, analyze, and deliver their own versions of the world’s dirtiest joke–an old burlesque routine too extreme to be performed in public–called The Aristocrats.
The Armenian Genocide
DVD
App. 56 minutes
2009-8
During World War I, the Ottoman Empire exterminated more than one million members of its minority Armenian population. This program, narrated by Julianna Margulies, unflinchingly addresses the Armenian genocide, a dark and long-suppressed chapter in 20th-century history. Turkey’s ongoing denial of the genocide, calling it instead an Armenian insurrection or a Turkish civil war between Muslims and Christians, is also explored – a hot-button issue as the country positions itself for entry into the European Union. Some images may be objectionable.
Asoka
DVD
App. 155 minutes
2004-10
Prince Ashoke, heir to the Magadha Kingdom, bowing to his mother’s demand forsakes his princely status and goes to live in the wild for awhile. There he meets and falls in love with Kaurwaki. He identifies himself as Pawan, not wanting to disclose his identity yet. Ashoke has to return to Magadha, but when he returns to find and wed Kaurwaki, he is told by Bheema that Kaurwaki and her brother Arya have been killed. Devastated Ashoke returns home. On the way home he is attacked and Devi of the Buddhist faith rescues him and tends to him till he gets well. As a result, Devi’s marriage to her groom is cancelled. Ashoke weds her and brings her to Magadha, only to be told by his father that since Devi is not of the same race as he, she cannot be welcomed. Ashoke leaves with Devi and lives in Ujjaini. Soon Devi gets pregnant, and this arouses jealously and hatred amongst Ashoke’s step-brothers. As a result they plot to kill Devi, however, their plans are foiled by Ashoke’s mother, who is killed. Ashoke swears to avenge his mother’s death by killing his step-brothers one by one, except for one, who has led to Kalinga. Ashoke asks the ruler of Kalings to turn over his step-brother to him, and they refuse. Ashoke swears to raze Kalinga to the ground. Ashoke is unstoppable. Ashoke proceeds to war, little knowing that the queen of Kalinga is none other than Kaurwaki, who is still alive.
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State
DVD
App. 300 minutes
2005-47
This series takes a look at the events and history of Auschwitz in a six-part program. Exhaustive research was undertaken, with victims and perpetrators of the crimes. Reenactments help provide a gruesome visualization of the events, along with some shocking archive footage.
Avalon
DVD
App. 128 minutes
2008-7
Avalon follows immigrant Sam Krichinsky and his extended family as they seek a dream called America in a place called Avalon. From poverty through prosperity, the Krichinsky family faces a changing world with enduring humor and abiding love. Whether squabbling over Thanksgiving turkey or commiserating over a failed business, director Barry Levinson never fails to find the comedy and immediacy of their immigrant experience.
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Baby Mama
DVD
App. 1 hour 39 minutes
2018-43
Kate (Tina Fey) is a single, successful career woman who wants something more: a baby. But she gets more than she bargained for when she hires Angie (Amy Poehler), a free spirit from South Philly, to be her surrogate in a hysterical mama match-up. From birth class to baby-proofing, they’re the ultimate odd couple that critics are calling “the best female comedy duo since Lucy and Ethel” (Claudia Puig, USA Today).
Beaches
DVD
App. 123 minutes
2018-104
When the irresponsible C.C. Bloom (Bette Midler) and the shy and proper Hillary Whitney (Barbara Hershey) first meet under the boardwalk at the beach, all the 11-year-olds have in common is the need for a best friend. Worlds apart in lifestyle and location, their friendship ebbs and flows through a lifetime of highs and lows, career changes, marriages, jealousy and more. From the boardwalk in Atlantic City to the beach house on the Pacific, Beaches will remind you of what being a true friend means.
Being There
DVD
App. 130 minutes
2022-6
The pure-hearted, childlike Chance is a gardener who is forced into the wilds of Washington, D.C. when his wealthy guardian dies. Shocked to discover the real world doesn’t respond to the click of a remote, Chance stumbles into celebrity after being taken under the wing of a tycoon (Melvyn Douglas), who mistakes his protege’s horticultural mumblings for sagacious pronouncements on life and politics, and whose wife (Shirley MacLaine) targets Chance as the object of her desire.
Bend it Like Beckham
DVD
App. 112 minutes
2017-2
Sometimes to follow your dreams…you’ve got to bend the rules! Audiences and critics alike are cheering wildly for this “exhilarating…terrific comedy” (Entertainment Weekly) about a young girl who is torn between adhering to family traditions and attaining super-stardom on the soccer field.
Beyond Good and Evil
DVD
App. 35 minutes
2004-121
The belief that “good triumphs over evil” resonates deeply in our psyche through religious, cultural, and political discourses. It is also a common theme in the entertainment media where the struggle between good and evil is frequently resolved through violence. The potential negative impact of media violence on children has long been a public concern. It is even more troubling when U.S. military violence, both in the news and in the entertainment, is often glorified as heroic and patriotic. Children’s worlds of fantasy and reality collided when our political leaders, in response to the September 11th tragedy, simplified the complex international relationships into a fight between good and evil. The Bush administration used the narrative strategically—and the news media perpetuated it with enthusiasm—pumping up patriotism and generating public support for the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. This video examines how the “good and evil” rhetoric, in both the entertainment and the news media, has helped children to dehumanize the enemies, justify their killing and treat the suffering of innocent civilians as necessary sacrifice. The interviews include media scholars (Robert Jenson, Robin Andersen), child psychologists (Diane Levin, Nancy Carlsson-Paige), teachers (Merrie Najimy, Brian Wright), educators (Eli Newberger and Betty Burkes), and the children themselves.
Beyond the Frame: Alternative Perspectives on the War on Terrorism
DVD
App. 120 minutes
2004-122
Since the 9/11 attacks, and on through the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, the mainstream media have presented a dangerously restricted range of views, mainly confined to the opinion of political elites and a commercial frame dependent on advertisers and ratings. Beyond the Frame-a series of interviews with some of the most prominent scholars, experts, and activists in politcal and social thought-critiques this coverage and offers alternative perspectives on the historical context and response strategies. This easy-to-navigate DVD version of Beyond the Frame, originally a web-only project, has been designed for efficient use in the classroom.
Bhutan: Land of the Thunder Dragon
DVD
2004-12
This fascinating video documentary delves deep into the rich history, cultural traditions and haunting beauty of the Kingdom of Bhutan as it struggles to join the 21st century while striving to retain its unique cultural identity and values.
The Big Bang Theory (Seasons 1-4)
DVD
2018-33, 2018-33.2, 2018-33.3, & 2018-33.4
Physicists Leonard and Sheldon understand everything from the inescapable gravitational pull of a black hole to the intricate structure of the atom. But take those atoms and assemble them into a woman, and their comprehension comes to a grinding halt. And when Penny, a woman with all those atoms in all the right places, moves in across the hall, Leonard and Sheldon’s universe begins to expand in ways they never could have imagined.
The Big Lebowski
DVD
App. 1 hour 58 minutes
2018-134
Join the “Dude” and his bowling buddies on their journey that blends unforgettable characters, kidnapping, a case of mistaken identity and White Russians. Enter the visually unique and entertaining world from he creative minds of the Coen brothers and remember: the Dude abides.
Blade Runner
DVD
App. 117
2018-12
In a signature role as 21st century detective Rick Deckard, Harrison Ford brings his masculine-yet-vulnerable presence to this stylish noir thriller. In a future of high-tech possibility soured by urban and social decay, Deckard hunts for fugitive, murderous replicants–and is drawn to a mysterious woman whose secrets may undermine his soul.
The Blues Brothers
DVD
App. 133 minutes
2022-4
After his release from prison, Jake (John Belushi) reunites with his brother, Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) — collectively known as the “Blues Brothers.” Jake’s first task is to save the orphanage the brothers grew up in from closing, by raising $5,000 to pay back taxes. The two are convinced they can earn the money by getting their old band back together. However, after playing several gigs and making a few enemies, including the police, the brothers face daunting odds to deliver the money on time.
Blow Up
DVD
App. 111 minutes
2018-30
Professional photographer Thomas saw nothing. And he saw everything. Enlargements of pictures he secretly took of a romantic couple in the park reveal a murder in progress. Or do they? Winner of 1966 Best Picture and Director Awards from the then-new National Society of Film Critics, Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blowup is an influential, stylish study of paranoid intrigue and disorientation. It is also a time capsule of mod London, a mindscape of the era’s fashions, free love, parties, music (Herbie Hancock wrote the score and The Yardbirds riff at a club) and hip langour. David Hemmings plays the jaded photographer enlivened by the mystery in his photos. Vanessa Redgrave is the elusive woman pictured in them. And the enigma of what you see, what you don’t see and what the camera sees is yours to solve.
Blue Rodeo (in StereoVision)
DVD
App. 106 minutes
2018-130
Blue Rodeo in StereoVision offers a unique trip into the world of Blue Rodeo. This 20 year retrospective features an appreciation written by Paul Quarrington, two new songs, a reunion concert, historic performances, and a burning snowman.
The Bourne Identity
DVD
App. 1 hour 59 minutes
2018-155
Found with two bullets in his back, Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) discovers he has the skills of a very dangerous man and no memory of his violent past. Racing to unlock the secret of his own identity, he discovers the deadly truth: he’s an elite government agent, a 30 million dollar weapon the government no longer trusts. Now this top operative is the government’s number one target in this super-charged, thrill-a-minute spectacular loaded with “non-stop action!”
The Bourne Ultimatum
DVD
App. 1 hour 56 minutes
2018-156
Matt Damon returns as highly trained assassin Jason Bourne, who is on the hunt for the agents who stole hi memory and true identity. With a new generation of skilled CIA operatives tracking his every move, Bourne is in a non-stop race around the globe as he finally learns the truth behind his mysterious past.
Brothers and Others
DVD
App. 50 minutes
2004-120
The atrocities witnessed by the world on September 11th were hateful acts by terrorists who chose to view their vicims not as people but as symbols of a perceived evil. By jailing thousands of Arabs, Muslims and South Asians without evidence or due process, is America perpetuating the cycle of hate and ignorance which claimed so many innocent lives? Featuring interviews with such experts as Noam Chomsky and James Zogby, Brothers and Others is a one-hour documentary on the impact of 9/11 on Muslims and Arabs in America. The film follows a number of immigrants and Americans as they struggle in the heightened climate of hate, FBI and INS investigations, and economic hardships that erupted following the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Also features On Power, Dissent and Racism, a fifty-minute conversation with NOAM CHOMSKY. In this discussion with director Nicolas Rossier, professor Chomsky presents his reflections on the motivations behind 9/11 and its consequences on the international system. With rigorous analysis, he defines the notion of terrorism within its historical context and gives his thoughts on how we should fight it without exercising the politics of power. Also presented are Chomsky’s personal perspectives on the role of the media in the war on terrorism, his views on racism against Arabs and Muslims and much more.
Buckaroo Banzai
DVD
App. 1 hour 42 minutes
2018-7
Brilliant brain surgeon Banzai (Peter Weller) just made scientific history. Shifting his Oscillation Overthruster into warp speed, he’s the first man ever to travel to the Eighth Dimension…and come back sane! But when his sworn enemy, the demented Dr. Lizardo (John Lithgow), devises a plot to steal the Overthruster and bring an evil army of aliens back to destroy Earth, Buckaroo goes cranium to cranium with the madman in an extra-dimensional battle that could result in total annihilation of the universe!
Buddha Realms
DVD
2004-13
Buddha Realms is a major two-part series that explores the origins of Buddhism, its major doctrines, and its relevance today. Crossing six countries, the first of the two episodes look at Buddhism in the East today, where every major tradition has had an impact across the Asian continent, with the second episode exploring Buddhism in the West, where spiritual seekers are making this one of the fastest and most influential religions in the world today.
Bull Durham
DVD
App. 198 minutes
2018-39
Baseball season gets off to a rocky start when the Durham Bulls’ new catcher, “Crash” Davis (Kevin Costner), punches out the cocky young pitcher, “Nuke” Laloosh (Tim Robbins), he’s just been hired to train. Then sexy Annie Savoy (Susan Sarandon) informs both men that each season she chooses one player to share her bed–and Nuke and Crash are this year’s “draft picks.” After Crash passes on the offer, Nuke eagerly enlists as Annie’s summer fling…until Crash’s jealousy takes over and he convinces Nuke that sex with Annie will jinx the Bulls’ newfound winning streak.
Burn After Reading
DVD
App. 1 hour 36 minutes
2018-132
When a disc filled with some of the CIA’s most irrelevant secrets gets in the hands of two determined, but dim-witted, gym employees, the duo are intent on exploiting their find. But since blackmail is a trade better left for the experts, events soon spiral out of everyone’s control, resulting in a non-stop series of hilarious encounters!
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
DVD
App. 110 minutes
2018-151
Notorious outlaws Butch Cassidy (Paul Newman) and the Sundance Kid (Robert Redford) once ruled the dusty towns and breathtaking vistas of the Old West. But when a relentless “superposse” picks up their trail, they realize their days are numbered. With Sundance’s girlfriend, Etta (Katharine Ross), they flee to Bolivia. But old habits die hard, and when their thieving ways continue, Butch and Sundance find themselves outgunned, outnumbered and in for the fight of their lives.
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Can You Ever Forgive Me?
DVD
App. 107 minutes
2022-2
Lee Israel is a frustrated, hard-drinking author who can barely afford to pay her rent or bills in 1990s New York. Desperate for money, Israel soon hatches a scheme to forge letters by famous writers and sell them to bookstores and collectors. When the dealers start to catch on, Lee recruits a dubious friend to help her continue her self-destructive cycle of trickery and deceit.
Cedar Rapids
DVD
App. 87 minutes
2018-44
Shy and naive Tim Lippe (Ed Helms) ventures to the “big city” of Cedar Rapids for a convention and ends up crossing paths with the ultimate party animal (John C. Reilly). Before long, Tim is crashing parties, skinny-dipping in the hotel pool and being seduced by a sexy soccer mom. And if Tim can survive the weekend, he might just change his life forever!
The Century of the Self
DVD
App. 1 hour
2018-22
Century of the Self asks the deep questions about the roots and methods of consumerism and representative democracy and the implications of the two. The foundation of this documentary is the idea that public relations and politicians have used the theories of Sigmund Freud to engineer a society of consent.
Charade
DVD
App. 114 minutes
2018-121
A trio of crooks relentlessly pursues a young American (Audrey Hepburn) through Paris for the fortune her dead husband stole from them. The only person she can trust is a suave, mysterious stranger (Cary Grant). A deliciously dark comedic thriller, Stanley Donen’s Charade dazzles with style and macabre wit to spare.
Chariots of Fire
DVD
App. 124 minutes
2024-3
England’s finest athletes have begun their quest for glory at the 1924 Olympic Games. Success brings honor to their nation. For two runners, the honor at stake is a personal honor…and their challenge is one from within.
A Charlie Brown Christmas
DVD
App. 25 minutes
2018-89
Christmas lights may be twinkling red and green, but Charlie Brown has the Yuletide blues. To get in the holiday spirit, he takes Lucy’s advice and directs the Christmas play. An what’s a Christmas play without a Christmas tree? But everyone makes fun of the short, spindly nevergreen Charlie Brown brings back–until the real meaning of Christmas works its magic once again in this Remastered Deluxe Edition with Improved Picture and Audio. Happy Holidays!
Children of Men
DVD
App. 1 hour 50 minutes
2018-138
No children. No future. No hope. In the year 2027, eighteen years since the last baby was born, disillusioned Theo (Clive Owen) becomes an unlikely champion of the human race when he is asked by his former lover (Julianne Moore) to escort a young pregnant woman out of the country as quickly as possible. In a thrilling race against time, Theo will risk everything to deliver the miracle the whole world has been waiting for.
A Christmas Story
DVD (2 copies)
App. 98 minutes
2018-123
The Christmas spirit isn’t served up with more heartfelt warmth or observant hilarity than in this beloved adaptation of Jean Sheperd’s holiday story. In 1940s Indiana, nine-year-old Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) dreams of his ideal Christmas gift: a genuine Red Ryder 200-shot Carbine Action Air Rifle. But when gruff dad (Darren McGavin) and doting mom (Melinda Dillon) regularly respond with “You’ll shoot your eye out!” Ralphie mounts a full-scale, hint-dropping, Santa-begging campaign. He also endures all kinds of childhood calamities from snowsuit paralysis to the yellow-eyed Scotty Farkus affair to the dreaded tongue-on-a-frozen-flagpole gambit. We triple-dog-dare you to unwrap a more welcome Yuletide classic!
Citizenfour
DVD
App. 113 minutes
2016-3
2014’s Academy Award winning documentary Citizenfour is a real life international thriller that unfolds by the minute. With unprecedented access, this gripping behind-the-scenes chronicle follows award-winning director Laura Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald’s remarkable encounters with whistle-blower Edward Snowden in a hotel room in Hong Kong, as he hands over classified documents that provide evidence of mass indiscriminate and illegal invasions of privacy by the National Security Agency (NSA). The documentary not only shows the dangers of governmental surveillance, but makes audiences feel them. After seeing the film, viewers will never think the same way about their phone, e-mail, credit cards, web browser or digital footprint again.
Citizen Kane
DVD
App. 119 minutes
2022-9
When a reporter is assigned to decipher newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane’s dying words, his investigation gradually reveals the fascinating portrait of a complex man who rose from obscurity to staggering heights. Though Kane’s friend and colleague Jedediah Leland, and his mistress, Susan Alexander, shed fragments of light on Kane’s life, the reporter fears he may never penetrate the mystery of the elusive man’s final word, “Rosebud.”
City Confidential:Scottsboro Foul Play in the Bible Belt
DVD
App. 50 minutes
2018-18
In 1991, Mrs. Glen Summerford lay dying on the floor of her home, poison coursing through her veins and a suicide note next to her. But it wasn’t suicide, and she didn’t die. And the investigation that followed turned the tiny town of Scottsboro, Alabama, deep in the heart of the Bible belt, upside down. Mrs. Summerford’s husband was the head preacher at the Church of Jesus with Signs Following, but he was unable to cast out his own demons. A heavy drinker, he was prone to fits of passion over his wife’s infidelities, real and imagined. He was also a snake handler. And on the fateful night, he went to his wife in a drunken stupor and demanded that she tell him the truth. When her answers did not satisfy him, he forced her at gunpoint to thrust her hand into a rattlesnake cage! But the drama was just beginning…
Constructing Public Opinion
DVD
App. 32 minutes
2004-123
The media regularly use public opinion polls in their reporting of important news stories. But how exactly do they report them and to what end? In this insightful and accessible interview, Professor Justin Lewis demonstrates the way in which polling data are themselves used by the media to not just reflect what Americans think but instead to construct public opinion itself. Addressing vital issues (e.g., the role the media play in “manufacturing consent” for political elites, what polls really tell us about public opinion, what Americans actually think about politics), Constructing Public Opinion provides a new way to think about the relationship between politics, media and the public. Exploding the myth that most Americans are moderate or conservative, Constructing Public Opinion demonstrates the way in which political elites help to promote the military industrial complex and how the media sustains belief in an electoral system with a built-in bias against the interests of ordinary people. Well illustrated with graphics and many examples of media coverage, it is the first film of its kind to present a critical analysis of media and public opinion.
Cloud Atlas
DVD
App. 165 minutes
2022-11
Six stories spanning centuries. One soul. Tom Hanks and Halle Berry lean an all-star cast in interwoven tales as time shifts between past, present, and future. As characters reunite from one life to the next, their actions generate consequences: A killer evolves into a hero. An act of kindness inspires a revolution. Cloud Atlas combines science fiction, drama, mystery, action, and romance into a single film.
Control Room
DVD
App. 86 minutes
2005-13
In the spring of 2003, just before President Bush declared that the United States would go to war with Iraq, documentary filmmaker Jehane Noujaim and her crew set up their cameras inside Al Jazeera, the satellite news network for the Arab world. Though US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld accuses Al Jazeera of lying in its news reports, CONTROL ROOM tells a different story. Candid interviews with some of Al Jezeera’s leaders–like Sudanese journalist Hassan Ibrahim who formerly headed the BBC Arab News service, and senior producer Samir Khader who talks openly about his respect for American values– offer an Arab perspective on the US and the war. Meanwhile, Americans such as NBC correspondent David Shuster and Central Command press officer Lt. Josh Rushing, both working in Qatar, offer another point of view. Through various interviews, Al Jazeera is presented as a grass- roots organization devoted to being an independent news source. In addition, it is not afraid of showing the brutality of war. The station airs shocking footage of the devastation caused by US bombings, showing the resultant carnage of Iraqi civilians, Iraqi soldiers, as well as US soldiers. The Al Jazeera reporters dissect US news reports, which rarely contain coverage of this nature, pointing out how information is packaged to exclude certain truths. When asked her opinion of objectivity, Al Jazeera producer Deema Khatib calls it a mirage, which is a powerful statement about the foggy nature of truth as interpreted by the media. A fascinating look inside Al Jazeera, CONTROL ROOM will challenge viewers to question what to believe from the news they receive.
Corner Gas (Season One)
DVD
App. 290 minutes
2018-68
Dreamt up by the prairie son Brent Butt, he stars stars as Brent Leroy, the town’s number one and only gas jockey. He and the rest of the Dog River locals get up to a whole lot of nothing in the middle of nowhere. Forty clicks from the middle of nowhere, actually. And that’s where it all happens. At Corner Gas, Canada’s number one roadside attraction.
Courage Under Fire
DVD (double feature 2-DVD set, also includes Men of Honor)
App. 117 minutes
2018-157
When a troubled U.S. Army officer (Denzel Washington) is asked to review the posthumous candidacy of the first woman (Meg Ryan) to receive the Medal of Honor, the investigation soon plunges him into an apparent cover-up where he must search beyond the lies and deceit–as well as his own tormenting demons–to find the truth behind the final moments of a soldier’s life.
Cowboys & Aliens
DVD
App. 1 hour 59 minutes
2018-147
A stranger (Daniel Craig) stumbles into the desert town of Absolution with no memory of his past and a futuristic shackle around his wrist. With the help of mysterious beauty Ella (Olivia Wilde) and the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde (Harrison Ford), he finds himself leading an unlikely posse of cowboys, outlaws, and Apache warriors against a common enemy from beyond this world in an epic showdown for survival.
Cup Final
DVD
App. 107 minutes
2024-2
It’s June, 1982. Israel has just invaded Lebanon. Unfortunately, this action takes place while the World Cup soccer tournament is held in Spain. Cohen, an Israeli reserves soldier, has tickets for the games in Barcelona, but he is stuck in South Lebanon, seeking out the enemy. Things go from bad to worse for him when he is captured by a band of retreating PLO soldiers en route to Beirut. Cohen’s only solace is that the PLO leader, Ziad, shares his passion for the Italian national soccer team. Laced with humor, wit, and violence, Cup Final is a subtle tale of shared humanity.
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The Darjeeling Limited
DVD
App. 91 minutes
2014-19
Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other–to become brothers again like they used to be. Their “spiritual quest,” however, veers rapidly off-course (due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray), and they eventually find themselves stranded alone in the middle of the desert with eleven suitcases, a printer, and a laminating machine. At this moment, a new, unplanned journey suddenly begins.
Dark Water
DVD
App. 103 minutes
2018-140
Dahlia Williams (Jennifer Connelly) and her five-year-old daughter are ready to begin a new life together. But their new apartment–dilapidated and worn–suddenly seems to take on a life of its own. Mysterious noises, persistent leaks of dark water and other strange happenings in the deserted apartment above send Dahlia on a haunting and mystifying pursuit–one that unleashed a torrent of living nightmares.
Daughters of the Dust
DVD
App. 113 minutes
2005-40
Working with a theme and history that’s obviously dear to her heart, first-time writer-director Julie Dash’s exquisitely alive film chronicles the last days of the Gullah, an Americanized West African people in danger of losing their identity. Dash makes up for some overly schematic dialogue and an occasionally pokey pace with some strong performances (particularly Cora Lee Day as the sternly matriarchal Nana) and an absolutely wonderful visual sense (kudos should also go to her ace cinematographer Arthur Jafa, whose dazzlingly sumptuous imagery surely inspired Jonathan Demme’s later Beloved). A rapturously textured, wholly mesmerizing glimpse into the Gullah culture.
David Gilmour (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)
DVD
2018-127
Contains 23 songs as well as 13 bonus tracks on disc 2.
The Decalogue
DVD
App. 55 minutes/movie
2004-17
Each of these ten short films uses one of the Ten Commandments as a thematic springboard. It explores the timeless moral issues of human existence through ten contemporary tales, each based on one of the Ten Commandments.
Devil’s Playground
DVD
App. 77 minutes
2004-104
Documentary looking at Amish youth who upon turning 16 are turned loose to experience the outside world until they can decide whether or not to commit to a lifetime within the community. With this freedom comes many conflicting emotions; full blown teenage mayhem coupled with deep religious roots- a brutal combination.
The Devil Wears Prada
DVD
App. 109 minutes
2018-1
Based on the hilarious best-selling novel, this sinfully funny movie starring Academy Award winner Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway is “sensationally entertaining in every way” (MAXIM). As assistant to impossibly demanding New York fashion magazine editor Miranda Priestly (Streep), young Andy Sachs (Hathaway) has landed a job that “a million girls would die for.” Unfortunately, her heaven-sent appointment as Miranda’s personal whipping girl just might be the death of her!
Dexter (Seasons 1-5)
DVD (2 copies of season 2)
2018-34, 2018-34.2, 2018-34.3, 2018-34.4, 2018-34.5
By day, mild-mannered Dexter is a blood-spatter analyst for the Miami police. But at night, he is a serial killer who only targets other murderers.
Divining the Divine
DVD
Time unknown
2005-4
Divining the Divine gleans insight from practitioners of the world’s five major religions—Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism—as well as Jainism, and ancient religion of India, and Native American spirituality.
Doctor Who: The Beginning (1963-1966)
DVD
App. 311 minutes
2018-76
Includes An Unearthly Child, The Daleks, and The Edge of Destruction.
Downton Abbey
DVD
App. 6 hours
2018-78
After a tragedy at sea claims the life of the presumed heir, Lord Grantham is faced with the possibility that the house he’s loved his whole life might someday belong to a distant cousin he’s never met. But before he can worry about that he must deal with his scandalous daughter, Lady Mary–considered by many to be the rightful heir to Downton. Even the staff has opinions on the family’s affairs. And while most are devoted to those they serve, there are others whose selfishness and scheming do more than simply disrupt the well-oiled inner workings of the estate. As the servants’ mischief escalates, even the most faithful employees begin to imagine a different life. Pitting hundreds of years of British aristocracy against the tides of social upheaval and technical progress, under the looming shadow of World War I, will the fate of Downton and its family–above and below stairs–be resolved? Or will life be altered so dramatically that its master no longer matters?
Dragon Tattoo Trilogy
DVD
2018-143
Box set contains The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl who Played with Fire, & The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest.
Dreamgirls
DVD
App. 130 minutes
2018-107
With showstopping performances by a star-studded cast, Dreamgirls soars with the amazing story of three female singers who learn that anything is possible when you hold onto your dreams.
Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
DVD
App. 1 hour 33 minutes
2018-15
Stanley Kubrick’s celebrated black comedy classic about an “accidental” nuclear attack was nominated for four 1964 Academy Awards. Created during a time when the paranoia of the Cold War was at its peak, the film still seems surprisingly relevant today. Convinced the Commies are polluting America’s “precious bodily fluids,” a crazed General (Sterling Hayden) orders a surprise nuclear air strike on the USSR. His aide Captain Mandrake (Peter Sellers) furiously attempts to figure out a recall code to stop the bombing. Meanwhile, the U.S. President (Sellers again) gets on the hot line to convince the drunken Soviet premier that the impending attack is a silly mistake, while the President’s advisor (and ex-Nazi scientist) Dr. Strangelove (Sellers once more) confirms the existence of the dreaded Doomsday Machine–a new secret Soviet retaliatory device guaranteed to end the human race once and for all!
Due Date
DVD
App. 95 minutes
2018-49
Expectant first-time father Peter Highman (Robert Downey, Jr.) looks forward to his new child’s due date five days away. As Peter hurries to catch a flight home from Atlanta to be at his wife’s side for the birth, his best intentions go completely awry when an encounter with aspirng actor Ethan Tremblay (Zach Galifianakis) forces Peter to hitch a ride with Ethan on a cross-country trip that will ultimately destroy several cars, many friendships and Peter’s last nerve.
D’vekut: Hasidism & Jewish Mysticism (A Personal Journey)
VHS
App. 52 minutes
2004-20
This colorful, lively documentary depicts the various sects of Hasidism which embody “D’vekut” in Israel. “D’vekut”, the Hebrew term for the mystical union between man and God, is the essential element of Hasidism. This Jewish movement began in eighteenth century Eastern Europe and lives on in Israel, the only country where all fifty of the Hasidic groups are represented.
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Earth
DVD
App. 101 minutes
2004-21
Earth, the second film in Deepa Mehta’s controversial trilogy, is an emotionally devastating love story set within the sweeping social upheaval and violence of 1947 India. As her country teeters on the brink of self-rule and instability, 8-year-old Lenny, an innocent girl from an affluent family, is in danger of having her world turned upside down. As the simmering violence around them reaches a boiling point, Lenny’s beautiful nanny Shanta falls in love with one of Lenny’s heroes. Love, however, can be dangerous when religious differences are tearing the country apart, and friendships and loyalty are put to the test.
Echoes that Remain
DVD
App. 60 minutes
2005-17
A study of the pre-Holocaust shtetl in the former Jewish communities of Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and Romania. Narrated by Martin Landau.
The Educational Archives: Religion
DVD
App. 120 minutes
2004-118
Revive old memories of sleepy Sunday school mornings with this collection of vintage 16mm religious classroom films. The secret to getting into heaven, the wages of sin, and God’s love of atomic energy are revealed in all of their cinematic glory. Highlights include Door to Heaven, Atomic Energy Can Be a Blessing (starring Fred MacMurrary), For Time or Eternity, and Youth Suicide Fantasy. Includes notes on each film by collection curator Skip Elsheimer of the A/V Geeks Educational Film Archive.
Edward Said: On Orientalism
DVD
App. 40 minutes
2005-25
Edward Said’s book Orientalism has been profoundly influential in a diverse range of disciplines since its publication in 1978. In this engaging and lavishly illustrated interview he talks about the context within which the book was conceived, its main themes, and how its original thesis relates to the contemporary understanding of “the Orient” as represented in the mass media. “That’s the power of the discourse of Orientalism. If you’re thinking about people and Islam, and about that part of the wold, those are the words you constantly have to use. To think past it, to go beyond it, not to use it, is virtually impossible, because there is no knowledge that isn’t codified in this way about that part of the world.” -Edward Said
Edward Said: The Myth of “The Clash of Civilizations”
DVD
App. 40 minutes
2004-125
In this important lecture delivered at the University of Massachusetts, Edward Said takes aim at one of the central tenets of recent foreign policy thinking– that conflicts between different and “clashing civilizations” (Western, Islamic, Confucian) characterize the contemporary world.
Election
DVD
App. 103 minutes
2022-5
Perky, overachieving high schooler Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) gets on the nerves of social-studies teacher Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) to begin with, but after she launches her campaign for student-body president and his personal life starts to fall apart, things spiral out of control. In this satire, the teacher becomes unhealthily obsessed with cutting his student down to size, covertly backing a spoiler candidate to stop her from steam-rolling to victory, and putting in motion a series of dirty tricks and reckless promises with uncanny real-world political parallels.
Elf
DVD
App. 95 minutes
2018-54
Once upon a Christmas Eve, an orphan baby crawled into Santa’s bag of gifts and was taken to the North Pole. Raised by Papa Elf (Bob Newhart), Buddy (Will Ferrell) comes to realize he doesn’t fit in with the other elves. Determined to find a place where he belongs, Buddy searches for his real dad–in New York City! In the Big Apple, Buddy finds out why his dad (James Caan) is on the naughty list! But most importantly, he sees that the world is seriously lacking in Christmas spirit, which causes Santa all kinds of problems! So with the help of a beautiful department store elf (Zooey Deschanel), Buddy tries to teach his dad and the world the true meaning of Christmas spirit and to prove to everyone that Santa (Ed Asner) really exists!
Empires of Early Africa
DVD
App. 55 minutes
2008-5
Below the expanse of Africa’s northern desert ties a land rich in resources and history. Tour sub-Saharan Africa for a look at the ancient civilizations that flourished in this fertile land and their influence on Islam. Includes one feature and three shorter segments. The Nile: Where Egypt Began, Nefertiti Resurrected, Sub-Saharan Survey, Islam comes to Timbuktu.
The Englishman WHo Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
DVD
2022-3
App. 99 minutes
During the days of World War I, a small Welsh town relies on its local mountain as a source of pride. When two English cartographers, Reginald Anson (Hugh Grant) and George Garrad (Ian McNeice), arrive to measure the mountain, they discover the landmark is 16 feet short of achieving the official “mountain” classification. Disheartened that their mountain has been deemed a hill, the townsfolk devise a plan to make up those 16 feet. Meanwhile, Anson falls for a local woman (Tara Fitzgerald).
Enlightenment Guaranteed
DVD
App. 105 minutes
2004-22
Uwe and Gustav are two middle-aged brothers whose lives are a mess: Uwe’s wife just left him and Feng Shui consultant, Gustav, is feeling unfulfilled. This odd couple travel together to the Sojiji Monastery in Monzen, outside Tokyo. Enroute, their mid-life crisis turns into a midnight crisis when they get lost in Tokyo’s neon jungle and can’t find their way back to the hotel. It’s down and out in Asia’s brave new world. The brothers’ eventual arrival at the monastery is an immersion of a more subtle kind. Still, the enigma of enlightenment keeps them going.
Escape to Victory
DVD
App. 116 minutes
2024-1
In World War II, a group of Nazi officers come up with a propaganda event in which an all-star Nazi team will play a team composed of Allied prisoners of war in a soccer (football) game. The prisoners agree, planning on using the game as a means of escape from the camp
Eva Peron
DVD
App. 114 minutes
2005-19
The life of iconic Argentine leader Eva “Evita” Peron is chronicled in this engrossing biography filmed by fellow Argentine, Juan Carlos Desanzo. Peron’s stormy life, which tragically ended at age 33, is brought to the screen with the same passion with which she lived it. In Spanish with English subtitles.
Everything Illuminated
DVD
App. 105 minutes
2018-131
Some people collect stamps, cigar bands or teacups. Jonathan saves memories of family: photos, cards, false teeth, handfuls of dirt–all sealed in individual bags and mounted on a wall. Now Jonathan seeks a more elusive memory. He’ll journey to the Ukraine to find the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis in 1942.
Evita: The Woman Behind the Myth
DVD
App. 50 minutes
2005-18
To some, she was a hero. To others, she was a symbol of naked ambition. To the world, she remains a legend. Eva Duarte de Peron Evita is one of the most controversial figures in history. A minor actress when she married Argentine president-to-be Juan Peron, her political power and prestige eventually equaled, and perhaps eclipsed, his. Was she a power-hungry Marie Antoinette, as detractors claim? Or was she really the savior of the working poor? In this remarkable program, rare photographs and films tell Evita’s real story, from her humble birth to her tragic death of cancer at 33. Close aids and bitter enemies offer their firsthand accounts, and consider why she continues to fascinate us today.
Examined Life
DVD
App. 88 minutes
2018-17
In Examined Life, filmmaker Astra Taylor (Zizek!) liberates philosophy from the halls of academia through entertaining and thought-provoking excursions with some of today’s most famous and influential thinkers. Peter Singer’s thoughts on the ethics of consumption are amplified against the backdrop of Fifth Avenue’s posh boutiques. Slavoj Zizek challenges current beliefs about the environment while sifting through a garbage dump. Michael Hardt considers the nature of revolution while surrounded by symbols of wealth and leisure. Judith Butler and Sunaura Taylor stroll through San Francisco’s Mission District questioning our culture’s fixation on individualism. And while driving through Manhattan, Cornel West–called “a genius” and “an oracle” by President Obama–compares philosophy to jazz and blues, reminding us how intense and invigorating a life of the mind can be.
Existenz
DVD
App. 97 minutes
2005-27
Allegra Geller, the leading game designer in the world, is testing her new virtual reality game, eXistenZ with a focus group. As they begin, she is attacked by a fanatic assassin employing a bizarre organic gun. She flees with a young marketing trainee, Ted Pikul, who is suddenly assigned as her bodyguard. Unfortunately, her pod, an organic gaming device that contains the only copy of the eXistenZ game program, is damaged. To inspect it, she talks Ted into accepting a gameport in his own body so he can play the game with her. The events leading up to this, and the resulting game lead the pair on a strange adventure where reality and their actions are impossible to determine from either their own or the game’s perspective.
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F for Fake
DVD
App. 88 minutes
2018-11
Trickery. Deceit. Magic. In Orson Welle’s free-form documentary F for Fake, the legendary film-maker (and self-described charlatan) gleefully engages the central preoccupation of his career–the tenuous line between truth and illusion, art and lies. Beginning with portraits of world-renowned art forger Elmyr de Hory and his equally devious biographer, Clifford Irving, Welles embarks on a dizzying cinematic journey that simultaneously exposes and revels in fakery and fakers of all stripes–not the least of whom is Welles himself. Charming and inventive, F for Fake is an inspired prank and a searching examination of the essential duplicity of cinema.
Fahrenheit 451
DVD
App. 113 minutes
2004-24
Montag, a regimented fireman in charge of burning the forbidden volumes, meets a revolutionary school teacher who dares to read. Suddenly he finds himself a hunted fugitive, forced to choose not only between two women, but between personal safety and intellectual freedom. Truffaut’s first English language production is an eerie fable where mankind becomes the ultimate evil.
Family Guy Presents Blue Harvest
DVD
App. 48 minutes
2018-71
The laughs come full “Force” when the Griffin clan puts a freakin’ sweet spin on the greatest sci-fi saga ever told! With Peter playing the swashbuckling Han Solo, Lois as the sexy princess Leia, Chris as an adolescent Luke Skywalker, Brian as a well-spoken Chewbacca and Stewie finally embracing his dark side as Darth Vader, who knows what will happen?
Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
DVD
App. 88 minutes
2018-70
In this exclusive DVD premiere, Stewie, the maniacal baby genius, is distracted from his plans for world domination when he sees a man who looks just like him on television. Convinced that this man must be his real father (after all, how could he possibly share genetic material with the dimwitted Peter?), Stewie sets off on a cross-country road trip to find him. But his incredible journey leads him to discoveries far more vile and shocking than anything found in his diaper.
Faustina
DVD
App.75 minutes
2004-25
This movie is a drama on the life of Blessed Sister Faustina Kowalska, a member of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, based upon her experiences recorded in her spiritual diary. She received from Our Lord the visions of Divine Mercy early this century, and was beatified by Pope John Paul II. This is a beautiful, artistic portrayal of her mystical life in high quality cinema.
Forest of Bliss
DVD
App. 90 minutes
2004-106
Forest of Bliss is an unsparing yet redemptive account of the inevitable griefs, religious passions and frequent happinesses that punctuate daily life in Benares, India’s most holy city. The film unfolds from one sunrise to the next without commentary, subtitles or dialogue. It is an attempt to give the viewer a wholly authentic though greatly magnified and concentrated sense of participation in the experiences examined by the film.
Fred Claus
DVD
App. 115 minutes
2018-53
This is a story you’ve never heard before, a hilarious and heartwarming comedy about Fred Claus, Santa’s brother–and complete opposite. After growing up in saintly Nick’s shadow, Fred becomes a grouch who’s lost his belief in Christmas. Then, one magical December, Fred flies north (first class via reindeer) to find brother Nick is in trouble: a scheming efficiency expert is out to shut down Christmas forever! Expect fun by the sleighful as Fred helps save Christmas and rediscovers the gift of family.
French Kiss
DVD (Double Feature 2-DVD Set, also contains She’s the One)
App. 111 minutes
2018-100
When her fiancé is smitten by a beautiful Frenchwoman, Kate (Meg Ryan) flies to Paris determined to win him back. However, nothing prepares her for Luc (Kevin Kline), a cunning, sexy Frenchman with a gift for gab and a fondness for thievery. A self-proclaimed expert on affairs of the heart, Luc promises to help Kate win back her man. But one star-crossed misadventure after another sweeps them across France, ultimately changing them in ways they never dreamed possible.
Fright Night 2
DVD
App. 99 minutes
2018-155
By day Gerri Dandridge is a sexy professor, but by night she transforms into a real-life vampire with an unquenchable thirst for human blood. So when a group of high school students travels abroad to study in Romania, they find themselves ensnared in Gerri’s chilling web of lust and terror. Charley and “Evil Ed” must stop Gerri from drinking and bathing in the blood of a “new moon virgin,” who just happens to be Charley’s ex-girlfriend, Amy. They enlist help from Peter Vincent, the vampire-hunting host of a reality show called Fright Night, to drive a stake through Gerri’s plan and save Amy from a fate far worse than death.
Frontline: Beyond Baghdad
DVD
App. 60 minutes
2005-9
As Washington continues to celebrate the capture of Saddam Hussein, FRONTLINE takes viewers on a journey across Iraq to reveal just what it will take to stabilize the volatile nation and accelerate the transfer of power to the Iraqi people. In “Beyond Baghdad,” FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith travels the length and breadth of Iraq for five weeks, interviewing everyone from tribal sheiks and ayatollahs to politicians and U.S. military commanders. Smith’s reporting reveals a seriously fractured Iraq, where modest successes in nation-building have been offset by widespread inter-ethnic and sectarian rivalry, frustration, and violence.
Frontline: Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero
DVD
App. 120 minutes
2005-21
Ground Zero in Manhattan has become a site of pilgrimage. Thousands of people visit the site, looking for consolation as they question the events of September 11. There is a profound quiet to their meditations. Starting here, FRONTLINE sets out on a quest to find out how peoples’ beliefs-and unbelief-has been challenged, and how they are coping with difficult questions of good and evil, the face of God, and the potential for darkness within religion itself. From survivors who were pulled from the wreckage of the Twin Towers to the widow of a New York City firefighter; from priests and rabbis to security guards and opera divas; from lapsed Catholics and Jews to Buddhists, Muslims, and atheists…. FRONTLINE explores and illuminates the myriad of spiritual questions that have come out of the terror, pain, and destruction at Ground Zero.
Frontline: House of Saud
DVD
App. 120 minutes
2005-10
The House of Saud has controlled every aspect of Saudi life and politics since the kingdom was established in 1932. But outside the Desert Kingdom, little is known about Saudi Arabia’s secretive royal family. In “House of Saud,” FRONTLINE explores how the Al Saud family maintains its hold on power in the face of growing tensions between Islam and modernity. Through interviews with members of the royal family, government officials, and other experts from Saudi Arabia and the U.S., the two-hour documentary also traces America’s relations with the Saudi royal family from their first alliance in the 1930s through September 11 and beyond to the present day.
Frontline: The Invasion of Iraq
DVD
App. 120 minutes
2005-6
FRONTLINE marks the first anniversary of the Iraqi War with a two-hour documentary investigation that recounts the key strategies, battles, and turning points of the war from both sides of the battlefield. Through firsthand accounts from many of the war’s key participants–from strategists in Washington to the soldiers who actually fought the battles–“The Invasion of Iraq” promises to be a definitive television history of America’s most recent war.
Frontline: Israel’s Next War
DVD
App. 60 minutes
2005-7
As a new Palestinian leader signs a truce with the Israelis, there is hope that after four years of bloody fighting, Middle East peace talks might resume. This summer Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is planning to remove Jewish settlers and return the disputed Gaza Strip to Palestinian control. But Israel is bracing for a reaction from the settlers in both Gaza and the West Bank. Israeli security forces are warning that extremists among the settlers could, with one major act of violence, raise the prospect of civil war in Israel or trigger a conflict with the wider Muslim world. As the possibility of peace once again seems real, FRONTLINE takes a close look at the small group of Israelis who are vowing to derail it.
Frontline: The Jesus Factor
DVD
App. 60 minutes
2004-114
As an evangelical Christian, President Bush has something in common with the 46 percent of Americans who describe themselves as being “born again” or having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Often has the president recounted praying about major decisions facing the nation—but what do we actually know about the rudiments of George Bush’s faith? To what extent do the president’s spiritual beliefs impact or influence his political decision-making? And how closely do Bush’s religious views mirror those of the burgeoning—and politically influential—evangelical movement?
Frontline: The Persuaders
DVD
App. 90 minutes
2005-16
FRONTLINE takes an in-depth look at the multibillion-dollar “persuasion industries” of advertising and public relations and how marketers have developed new ways of integrating their messages deeper into the fabric of our lives. Through sophisticated market research methods to better understand consumers and by turning to the little-understood techniques of public relations to make sure their messages come from sources we trust, marketers are crafting messages that resonate with an increasingly cynical public. In this documentary essay, correspondent Douglas Rushkoff (correspondent for FRONTLINE’s “The Merchants of Cool”) also explores how the culture of marketing has come to shape the way Americans understand the world and themselves and how the techniques of the persuasion industries have migrated to politics, shaping the way our leaders formulate policy, influence public opinion, make decisions, and stay in power.
Frontline: Sacred Ground
DVD
App. 60 minutes
2005-8
Within days of the September 11 attacks, the questions began: What should be built on the site of Ground Zero? Who should build it? And should anything be built there at all? FRONTLINE tells the inside story of the first stormy year in the plans to rebuild on the site of the World Trade Center. With exclusive access to architect Daniel Libeskind, the one-hour documentary follows the process to build Libeskind’s proposed Freedom Tower and reveals how the desire to build the world’s most meaningful architectural tribute descended into a billion-dollar battle for the soul of Ground Zero.
Frontline: Truth, War, and Consequences
DVD
App. 90 minutes
2005-5
FRONTLINE traces roots of the Iraqi war back to the days after 9/11, when Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld created a special intelligence operation to seek evidence justifying war. These intelligence reports soon fueled a struggle between Pentagon civilians and the CIA, State Department, and uniformed military. The struggle would cause inadequate planning for war’s aftermath, continuing violence, and political problems for President Bush.
Funny Face
DVD
App. 103 minutes
2018-73
Audrey Hepburn is Jo Stockton, the shy, reluctant Greenwich Village bookstore clerk who is transformed into a modeling sensation by Fred Astaire, the fashion photographer who discovers her and grooms her for stardom. Kay Thompson adds to the fun as Maggie Prescott, the publisher and editor of Quality magazine, who agrees that Jo has the “new” and “fresh” qualities Prescott seeks for her publication’s new look. And who could resist undergoing a complete transformation, when Paris is the destination…and love is in the air?
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Gandhi
DVD
App. 190 minutes
2004-29
In stirring detail, Gandhi’s life, principles and power explode on the screen with vivid scenes such as the horrific massacre at Amristar, where the British opened fire on 15,000 unarmed men, women and children, and the dramatic march to the sea where Gandhi led thousands of his fellow Indians to prove that sea salt belonged to all and was not just a British commodity.
Genocide
DVD
App. 90 minutes
2004-141
Produced by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, this film using documentary film and photographs and a moving narration by Orson Welles and Elizabeth Taylor presents one of the best introductions to the subject. It is recommended for audiences who are not familiar with the subject matter as well as for a knowledgeable audience.
Get Low: A True Tall Tale
DVD
App. 103 minutes
2018-154
Academy Award winner Robert Duvall is Felix Bush, the “Hermit of Caleb County,” a man so haunted by his secrets that he has lived in quiet desolation int he Tennessee backwoods for over 40 years. Realizing that he is near his own mortality, Bush decides to have a “living funeral party,” inviting people to tell their stories about him. Enlisting the help of Frank Quinn (Bill Murray) and Buddy Robinson (Lucas Black), Bush goes through a process of self-discovery, allowing him to deal with his past secrets, including ones involving old flame (and new widow) Mattie (Sissy Spacek).
Ghosts of Rwanda
DVD
App. 120 minutes
2005-20
FRONTLINE marks the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide with a documentary chronicling one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century. In addition to interviews with key government officials and diplomats, the two-hour documentary offers eyewitness accounts of the genocide from those who experienced it firsthand. FRONTLINE illustrates the failures that enabled the slaughter of 800,000 people to occur unchallenged by the global community.
God Bless This Honorable Court: Religion and Civic Discourse
Lecture by Jonathan Z. Smith
DVD
App. 83 minutes
2005-2
In this talk he explores aspects of religion in civic discourse in terms of constitution and the court, through representation and interpretation of religion and public speech.
The Gods Must Be Crazy (I & II)
DVD
App. 1 hour 44 minutes & 1 hour 36 minutes
2018-27
I: For five thousand years, things have stayed pretty much the same for Xi and his fellow Bushmen. Then one day, an empty Coke bottle drops magically from the sky, and life goes topsy-turvy in the face of this generous “gift of the Gods.” An international sensation, The Gods Must Be Crazy is one of the most original and thought-provoking comedies ever. Starring a real-life Bushman N!xau, it’s a movie that looks at us from the other side–and shows us just how crazy we are!
II: This delightful sequel to the hilarious hit comedy is a piece of divinely inspired lunacy! Xi again collides with the so-called civilized world when he embarks on a search for his children, who are accidental stowaways on a poacher’s truck. He soon crosses paths with two very odd couples lost in the desert. Xi, perplexed by their strange antics, nevertheless finds himself drawn into a crazy adventure with people who know how to make magic machines…but constantly need to be saved from the wilderness and from each other.
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
DVD
App. 120 minutes
2016-4
The film profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, exploring the psychological impact of blind faith, how the church attracts new followers and keeps hold of its A-list celebrity devotees.
Following the Peabody Award-winning documentary Mea Maxima Culpa, his investigation into the Catholic Church, Alex Gibney dives fully into one of the most controversial and secretive religions int he world in Going Clear, exploring what members of Scientology are willing to do in the name of religion. The film touches on a wide range of aspects of the church from its origin, to an intimate portrait of the Church’s founder L. Ron Hubbard, to its recruiting practices, to present day practices by church officials.
Gone with the Wind
DVD
App. 233 minutes
2018-110
A manipulative woman and a roguish man conduct a turbulent romance during the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
Good Will Hunting
DVD
App. 126 minutes
2018-114
The most brilliant mind at America’s top university isn’t a student…he’s the kid who cleans the floors! Will Hunting (Matt Damon) is a headstrong, working-class genius who’s failing the lessons of life. After one too many run-ins with the law, Will’s last chance is a psychology professor (Robin Williams) who might be the only man who can reach him.
Go Tell It on the Mountain
DVD
App. 100 minutes
2005-38
A story of violence and desire, of tenderness and compassion, so gripping and moving, which lays bare the trials and sufferings, the yearnings and aspirations of an African-American family. The journey of a family from the rural South to “big city” Harlem, seeking both salvation and understanding and of a young boy struggling to earn the approval of a self-righteaous and often unloving stepfather.
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
DVD
App. 108 minutes
2005-35
Spencer Tracy’s last performance was in this well-meaning, handsome film by Stanley Kramer about a pair of white parents (Tracy and Katharine Hepburn) trying to make sense of their daughter’s impending marriage to an African American doctor (Sidney Poitier). The film has been knocked over the years for padding conflict and stoking easy liberalism by making Poitier’s character in every socioeconomic sense a good catch: But what if Kramer had made this stranger a factory worker? Would the audience still find it as easy to accept a mixed-race relationship? But there’s no denying the drawing power of this movie, which gets most of its integrity from the stirring performances of Tracy and Hepburn. When the former (who had been so ill that the production could not get completion insurance) gives a speech toward the end about race, love, and much else, it’s impossible not to be affected by the last great moment in a great actor’s life and career.
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Hail Satan
DVD
App. 95 minutes
2019
A documentary look at the rise and influence of the controversial religious group known as The Satanic Temple.
The Hangover
DVD
App. 100 minutes
2018-51
They planned a Vegas bachelor party that they would never forget. Now they really need to remember what exactly went down! Whose baby is in the closet of their Caesars Palace suite? How did a tiger get in the bathroom? Why is one of them missing a tooth? And most of all, where is the groom?! What the guys did while partying can’t compare to what they must do sober in an outrageous caper that has them piecing together all their bad decisions from the night before–one hazy clue at a time.
The Hangover Part II
DVD
App. 102 minutes
2018-52
Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu (Ed Helms), Alan (Zach Galifianakis) and Doug (Justin Bartha) travel to exotic Thailand for Stu’s wedding. What could go wrong? Director Todd Phillip’s explosively funny follow-up to his award-winning smash hit demonstrates that though what happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, what happens in Bangkok can hardly be imagined!
Hearts & Minds
DVD
App. 112 minutes
2014-18
Peter Davis’ landmark documentary unflinchingly confronts the United States’ involvement in Vietnam. Using a wealth of sources–from interviews to newsreels to documentary footage of the conflict at home and abroad–Davis constructs a powerfully affecting portrait of the disastrous effects of war. Winner of the 1974 Academy Award for Best Documentary.
High Fidelity
DVD
App. 114minutes
2014-40
John Cusack stars as Rob Gordon, the owner of a semi-failing record store located on one of the back streets of Chicago. He sells music the old-fashioned way, on vinyl, with his two wacky clerks–the hysterically funny rock snob Barry (Jack Black) and the more quietly opinionated underachiever Dick (Todd Louiso). But Rob’s business isn’t the only thing in his life that’s floundering–his needle skips the love groove when his longtime girlfriend Laura (newcomer Iben Hjejle) walks out on him. And this forces him to examine his past failed attempts at romance the only way he knows how!
Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear, and the Selling of American Empire
DVD
App. 64 minutes
2004-124
Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire examines how a radical fringe of the Republican Party used the trauma of the 9/11 terror attacks to advance a pre-existing agenda to radically transform American foreign policy while rolling back civil liberties and social programs at home. The documentary places the Bush Administration’s false justifications for war in Iraq within the larger context of a two-decade struggle by neoconservatives to dramatically increase military spending in the wake of the Cold War, and to expand American power globally by means of military force. At the same time, the documentary argues that the Bush Administration has sold this radical and controversial plan for aggressive American military intervention by deliberately manipulating intelligence, political imagery, and the fears of the American people after 9/11.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
DVD
App. 109 minutes
2018-25
Here’s the absolutely hysterical, wonderfully wild, cosmic adventure comedy The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Based on Douglas Adams’ worldwide best-selling novel, and starring an outrageous intergalactic cast, this is one ride you don’t want to miss. Seconds before Earth is destroyed to make way for a new hyperspace express route, mild-mannered Arthur Dent is whisked into space by his best friend (an alien posing as an out-of-work actor). And so the misadventures begin as he and fellow travelers, including the cool but dim-witted President of the Galaxy, the Earth girl Trillian, and Marvin the paranoid android, search for the answers to the mystery of Life, the Universe and Everything.
Holiday Inn
DVD
App. 1 hour 41 minutes
2018-120
Bing Crosby plays a song and dance man who leaves showbiz to run an inn that is open only on holidays. Fred Astaire plays his former partner and rival in love. Follow the two talented pals as they find themselves competing for the affections of the same lovely lady (Marjorie Reynolds).
Homeland (Season One)
DVD
App. 664 minutes
2018-74
Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), a brilliant but volatile CIA agent, suspects that a rescued American POW may not be what he seems. Is Marine Sgt. Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis) a war hero…or an Al Qaeda sleeper agent plotting a spectacular terrorist attack on U.S. soil? Following her instincts, Mathison will risk everything to uncover the truth–her reputation, her career and even her sanity. Packed with multiple layers and hidden clues, season one offers something new every time you see it…watch carefully.
Hopi: Songs of the Fourth World
DVD
App. 57 minutes
2008-3
Hopi: Songs of the Fourth World is a compelling study of the Hopi that captures their deep spirituality and reveals their integration of art and daily life. Amidst beautiful images of Hopi land and life, a variety of Hopi – a farmer, a religious eler, grandmother, painter, potter and weaver – speak about the preservation of the Hopi way. Their philosophy of living in balance and harmony with nature is a model to the Western world of an environmental ethic in action.
Hot Coffee
DVD
App. 86 minutes
2018-10
You may think you know the case of the woman who sued McDonald’s over spilled coffee. Or do you? More than 15 years after making international news, the case continues to be cited as an example of citizens who use “frivolous” lawsuits to take unfair advantage of the American legal system. But is that an accurate portrayal of the facts? An eye-opening documentary with jaw-dropping revelations, Hot Coffee exposes how corporations spend millions on propaganda campaigns to distort our views of lawsuits–forever changing the civil justice system. By examining the impact of tort reform on the lives of ordinary citizens, the film shows how Americans give up their Constitutional rights in many ways without knowing it–for example, by voting for caps on damages or signing away their rights in contracts. Through interviews with politicians, judges, lawyers and ordinary citizens, first-time filmmaker and former public-interest lawyer Susan Saladoff delves into the facts of four cases to tear apart the conventional wisdom about “jackpot justice.”
How We Got to Now
DVD
App. 360 minutes
2018-28
Join best-selling author Steven Johnson to discover extraordinary stories behind six remarkable ideas that made modern life possible, the unsung heroes who brought them about, and the unexpected and bizarre consequences each of these innovations triggered. Explore the history and power of these great ideas: Clean, Time, Glass, Light, Cold, and Sound.
Clean: Learn how clean water has changed our world and the way we live our lives.
Time: Discover how time advanced navigation, technology, travel, and the way we work.
Glass: Uncover a link between art, science, and global communication: glass.
Light: See how light has altered sleeping patterns, architecture, and more.
Cold: Examine the effects of man’s mastery of cold on food, Hollywood, and even politics.
Sound: Explore the impact of sound in the world of medicine and our lives today.
Howl’s Moving Castle
DVD
App. 119 minutes
2018-82
Sophie, a quiet girl working in a hat shop, finds her life thrown into turmoil when she is literally swept off her feet by a handsome but mysterious wizard named Howl. The vain and vengeful Witch of the Waste, jealous of their friendship, puts a spell on Sophie. In a life-changing adventure, Sophie climbs aboard Howl’s magnificent flying castle and enters a magical world on a quest to break the spell.
Hugo
DVD
App. 126 minutes
2018-93
Welcome to a magical world of spectacular adventure! When wily and resourceful Hugo discovers a secret left by his father, he unlocks a mystery and embarks on a quest that will transform those around him and lead to a safe and loving place he can call home. Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese invites you to experience a thrilling journey that critics are calling “the stuff that dreams are made of” (Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE).
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I Am Legend
DVD
App. 100 minutes
2018-144
The last man on earth is not alone. Will Smith portrays that lone survivor in I Am Legend, the action epic fusing heart-pounding excitement with a mind-blowing vision of a desolated Manhattan. Somehow immune to an unstoppable, incurable virus, military virologist Robert Neville (Smith) is now the last human survivor in New York City and maybe the world. But he is not alone. Mutant plague victims lurk in the shadows…watching Neville’s every move…waiting for him to make a fatal mistake. Perhaps mankind’s last, best hope, Neville is driven by only one remaining mission: to find an antidote using his own immune blood. But he knows he is outnumbered…and quickly running out of time.
I Heart Huckabees
DVD
App. 106 minutes
2005-33
Billed as “an existential comedy,” I Heart Huckabees is a flawed yet endearingly audacious screwball romp that dares to ponder life’s biggest questions. Much of director David O. Russell’s philosophical humor is dense, talky, and impenetrable, leading critic Roger Ebert to observe that “it leaves the viewer out of the loop,” and suggesting that Russell’s screenplay (written with his assistant, Jeff Baena) is admirably bold yet frustratingly undisciplined. Russell’s ideas are big but his expression of them is frenetic, centering on the unlikely pairing of an environmentalist (Jason Schwartzman) and a firefighter (Mark Wahlberg) as they depend on existential detectives (Lily Tomlin, Dustin Hoffman) and a French nihilist (Isabelle Huppert) to make sense of their existential crises, brought on (respectively) by a two-faced chain-store executive (Jude Law) and his spokesmodel girlfriend (Naomi Watts), and the aftermath of 9/11’s terrorism. No brief description can do justice to Russell’s comedic conceit; you’ll either be annoyed and mystified or elated and delighted by this wacky primer for coping with 21st century lunacy. Deserving of its mixed reviews, I Heart Huckabees is an audacious mess, like life itself, and accepting that is the key to enjoying both.
Identity
DVD
App. 90 minutes
2018-142
What if every choice we ever make was already made for us? What if there really were no coincidences in life and our destinies were already predetermined? Ten strangers with secrets are brought together in a savage rainstorm: a limo driver (John Cusack), an ’80s TV star (Rebecca DeMornay), a cop (Ray Liotta) who is transporting a killer (Jake Busey), a call girl (Amanda Peet), a pair of newlyweds (Clea Duvall and William Lee Scott) and a family in crisis (John. C. McGinley, Leila Kenzle, Bret Loehr), all take shelter at a desolate motel run by a nervous night manager (John Hawkes). Relief in finding shelter is quickly replaced with fear as the ten travelers begin to die, one by one. They soon realize that if they are to survive, they’ll have to uncover the secret that has brought them all together.
Ilé Aiyé (The House of Life)
DVD
App. 51 minutes
2006-4
Directed by rock and roll legend David Byrne, ex-frontman of the Talking heads, this documentary provides an in-depth look at the dance and music rituals of the Yoruban religion in Brazil. Originally brought to Brazil by African slaves, the Yoruban tradition is kept alive in the rituals of this troupe of singers, drummers and dancers, who commemorate and celebrate the African diaspora in South America while furthering the causes of anti-racism and peace between all cultures.
Infamous
DVD
App. 118 minutes
2018-115
1959 Manhattan was a party, and none of the glitterati glittered brighter than Truman Capote. Then he saw a story in The New York Times: “Wealthy Farmer, 3 of Family Slain,” and the party ended for Capote. He plunged into the murder case that inspired his great “nonfiction novel” In Cold Blood and led him into a fevered relationship with one of the two doomed killers. But there’s more to the story than you know.
In Search of Peace, Part One: 1948-1967
DVD
App. 112 minutes
2005-23
Michael Douglas narrates this documentary look at the first 20 years of Israel’s existence, with a concentration on the origins of the Middle East Conflict. Through archival footage and photos, the film examines not only events in Israel, but their effect on other places as well–giving a truly global perspective on a monumental event, both in history and the history of the Jewish people.
Inside Mecca
DVD
App. 60 minutes
2005-15
Few non-Muslims have glimpsed its sacred glories. All Muslims are drawn by its holy summons. Now, travel to Islam’s most revered city to experience a spiritual phenomenon that has endured for more than four centuries INSIDE MECCA.
An Introduction to Scientology
DVD
App. 51 minutes
2006
An interview with Mr. L. Ron Hubbard, founder of a fast-growing religion—Scientology—to explain how he arrived at his discoveries on the mind, spirit and life. He answers the most commonly asked questions, such as: What is Scientology? Why is it a religion? And how do people benefit from it?
I, Robot
DVD
App. 114 minutes
2018-145
Superstar Will Smith rages against the machines in this mind-blowing, sci-fi action thriller! When a scientist (James Cromwell) is found dead, robophobic detective Del Spooner (Smith) suspects an advanced robot committed the murder. According to the Three Laws of Robotics, however, a robot can’t harm a human–but rules were meant to be broken! This suspenseful tale of the future questions whether technology will ultimately lead to mankind’s salvation…or annihilation.
Islam and Christianity: A Comparative Analysis, 3-part series
DVD
App. 27-35 minutes each
2005-11
The invitation from the minaret may sound similar to the one from the church bell tower, but there is an inherent contrast between them. This scholarly three-part series unveils the wisdom and beauty of Islam, analyzing theological points of convergence and divergence between it and Christianity—and, inasmuch as it underpins these two faith traditions, Judaism. Based on the book Is the Father of Jesus the God of Muhammad?, Islam and Christianity raises the dialogue between Muslim and non-Muslim to a higher level of understanding.
Islam—Facing East, Facing West: John Esposito on the Struggles of Islam
DVD
App. 23 minutes
2006-2
In this program, Bill Moyers and Georgetown University’s John Esposito— author of Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam and editor-in-chief of The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World—focus on Islam in Asia, where the vast majority of all Muslims live. The conflict within Islamic countries among religious fundamentalists, radical extremists, and the moderate mainstream is considered, along with American geopolitical concerns in the war on global terrorism. Human rights abuses in Indonesia and East Timor, the operation of al Qaeda, and a distinction between holy war and jihad are examined as well. “Can we fight terrorism without it becoming a worldwide clash of cultures?” asks Moyers.
Islam—Facing East, Facing West: Karen Armstrong on Religious Fundamentalism
DVD
App. 41 minutes
2006-3
“If you were God, would you do away with religion?” With that question, Bill Moyers launches into a discussion with Karen Armstrong, one of the world’s foremost commentators on religious affairs and author of Islam: A Short History. In this program they seek to understand the psychosocial impact of religious fundamentalism, which frequently elevates God at the expense of personal freedom. Over the course of their dialogue they also cover the concept of sacredness, the relationship between religion and psychology, and the profound connections among the three religions of the Book—all within the context of Ms. Armstrong’s own spiritual journey from disenchantment to peace.
Isle of Dogs
DVD
App. 105 minutes
2020-1
When, by executive decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island, 12-year-old Atari sets off alone in a miniature Junior-Turbo Prop and flies across the river in search of his bodyguard-dog, Spots. There, with the assistance of a pack of newly-found mongrel friends, he begins an epic journey that will decide the fate and future of the entire Prefecture.
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Season 3)
DVD
App. 332 minutes
2018-64
Several friends own Paddy’s Pub, a neighborhood bar in Philadelphia, and try to find their way in the world of work and relationships. But often, they can’t get out of their own way, leading to uncomfortable situations, which usually worsen before improving. The gang includes twin siblings Dennis and Sweet Dee Reynolds, along with their longtime friends, Charlie Kelly and Ronald “Mac” McDonald. Charlie lives with Frank, Dennis and Sweet Dee’s father, who has left his cheating, money-grabbing wife in an attempt to redeem himself after a history of doing business with sketchy people.
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: A Very Sunny Christmas
DVD
App. 43 minutes
2018-65
Ho, ho, heyooo! Christmas is upon us and the Paddy’s gang has got the spirit. Well, not really. For them, the holidays have always been a time of trickery, backstabbing and disappointment. But this year things are going to be different as they are determined to rediscover the joy of Christmas. Join Mac, Charlie, Dennis, Dee and Frank as they embark on a holiday adventure filled with stolen toys, childhood videos, naked elves and a bloody run-in with Santa Claus that is guaranteed to blast Christmas spirit all over you!
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The Jewish People: A Story of Survival
DVD
App. 59 min + 45 min bonus material
2009-9
Despite centuries of suffering and displacement, the fabric of Jewish culture has never broken. This program examines the theme of survival and its connection to Jewish achievements. Viewers will encounter a wide range of topics, including the origins of Judaism, the world’s first major monotheistic religion; the flourishing of Jewish scholarship through Talmudic learning and Rabbinic Judaism; the golden age of Jewish creativity at the height of Islamic power; and the post-Holocaust continuity of the Jews as a people, a state, and a collective voice.
The Jolo Snake Handlers
DVD
App. 77 minutes
2005-34
Documentary. An in-depth portrait of a snake cult in Jolo, West Virginia. Depicts a snake hunt in the mountains, two serpent-handling services, and a prayer vigil for a victim of a snake bite. Includes discussions with church members who explain their reasons for handling serpents and the persecution they have suffered.
Jonathan Creek
DVD
App. 418 minutes
2018-141
Jonathan Creek hasn’t quit his day-job of devising stunning feats for a hack magician, but his gift for lateral thinking finds its worthiest outlet when impossible mysteries are thrust upon him. This seven-hour set includes all four feature-length specials, including two never seen on TV in North America!
Black Canary: The famous female illusionist known as The Black Canary is found dead in her rambling mansion. For Jonathan, an encounter with both an old flame and the swashbuckling detective Inspector Gideon Pryke (Rik Mayall) adds even more spice to an already baffling enigma.
Satan’s Chimney: When an actress is murdered on the set of her latest movie, Jonathan Creek is called upon to explain how the killer managed to fire a gun through a plate glass window without breaking it.
The Grinning Man: Stage musician Lance Gessler lives in a mansion known as Metropolis that has a deadly history. When another victim succumbs to an ominous presence in the attic room, it’s up to Jonathan to unravel the mystery.
The Judas Tree: Jonathan Creek is called upon by his friend and skeptic Joey to investigate a series of mysterious and spooky events at a house called Green Lanterns.
Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial
DVD
App. 112 minutes
2011-1
Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial captures the turmoil that tore apart the community of Dover, PA, in a landmark battle over the teaching of evolution in public schools. In 2004, the Dover school board ordered science teachers to read a statement to high school iology students about an alternative to Darwin’s theory of evolution called intelligent design—the idea that life is too complex to have evolved naturally and so must have been designed by an intelligent agent. The teachers refused to comply, and both parents and teachers filed a lawsuit in federal court accusing the school board of violating the constitutional separation of church and state.
Julie & Julia
DVD
App. 123 minutes
2018-109
A culinary legend provides a frustrated office worker with a new recipe for life in Julie & Julia, the true stories of how Julia Child’s (Meryl Streep) life and cookbook inspired fledgling writer Julie Powell (Amy Adams) to whip up 524 recipes in 365 days and introduce a new generation to the magic of French cooking.
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Kataragama-An Ancient Hindu God Revived
DVD
App. 52 minutes
2004-43
The strange story told in this documentary shows a revival of mystical belief in the ancient Hindu god, Kataragama. The camera follows one family’s plight over their lost son. Eleven-year-old Ratnyaka disappeared into the jungle, leaving no trace. When local authorities failed to find him, his parents consulted an astrologer who forecast that Kataragama would have the boy back within 21 days. Unlike other gods, Kataragama does not expect sacrifice in advance. But once a favor is granted, he demands his due. The film shows the terrifying rituals of his thankful devotees. Some walk on hot coals, others hang themselves from hooks impaled in their backs. The documentary ends with the boy’s return on the 21st day.
Kiki’s Delivery Service
DVD
App. 105 minutes
2018-81
Venturing out, with only her chatty black cat Jiji, Kiki flies off for the adventure of a lifetime. Landing in a far-off city, she sets up a high-flying delivery service. Here begins a wonderful experience of independence and responsibility as she finds her place in the world.
Kinky Boots
DVD
App. 107 minutes
2018-47
For generations, the Price family has made very sensible, very conservative shoes for men. But to save the business from imminent bankruptcy, young Charlie Price turns to an unlikely new creative consultant: a sassy cross-dressing cabaret singer whose outrageous style and wild designs are a breath of fresh air in the stuffy old factory!
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The Lake House
DVD
App. 98 minutes
2018-97
Dr. Kate Forster has finally found romance. Trouble is, it’s a long-distance relationship. She’s in downtown Chicago. He’s in a remote lakeside suburb. And there’s more: She’s in 2006. He’s in 2004. Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock team for the first time since Speed for this heart-lifting story of a love that transcends time. It begins when Kate moves out of her visually stunning lake house and leaves a note for the next tenant, architect Alex Wyler. They begin a correspondence and soon come to realize they are meant for each other…and that, somehow, they live two years apart. Can they ever meet? What would happen if they tried? Magical and emotionally rich, The Lake House is a love story for 2004, for 2006, for all times.
The Legend of Bagger Vance
DVD
App. 2 hours
2018-16
From Academy Award-winning director Robert Redford comes a film that celebrates the power and potential of the human spirit. Will Smith, Oscar winner Matt Damon and Charlize Theron star in this highly-acclaimed tale of a local hero with a promising future whose hopes are shattered on the battlefields of war. The disillusioned young man turns his back on the world–until a fateful visit from a mysterious stranger turns his life around.
Léon the Professional
DVD
App. 133 minutes
2018-2
When a psychotic Federal agent (Gary Oldman) wipes out her entire family, twelve-year-old Mathilda (Natalie Portman) is taken in by her neighbor, Léon (Jean Reno), a quiet man whose only interests are his houseplants, movie musicals and killing people. Léon’s a professional assassin, a gentle soul who happens to be the best hit man in the business. When the revenge-obsessed waif insists on becoming his protégée, Léon relunctantly agrees and begins teaching her the tricks of his trade. But when Mathilda’s rash attempt to murder the Fed ends in her capture, it’s up to Léon to try to rescue the girl before it’s too late.
Liberation
DVD
App. 100 minutes
2005-22
Through newsreel footage, radio broadcasts and the stories of survivors, this docu-drama revisits the Allied campaign to liberate Europe from Hitler, showing how, even as the Allies advanced, the gas chambers of the National Socialist party continued to exterminate Jews and other “enemies of the Volk.”
A Life Apart: Hasidism in America
DVD
App. 95 minutes
2004-4
In this film, we are taken into the depths of the Hasidim’s joyous, sometimes harsh, and often beautiful world. From mystical tales to mesmerizing music, Rebbes to Holocaust survivors, this film reveals a strange, insular world few outsiders have seen, and few yet could imagine.
Life of Brian
DVD
App. 94 minutes
2004-46
Brian is born in a stable on Christmas, right next to You Know Who. The wise men appear and begin to distribute gifts. The star moves further, so they take it all back and move on. This is how Brian’s life goes. The Jews are looking for a release from the Romans, Spiritual and political decay, keep looking for signs and a group decides Brian is the Messiah. He cannot convince them he is not. He joins the Judean People’s Front, one of several dozen separatist groups who actually do nothing, but really hate the Romans. While not about Jesus, it is about those who hadn’t time, or interest to listen to his message. Many Political and Social comments.
Life of Buddha
DVD
App. 90 minutes
2004-117
The story of Prince Siddhartha’s spiritual transformation into the Buddha and the Buddhist faith’s eventual influence on the world are both chronicled in this revealing documentary. Includes 50 minutes of additional interviews with Buddhist scholars and spiritual leaders.
Little Buddha
DVD
App. 123 minutes
2004-116
Keanu Reeves and Bridget Fonda star in this sweeping tale of destiny and mysticism. A young American boy’s life is transformed forever when he becomes involved with a prince searching for the reincarnation of his beloved teacher. As these different worlds collide, an extraordinary adventure unfolds.
Little Miss Sunshine
DVD
App. 103 minutes
2018-46
Father Richard (Greg Kinnear) is desperately trying to sell his motivational success program…with no success. Meanwhile, “pro-honesty” mom Sheryl (Toni Collette) lends support to her eccentric family, including her depressed brother (Steve Carell), fresh out of the hospital after being jilted by his lover. Then there are the younger Hoovers–the seven-year-old, would-be beauty queen Olive (Abigail Breslin) and Dwayne (Paul Dano), a Nietzsche-reading teen who has taken a vow of silence. Topping off the family is the foul-mouthed grandfather (Alan Arkin), whose outrageous behavior recently got him evicted from his retirement home. When Olive is invited to compete in the “Little Miss Sunshine” pageant in far-off California, the family piles into their rusted-out VW bus to rally behind her–with riotously funny results.
The Long Search (volume 1 and 2)
DVD
App. 104 minutes
2004-49
- Protestant Spirit USA: In the 1100 churches of Indianapolis, we see bewildering multiplicity of Protestantism. Churches with the seating and styling of deluxe first-run theaters.
- Hinduism: 330 Million Gods: Traces the Indian religious experience in two highly contrasting locations: the bustling city of Benares where millions come to bathe in the holy waters of the Ganges, and the small village of Bhith Bhagwanpur, unvisited except by professional story tellers and itinerant priests.
The Long Search (volume 3 and 4)
DVD
App. 104 minutes
2004-49
- Buddhism: Footprint of the Buddha-India: To Sri Lanka and India discover the type of Buddhism practiced throughout southeast Asia. Among those we meet are Buddhist monks- including one American, school children, novices and housewives. Each offers something from his own experience to help us come to grips with a religion that has high moral standards but does not believe in God.
- Catholicism: Rome, Leeds and the Desert: Catholicism, especially since Vatican II, has undergone many changes. In this episode filmed in Rome, Spain and England, we discover the diversity and the unity of the religious experience labeled the Holy Catholic Church.
The Long Search (volume 5, 6, and 7)
DVD
App. 156 minutes
2004-49
- Islam: There is no God but God: It is said in Islam that every child is born Muslim by nature: he has the belief in his heart of one God. Over 400 million people profess Islam, and its numbers are said to be growing. In this program we travel to Egypt to explor the Islamic experience in an oasis village 50 miles from Cairo at a wedding, in the market town of El Fayoum for dawn prayers, and in Cairo itself.
- Orthodox Christianity: The Rumanian Solution: The Orthodox churches in Eastern Europe seem to be bound to the Communist states in essentially loveless marriages, except in Rumania. The Rumanian Orthodox Church is still seen as an important aspect of Rumania’s cultural heritage and ethnic identity.
- Judaism: The Chosen People: What is it that makes a Jew a Jew? In New York, Elie Wiesel, author and survivor of the concentration camps, tries to define it. Inevitably the search takes us to Jerusalem, where Dr. Pinchas Peli, tenth generation rabbi and fourth generation Jerusalemite, explains the meaning of prayer and acts as our guide through the religious schools, the synagogues, and a museum for the survivors of the Holocaust, we also see Western (Wailing) Wall, a place of prayer and pilgrimage sacred to the Jewish people.
The Long Search (volume 8, 9 and 10)
DVD
App. 156 minutes
2004-49
- Religion in Indonesia: The Way of the Ancestors: There are almost 200 million people scattered across the world who belong to tribal religions that are local, exclusive and frequently animist- i.e., they believe that inanimate objects and natural phenomena possess a soul. Though no since group can be chosen as typical, this episode is devoted to primal religion- that of the Torajas who live in a mountain fortress on an Indonesian island.
- Buddhism: The Land of the Disappearing Buddha-Japan: If the Buddha of India met the Buddha of Japan, would they recognize each other? To find out, this program talks to the staff in a Tokyo restaurant who keep regular Zen meditation schedules as part of their job, then on to the classical Zen calligraphy, swordfighting, archery and tea ceremony.
- African Religions: Zulu Zion: The Zulu Independent Churches in South Africa: When Christian missionaries took the Gospel to Africa they also tried to suppress African religion and subvert African culture with their own. But since World War I, and with increasing vigor in the last 20 years, Africans have been rediscovering their lost religions identity and have been forming independent churches with their own festivals, prophets and rituals and greater or lesser devotion to Christ.
The Long Search (volume 11, 12 and 13)
DVD
App. 156 minutes
2004-49
- Taoism: A Question of Balance-China: In our search for Chinese religious experience, we go to Taiwan. A whole pantheon of gods both local and imported from the mainland are worshipped in thousands of Buddhist and Taoist temples. Several strands make up the religious life of the village: a Confucian respect for past and the ancestors, the cosmic pattern of the Tao that permeates all levels of existence and manifests itself through oracles, the local gods who dispense justice and favors, and the hungry ghosts of the dead who have to be placated.
- Alternative Lifestyles in California: West Meets East: The spiritual impulse of the time steps beyond the boundaries of religious tradition- so wrote Theodore Roszak, spokesman for the counter-culture, who is Ronald Eyre’s guide to the new religious concerns of people living in the San Francisco Bay area. Here religious ideas and life styles of East and West mingle and people brought up in a largely Christian cultural climate look East to Taoism and Hinduism for inspiration.
- Reflection on the Long Search: In this episode Ronald Eyre asks himself some questions. It is not a film in which he hands out diplomas to believers of the religion that pleased him best. The search, for him, began long before this series got off the ground and will continue long into the future. There are no winners and no losers. There is an element of personal stocktaking, however, and before doing so, Eyre reveals his own background, the mental furniture that he of necessity packs whenever he goes on search.
The Long Way Home
DVD
App. 116 minutes
2004-192
The video documents the challenges and problems Holocaust survivors faced from the time of their liberation to the creation of the State of Israel (1945-1948).
Lost Christianities: Christian Scriptures and the Battles Over Authentication
DVD
App. 24 30-minute segments
2004-307
This two-volume lecture series by Bart Ehrman of UNC-Chapel Hill highlights scholars’ efforts to recover knowledge of early Christian groups that lost the struggle for converts, including the Ebionites, the Marcionites, and the Gnostics. Focusing on writings apart from those that appear in the New Testament, it looks at the process by which certain Christian beliefs gained legitimacy, while others became footnotes to history.
The Lost Room
DVD
App. 284 minutes
2018-31
What’s the object of your obsession? A mysterious event at the Sunshine Motel caused ordinary things in Room 10 to transform into indestructible objects with extraordinary powers. Detective Joe Miller (Peter Krause) discovers the dangerous potential of these objects when his daughter becomes lost in the room. His only hope of saving her is to find The Key, but shadowy figures will stop at nothing to keep it–and the other objects–for themselves.
Lost in Translation
DVD
App. 1 hour 42 minutes
2018-36
Bob Harris (Bill Murray) and Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) are two Americans in Tokyo. Bob is a movie star in town to shoot a whiskey commercial while Charlotte is a young woman tagging along with her workaholic photographer husband (Giovanni Ribisi). Unable to sleep, Bob and Charlotte cross paths one night in the luxury hotel bar. This chance meeting soon becomes a surprising friendship. Charlotte and Bob venture through Tokyo, having often hilarious encounters with its citizens, and ultimately discover a new belief in life’s possibilities.
Love Actually
DVD
App. 2 hours 15 minutes
2018-94
Love Actually is the ultimate romantic comedy from the makers of Bridget Jones’s Diary and Notting Hill. Funny, irresistible, and heartwarming, an all-star cast (Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth and Emma Thompson, to name a few!) will take you on a breathtaking tour of love’s delightful twists and turns. Fall under the spell of Love Actually and share the laughs and charm again and again.
Loving Krishna
DVD
App. 57 minutes
2005-51
A film about the worship of Krishna and the meaning of devotion. It explores the rural and urban character of the town of Vishnapur in West Bengal by examining the royal past, everyday life, work in traditional arts and crafts, bazaar exchange, and sacred rituals and festivals. Public and private devotional life is represented by detailed visual narratives of the Chariot Journey of Krishna, celebrated by the whole town, and the Birthday Festival commemorated on a much smaller scale of intimate family worship.
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Maha Kumbh: A Mythic Confluence
DVD
App. 53 minutes
2005-46
This program captures the 2001 Maha Kumbh festival, a 43-day event that drew tens of millions of devotees to the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and mythic Saraswati Rivers to honor the creation story of Hinduism and to pray for release from the cycle of reincarnation.
Mahatma Gandhi: Pilgrim of Peace
DVD
App. 50 minutes
2005-48
BIOGRAPHY® profiles the small man who took a great nation on his shoulders and changed the world. Trace his rise to power and fearless campaign of truth, non-violence and non-cooperation with injustice that defeated the British Empire. Biographers offer insight into his surprising personal life, while historians explore his remarkable accomplishments. Hear from his grandson, Arun Gandhi, and, in a rare interview, the Dalai Lama reflects on Gandhi’s incredible life and enduring legacy.
Malcolm X
DVD
App. 202 minutes
2005-39
Spike Lee directed this 1992 biographical film about controversial civil rights leader Malcolm X (Denzel Washington).
Mamma Mia
DVD
App. 1 hour 49 minutes
2018-106
Sophie has just one wish to make her wedding perfect: to have her father walk her down the aisle. Now she just has to find out who he is…
The Manchurian Candidate
DVD
App. 127 minutes
2022-8
When a platoon of Korean War G.I.s is captured, they somehow end up at a ladies’ garden club party. Or do they? Major Bennett Marco (Frank Sinatra) can’t remember. As he searches for the answer, he discovers threads of a diabolical plot orchestrated by the utterly ruthless Mrs. Iselin (Lansbury) and involving her war hero son (Laurence Harvey), her senator husband (James Gregory) and a secret cabal of enemy leaders.
Manufacturing Consent
DVD
App. 167 minutes
2004-50
This movie explores the political life and ideas of world-renowned linguist, intellectual and political activist Noam Chomsky. This award-winning documentary highlights Chomsky’s probing analysis of mass media and his critique of the forces at work behind the daily news.
Marathon Monks of Mount Hiei
DVD
App. 57 minutes
2004-51
The greatest athletes in the world today are neither the Olympic champions nor the stars of professional sports, but the “Marathon Monks” of Japan’s sacred Mount Hiei. Over a seven year training period, these “running Buddha” figuratively circle the globe on foot. During one incredible 100-day stretch, he covers 52.5 miles daily- twice the length of an Olympic marathon. The prize they seek is not a pot of gold, but enlightenment in the here and now. This documentary program is about these amazing men- Tanno Kakudo and the magic mountain where he trains. It is the philosophy of Tendai Buddhism, which inspires him in his quest for the supreme. The training diet, his handmade straw running shoes, and other feats of endurance such as the mummifying fire ceremony. Illustrated with superb cinematography and music, this film contains the first full insight into Mount Hiei and Tendai Buddhism.
Marjoe
DVD
App. 88 min
2022-1
In this revealing documentary, Southern evangelist Marjoe Gortner allows the filmmakers to record him swindling people out of money. Raised to be a child preacher on the revival-tent circuit, Gortner made a small fortune for his parents. Later, he began preaching on his own in a lively, rock star-influenced style, but, since he lacked actual religious faith, money became his sole motivator. As he stages his final revival tour, Marjoe provides a rare glimpse inside the business of evangelism.
The Matrix
DVD
App. 136 minutes
2018-4
Perception: Our day-in, day-out world is real. Reality: That world is a hoax, an elaborate deception spun by all-powerful machines of artificial intelligence that control us. Whoa. Mind-warping stunts. Techno-slammin’ visuals. Mega-kick action. Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne lead the fight to free humankind in the see-and-see-again cyber-thriller written and directed by the Wachowski sisters and winner of 4 Academy Awards. The story sears, the special effects stake out new movie-making territory–the movie flat-out rocks.
The Meaning of Life
DVD
App. 1 hour 48 minutes
2018-14
It took God six days to create the Earth, and Monty Python just 1 hour and 48 minutes to screw it up.
Medea
DVD
App. 110 minutes
2004-53
Based on the Greek classic by Euripides, Pasolini’s Medea tells the tale of Jason, the leader of the invincible army of Argonaut, and his quest for the Golden Fleece. Meeting the priestess of Fleece, Medea, Jason falls in love with her and takes her home as she sacrifices everything to be with him, including dismembering her own brother. Years later he spurns her for a new love, the young and beautiful Glauce. Medea, using her witch-craft powers, exacts a terrible revenge upon Jason leading to a terrifying climax where loyalty and betrayal are tried before the altar of human sacrifice.
Memento
DVD
App. 113 minutes
2005-28
Leonard is an insurance investigator whose memory has been damaged following a head injury he sustained after intervening on his wife’s murder. His quality of life has been severely hampered after this event, and he can now only live a comprehensible life by tattooing notes on himself and taking pictures of things with a Polaroid camera. The movie is told in forward flashes of events that are to come that compensate for his unreliable memory, during which he has liaisons with various complex characters. Leonard badly wants revenge for his wife’s murder, but, as numerous characters explain, there may be little point if he won’t remember it in order to provide closure for him. The movie veers between these future occurrences and a telephone conversation Leonard is having in his motel room in which he compares his current state to that of a client whose claim he once dealt with.
Men of Honor
DVD (double feature 2-DVD set, also includes Courage Under Fire)
App. 128 minutes
2018-157
Men of Honor tells the courageous tale of an African-American sailor (Cuba Gooding) who dared to dream of becoming a U.S. Navy master diver. Despite a ruthless training officer (Robert De Niro) and a tragic shipboard accident, Carl’s iron will is never broken. Against all odds, he pushes on to achieve the impossible in an incredible finish that will leave you cheering.
The Message
DVD
App.220 minutes
2005-44
Egyptian film directed by Moustapha Akkad and starring Anthony Quinn which chronicles the calling of Mohammed to the battle against Mecca to accept what will become known as Islam.
Michael Clayton
DVD
App. 120 minutes
2018-148
Attorney Michael Clayton is a “fixer,” the go-to guy when his powerful New York law firm wants a mess swept under the rug. But now he’s handed a crisis even he may not be able to fix. The firm’s top litigator in a $3-billion case has gone from advocate to whistleblower. And the more Michael tries to undo the damage, the more he’s up against forces that put corporate survival over human life–including Michael’s.
Midnight in Paris
DVD
App. 94 minutes
2018-26
This is a romantic comedy set in Paris about a family that goes there because of business, and two young people who are engaged to be married in the fall, have experiences there that change their lives. It’s about a young man’s great love for a city, Paris, and the illusion people have that a life different from theirs would be much better.
Mircea Eliade: His Name, His Destiny
DVD
90 minutes
2007-1
Presenting Eliade’s life, from his experiences in Europe, India, and the U.S., including being an Avery Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago, this profound documentary weaves visual images of his life while inviting viewers to contemplate the mysteries of life, to consider our spirituality and to remember the sacred.
The Mission
DVD
App. 125 minutes
2004-55
This is a powerful action epic about a man of the sword and a man of the cloth who unite to shield a South American Indian tribe from brutal subjugation by 18th-century colonial empires.
Modern Family (Season One)
DVD
App. 518 minutes
2018-77
Featuring an all-star cast led by Ed O’Neill, Sofia Vergara, Julie Bowen and Ty Burrell, Modern Family takes a refreshing and funny view of what it means to raise a family in this hectic day and age. Multicultural relationships, adoptions and same-sex marriage are just a few of the timely issues faced by the show’s three wildly diverse broods. No matter the size or shape, family always comes first in this hilariously “modern” look at life, love, and laughter.
Mohammed the Prophet
DVD
App. 273 minutes
2004-56
This multi-part sage follows the life of the Prophet from his birth in 571 in Mecca to his death, in 632. the story of Mahammed is brilliantly told by Imams, scholars from around the world, and individual believers against a backdrop of some of Islam’s most famous historic places. The films feature sumptuous cinematography and follow the stages of the Prophet’s life and legacy as it evolves into one of the world’s three great monotheistic religions.
Monsieur Ibrahim
DVD
App. 95 minutes
2005-30
Some crowded Parisian atmosphere and the burnished presence of Omar Sharif make this coming-of-age tale a pleasure. It’s the early 1960s, and an adolescent Jewish boy (Pierre Boulanger), mostly left to his own devices by an ineffectual father, makes friends with the worldly wise Persian man (Sharif) who runs a small neighborhood grocery. The kid’s fumbling experiences with sexual curiosity are the reliable stuff of many a French movie, but the unlikely friendship of young Jew and old Muslim make for an offbeat through-line. Francois Dupeyron’s film shifts gears in its final section, moving from its flavorful location and into the wide-open spaces, and it goes on too long with too many pieces of advice. But overall this is a warm and winning experience, with Omar Sharif holding an instructive class in the power of understated movie-star charisma.
Monster Camp
DVD
App. 80 minutes
2018-128
Welcome to Monster Camp, a world where ordinary people transform into monsters and heroes to escape their daily lives. Best described as a real-life version of “World of Warcraft,” “Dungeons and Dragons,” or “Lord of the Rings;” these enthusiasts have developed a complicated world to bring fantasy to life. This phenomenon is known as Live-Action Role-Playing (or Larping). Monster Camp intimately delves into the lives of a small group of these Larpers, both surprising and delighting with every turn.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
DVD
App. 89 minutes
2018-45
King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table embark on a surreal, low-budget search for the Holy Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles.
Moonstruck
DVD
App. 1 hour 42 minutes
2018-101
Cher is “devastatingly funny, sinuous and beautiful” as Loretta, an “unlucky in love” Italian widow who finds romance through the intervention of the Manhattan moon. With her wedding to a close friend just weeks away, she meets–and falls hopelessly in love with–his younger brother (Nicholas Cage)! Her dilemma–and her equally passionate and hilariously eccentric family–make for an unforgettable film you’ll find beguiling, enchanting, and irresistible.
Moundville: Journey Through Time
DVD
Appr. 17 minutes
2008-6
800 years ago a city stood on the banks of the Black Warrior River. It was a prehistoric metropolis, the cermonial heart of an advanced Mississippian culture. Today the city is called Moundville. They created earth works and mounds, but also refined works of art. Their influence spread acorss almost all of estern North America.
Mughal-E-Azam
DVD
App. 197 minutes
2005-32
Mughal-E-Azam brings to life the tale of the doomed love affair between the Mughal crown prince Saleem and the beautiful ill-fated court dancer, Anarkali. A love whose fervor and intensity perpetuates a war between the prince and his father, the great Mughal Emperor Akbar and threatens to bring an empire to its knees.
Mullholland Drive
DVD
App. 147 minutes
2005-26
A bright-eyed young actress travels to Hollywood, only to be ensnared in a dark conspiracy involving a woman who was nearly murdered, and now has amnesia because of a car crash. Eventually, both women are pulled into a psychotic illusion involving a dangerous blue box, a director named Adam Kesher, and the mysterious night club Silencio.
Murphy’s Law (Season One)
DVD
App. 443 minutes
2018-60
Detective Tommy Murphy (James Nesbitt) has nothing left to lose. Guilt-ridden over the death of his young daughter, who was slain by the IRA, he flees to London to work undercover for the Metropolitan Police. Hardheaded, hard-drinking, brash, and brooding, Murphy is down on his luck. But he still has more than a bit of the old Irish charm, flashing quick wit and a roguish grin.
Muslims
DVD
App. 120 minutes
2004-58
This film explores the influence of culture and politics on religion, and provides a deeper understanding of the political forces at work among Muslims around the world. The film emphasizes Islam’s kinship with Christianity and Judaism, and looks at diverse interpretations of Islam among the Muslim people.
My Name is Earl (Season Two)
DVD
App. 508 minutes
2018-66
Doing the right thing isn’t always easy. Just ask Earl Hickey (Jason Lee), a recovering ne’er-do-well with a lifetime’s worth of dirty deeds to make up for. In order to turn his life around, Earl needs a G.E.D., a job, an apartment, and a whole lot of good karma. And, if he can keep his ex-wife out of prison, so much the better! Join Earl and his gang of lovable losers as he continues his wildly offbeat transformation from hood to good in the uproarious and outrageous season two of My Name is Earl.
My Neighbor Totoro
DVD
App. 86 minutes
2018-85
Follow the adventures of Satsuki and her four-year-old sister Mei when they move into a new home in the countryside. To their delight, they discover that their new neighbor is a mysterious forest spirit called Totoro–who can be seen only through the eyes of a child. Totoro introduces them to extraordinary characters–including a cat that doubles as a bus!–and takes them on an incredible journey.
My Neighbors the Yamadas
DVD
App. 104 minutes
2018-80
Takashi Yamada and his wacky wife Matsuko, who has no talent for housework, navigate their way through the ups and downs of work, marriage, and family life with a sharp-tongued grandmother who lives with them, a teenage son who wishes he had cooler parents and a pesty daughter whose loud voice is unusual for someone so small. Even the family dog has issues!
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Narrative Conventions in Myth: The Cave of the Magic Ring
DVD
App. 58 minutes
2005-37
Wendy Doniger is the Mircea Eliade Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago. Professor Doniger is widely regarded as one of the most important interpreters of myth. Over the course of her career she has published more than 30 books on myth, including The Woman Who Pretended to Be Who She Was: Myths of Self-Imitation (2004), Other People’s Myths: The Cave of Echoes (1995) and others. She has also translated anew central documents of classical Hindu traditions including her Laws of Manu (1991) and The Kamasutra (2002). This is the fourth Ninian Smart Memorial Lecture and is entitled “Narrative Conventions in Myth: The Cave of the Magic Ring.”
The Natural
DVD
App. 144 minutes
2018-105
The Natural follows the epic journey of Roy Hobbs. A once-promising ballplayer on his way to stardom in the big leagues, Hobbs finds his dreams shattered when a mysterious woman and a silver bullet end his career prematurely. Sixteen years later, Hobbs, armed with his childhood bat “Wonderboy,” finds himself coming back to baseball, joining the roster of the lowly New York Knights. Can Hobbs overcome physical pain–and nefarious forces around him–to lead the Knights to the pennant?
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
DVD
App. 117 minutes
2018-79
A thousand years after a global war, a seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of only a few areas still populated. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley are engaged in a constant struggle with powerful insects called Ohmu, who guard a poisonous jungle that is spreading across the Earth. Nausicaä and her brave companions, together with the people of the Valley, strive to restore the bond between humanity and the Earth.
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
DVD
App. 103 minutes
2018-126
Soon after completing his critically-acclaimed album “Prairie Wind,” rock legend Neil Young took the Ryman Auditorium–the historic home of Nashville’s Grand Old Opry–by storm, blowing away the audience with heartfelt renditions of recent songs and classic hits including “The Painter,” “Heart of Gold” and “Harvest Moon.” Surrounded by a hand-picked group of musical companions, including his wife Pegi Young and special guest vocalist Emmylou Harris, Neil Young triumphs!
Nepal: Land of the Gods
DVD
App. 59 minutes
2004-159
Journey to Nepal and explore the ancient civilizations still thriving in this Himalayan kingdom. The narrative explains how llamas have taken over the shaman’s role as psychic healer and guide of souls, and how Tantra is an integral part of daily life, harmonizing the relationships between man, woman, nature, and a higher spiritual reality.
Never on Sunday
DVD
App. 1 hour 33 min
2018-13
Glasses are smashing, fingers are snapping and everyone’s dancing to the sultry music of the bouzoukies! It’s just another glorious moment in the carefree world of Illia (Melina Mercouri), Greece’s most radiant lady of the night. Sensuous Illia adores her life, and every man in her seaport paradise adores her. But when Homer (Jules Dassin), a stuffy American intellectual, sails into town and tries to reform her, Illia shows him that she’s one free spirit who’s happy with her wild life and not about to be tamed.
New Tricks (Season One)
DVD
App. 437 min
2018-63
New Tricks follows the antics of three retired cops recruited by disgraced detective Sandra Pullman (Amanda Redman) to re-investigate unsolved crimes. Pullman’s motley crew–grieving widower Jack Halford (James Bolam), obsessive/compulsive ex-Inspector Brian Lane (Alun Armstrong), and ex-Sergeant Gerry Standing (Dennis Waterman)–have a wealth of experience, but times have changed, and this trio of eccentric dinosaurs soon discover that the rules of the game are no longer what they used to be.
Nightline: The Heaven’s Gate Cult
DVD
App. 30 minutes
2004-94
Nightline: Mass Suicide in Rancho Santa Fe, Day 1
DVD
App. 30 minutes
2004-108
Nightline: Mass Suicide in Rancho Santa Fe, Day 2
DVD
App. 30 minutes
2004-109
Nightline: Negotiations at Waco, Parts 1&2
DVD
App. 30 minutes
2004-110
Nightline: The Thin Line Between Faith and Fantasies
DVD
2004-80
This video explores the different between religion and a cult.
North by Northwest
DVD
App. 136 minutes
2018-20
Cary Grant teams with director Alfred Hitchcock for the fourth and final time in this superlative espionage caper judged one of the American Film Institute’s Top-100 American Films and spruced up with a new digital transfer and remixed Dolby Digital Stereo. He plays a Manhattan advertising executive plunged into a realm of spy (James Mason) and counterspy (Eva Marie Saint) and variously abducted, framed for murder, chased and in another signature set piece, crop-dusted. He also holds on for dear life from the facial features of the Presidents on Mount Rushmore (backlot sets were used). But don’t expect the Master of Suspense to leave star or audience hanging.
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O Brother, Where Art Thou?
DVD
App. 103 minutes
2018-113
Disenchanted with the daily drudge of crushing rocks on a prison farm in Mississippi, the dapper, silver-tongued Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney) busts loose. Except he’s still shackled to his two chain-mates from the chain gang–bad tempered Pete (John Turturro) and sweet, dimwitted Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson). With nothing to lose and buried loot to regain–before it’s lost forever in a flood–the three embark on the adventure of a lifetime in this hilarious offbeat road picture. Populated with strange characters, including a blind prophet, sexy sirens and a one-eyed Bible salesman (John Goodman), it’s an odyssey filled with chases, close calls, near misses and betrayal that will leave you laughing at every outrageous and surprising twist and turn.
Oceti Sakowin: The People of the Seven Council Fires
DVD
App. 59 minutes
2008-4
For six-hundred years we have lived under the misconception that Columbus discovered America. What he did was stumble on a land already occupied by many people and many nations. In the center of that land were a people who call themselves Oyate: “the People.” This is their story, in their words.
The Office (the complete first series)
DVD
App. 180 minutes
2018-62
Meet David Brent, the worst boss you’ll never have. The wince-worthy regional manager thinks he’s the funniest bloke around, and territorial yes-man, Gareth Keenan would undoubtedly agree. Self-proclaimed team leader Gareth is constantly bickering with witty nemesis Tim, an apathetic sales rep who wears his boredom on his sleeve. Tim is trapped in their ridiculous little world–but the center of his universe is lovely Dawn, the betrothed receptionist of his affection and the reason he returns each morning.
The Other Guys
DVD
App. 107 minutes
2018-57
Misfit NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz (Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg) are sentenced to life behind the desk. They hate each other and the monotony of their meaningless jobs, as they’re forced to live in the shadow of the two biggest and most badass cops on the force (Samuel L. Jackson and Dwayne Johnson). But when those guys go down for the count, opportunity knocks for Gamble and Hoitz. Stumbling onto what could be one of the biggest crimes in years, can The Other Guys step up their game to solve the case without killing each other and destroying NYC in the process?
Once
DVD
App. 86 minutes
2018-19
Sometimes, you only get one chance to follow your dreams. So, when a brokenhearted street musician clicks with a beautiful and feisty keyboardist, the unlikely couple decides they have nothing–and everything–to lose. Over the course of one electric week, the duo writes, performs and records an incredible cycle of songs every bit as spontaneous and soulful as their improbably romance. This truly unforgettable blend of transcendent pop music and raw, naturalistic storytelling is absolutely mesmerizing, because something this passionate and original comes along only…Once.
Once Upon A Time…When We Were Colored
DVD
App. 113 minutes
2005-42
Al Freeman Jr., Phylicia Rashad and Leon star in this screen adaptation of Clifton L. Taubert’s memoir. It depicts the land of cotton after slavery, but before the civil rights movement. Told through the eyes of a young boy, this story tells how people nurtured themselves through tough times with a spirit that cannot be forgotten.
The Order of Myths
DVD
App. 80 minutes
2017-1
The first Mardi Gras in America was celebrated in Mobile, Alabama in 1703. In 2008, it is still racially segregated. Film-maker Margaret Brown, herself a daughter of Mobile, escorts us into the parallel hearts of the city’s two carnivals. With unprecendeted access, she traces the exotic world of secret mystic societies and centuries-old traditions and pagentry: diamon-encrusted crowns, voluminous, hand-sewn gowns, surreal masks, and enormous paper-mache floats. Against this oppulent backdrop she uncovers a tangled web of historical violence, power dynamics, and elusive forces that keep this hallowed tradition organized along enduring color lines.
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Paul
DVD
1 hour 44 minutes
2018-50
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost reunite as sci-fi geeks taking a pilgrimage to America’s UFO heartland. There they meet a smart-ass alien, Paul (voiced by Seth Rogen), who takes them on an insane road trip. As they struggle to return Paul home, the little green man might just take the outcasts from misfits to intergalactic heroes.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
DVD
103 minutes
2018-122
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is based on the wildly popular novel by Stephen Chbosky about a freshman named Charlie (Logan Lerman) who is always watching t=from the sidelines until two charismatic seniors take him under their wing. Beautiful, free-spirited Sam (Emma Watson) and her fearless stepbrother Patrick (Ezra Miller) shepherd Charlie through new friendships, first love, burgeoning sexuality, bacchanalian parties, midnight screenings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and the quest for the perfect song.
The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema
DVD
150 minutes
2018-29
The Pervert’s Guide to the Cinema is a film about cinema itself with close readings of some of the most intriguing and celebrated films in cinema history. Serving as guide is the charismatic Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Zizek, who delves into the hidden language of cinema, uncovering what movies can tell us about ourselves. Structured in three parts, The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema offers an introduction to Zizek’s ideas on fantasy, reality, sexuality, subjectivity, form and desire. In a striking visual leap, director Sophie Fiennes immerses Zizek into the scenes he discusses. Whether he is unraveling the films of David Lynch, or overturning everything you thought you knew about Hitchcock, Zizek illuminates the screen with his passion, intellect and unfailing sense of humor.
The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology
DVD
App. 136 minutes
2014-3
Cultural theorist superstar Slavoj Žižek re-teams with director Sophie Fiennes (The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema) for another wildly entertaining romp through the crossroads of cinema and philosophy. With infectious zeal and a voracious appetite for popular culture, Žižek literally goes inside some truly epochal movies to explore and expose how they reinforce prevailing ideologies. As the ideology that undergirds our cinematic fantasies is revealed, striking associations emerge: What hidden Catholic teachings lurk at the heart of The Sound of Music? What are the fascist political dimensions of Jaws? Taxi Driver, Zabriskie Point, The Searchers, The Dark Knight, John Carpenter’s They Live (“one of the forgotten masterpieces of the Hollywood Left”), Titanic and propaganda epics from Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia all inform Žižek’s stimulating, provocative, and often hilarious psychoanalytic-cinematic rant.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
DVD
App. 92 minutes
2018-136
Neal Page is an advertising executive who just wants to fly home to Chicago to spend Thanksgiving with his family. But all Neal Page gets is misery. Misery named Del Griffith–a loud mouthed, but nevertheless lovable, salesman who leads Neal on a cross-country, wild good chase that keeps Neal from tasting his turkey.
Pluralism in America (Diana Eck)
DVD
App. 59 minutes
2005-41
Pluralism in America allows the viewer to see the United States through Dr. Diana Eck’s prism, in which she views the U.S. as a new religious landscape. She delights in America as the most religiously diverse nation in the world, and has a profound understanding of the complex challenges such diversity presents. Dr. Eck considers the essential question facing American society to be how Americans of all faiths and beliefs can engage with one another to shape a country of positive pluralism.
The Point
DVD
App. 74 minutes
2018-86
Written and produced by Grammy Award-winner Harry Nilsson and directed and animated by Academy Award-winner Fred Wolf, The Point tells the story of Oblio, a round-headed boy living in the land of “Point,” where everything and everybody has one. Since his head isn’t pointed like everyone else’s, Oblio–along with his trusty dog, Arrow–is banished to the “Pointless Forest.” Once there, the adventure begins, with Oblio and Arrow encountering one extraordinary character after another as they make their way on their wonderful journey.
Ponyo
DVD
App. 103 minutes
2018-83
A young boy named Sosuke rescues a goldfish named Ponyo, and they embark on a fantastic journey of friendship and discovery before Ponyo’s father, a powerful sorcerer, forces her to return to her home in the sea. In her quest to become human and reunite with Sosuke, Ponyo stumbles upon and releases her father’s magical Water of Life and triggers a gigantic storm. Now balance must be restored to the world they all cherish.
Portlandia (Season One)
DVD
App. 135 minutes
2018-61
IFC and Broadway Video’s original short-based comedy series, Portlandia, starring Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein. Each episode’s character-based shorts draw viewers into “Portlandia,” the creators’ dreamy and absurd rendering of Portland, Oregon.
Power and Terror
DVD
App. 72 minutes
2004-65
Power and Terror presents the latest in Chomsky’s thinking, through interviews and public talks given in the spring of 2002. Chomsky places the terrorist attacks of 9/11 in the context of American foreign intervention throughout the postwar decades- in Vietnam, Central America, the Middle East, and elsewhere. Beginning with the fundamental principle that the exercise of violence against civilian populations is terror, Chomsky- in stark and uncompromising terms- challenges the United States to apply to its own actions the moral standards it demands of others.
A Prairie Home Companion
DVD
App. 106 minutes
2018-119
Go backstage with A Prairie Home Companion and experience the laughter and joy of down-home America’s favorite radio show. Acclaimed director Robert Altman (Gosford Park, The Player) leads an all-star cast in this magical, fictional account of the legendary show’s final radio broadcast. As cast and crew assemble one last time to sing, tell stories and reminisce, the result is an unforgettable homage to a beloved American treasure.
Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act
DVD (Part 1 & 2)
App. 184 minutes
2018-139
In yet another subtle, powerful performance, Oscar-winner Helen Mirren truly inhabits the role of Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison. The Final Act finds her searching for Sallie Sturdy, a 14-year-old girl presumed murdered. Facing the hospitalization of her father, descending deeper into alcoholism, and resisting pressure to retire quietly, Tennison vows to bring Sallie’s killer to justice before ending her career. Along the way she forges a surprising friendship with Penny Philips (Laura Greenwood), the missing girl’s best friend. In the teenager’s longing and fierce independence, the aging cop sees something of her younger self. Jane Tennison emerges as a deeply flawed but ultimately sympathetic human being–one who accepts responsibility for her choices, knowing full well the price she and others have paid for each. The Final Act serves as the perfectly fitting conclusion to what some critics have called the best crime series ever televised.
Puja: Expressions of Hindu Devotion
DVD
App. 29 minutes
2008-2
Puja: Expressions of Hindu Devotion introduces viewers to one of the basic elements of Hinduism, the world’s third-largest religion. In puja, Hindus honor gods and goddesses through rituals focused on objects – whether an elaborate sculpture of the deity or a simple stone – that are believed to be filled with the devine being’s spirit. Viewers will hear American Hindus discussing puja and what it means to them and will watch as devotees worship deities and offer food, water, and flowers, seeking to make a spiritual connection with the gods.
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Quantum of Solace
DVD
App. 106 minutes
2018-150
On a nonstop quest for justice that crisscrosses the globe, Bond meets the beautiful but feisty Camille (Olga Kurylenko), who leads him to Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), a ruthless businessman and major force within the mysterious Quantum organization. When Bond uncovers a conspiracy to take control of one of the world’s most important natural resources, he must navigate a minefield of treachery, deception and murder to neutralize Quantum before it’s too late!
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Rashomon
DVD
App. 88 minutes
2018-23
Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, Rashomon is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of justice. Through an ingenious use of camera and flashbacks, Kurosawa reveals the complexities of human nature as four people recount different versions of the story of a man’s murder and the rape of his wife. Toshiro Mifune gives another commanding performance in the eloquent masterwork that revolutionized film language and introduced Japanese cinema to the world.
Rear Window
DVD
App. 1 hour 55 minutes
2018-117
When professional photographer J.B. “Jeff” Jeffries (James Stewart) is confined to a wheelchair with a broken leg, he becomes obsessed with watching the private dramas of his neighbors play out across the courtyard. When he suspects a salesman may have murdered his nagging wife, Jeffries enlists the help of his glamorous socialite girlfriend (Grace Kelly) to investigate the highly suspicious chain of events…Events that ultimately lead to one of the most memorable and gripping endings in all of film history.
Religious
DVD
App. 101 minutes
2018-125
In this new comedy from director Larry Charles, comedian and TV host Bill Maher takes a pilgrimage across the globe on a mind-opening journey into the ultimate taboo: questioning religion. Meeting the high and low from different religions, Maher simply asks questions, like “Why is faith good?” “Why doesn’t an all-powerful God speak to us directly?” and “How can otherwise rational people believe in a talking snake?” For anyone who’s even a little spiritually curious, this divine entertainment will deepen your faith…in comedy!
The Riddle of Midnight
DVD
App. 80 minutes
2004-305
Controversial author Salman Rushdie sets out to “unravel the riddle” of India. This powerful and compelling look at the “state of the nation” introduces a wide variety of people in different lifestyles.
Rosemary & Thyme (Season One)
DVD (three discs)
App. 294 minutes
2018-72
Laura Thyme, a former policewoman and garden-loving housewife, has just lost her husband to a much younger woman when she meets Rosemary Boxer, a plant biologist who has just lost her university teaching post. A suspicious death brings them together, and they combine their gardening skills and natural curiosity to dig deeper. Despite the success of their first “case,” Laura and Rosemary hope their blossoming friendship will lead to gardening commissions, not detective work. But mysteries have a habit of following them around in this appealing series that combines two British specialties: gardening and mystery.
Running with Scissors
DVD
App. 122 minutes
2018-38
Augusten’s mother (Annette Bening) is a deluded aspiring poet with bipolar disorder whose marriage to his dad (Alec Baldwin) is in ruins. Soon, she is seeing a very eccentric therapist named Dr. Finch (Brian Cox), while Augusten (Joseph Cross) is left in the care of Finch’s wacky family, including his tightly-wound daughter (Gwyneth Paltrow). Abandoned by his parents and adopted by the Finches, he finds a kindred spirit in youngest daughter Natalie (Evan Rachel Wood) and motherly support from Finch’s long-suffering wife Agnes (Jill Clayburgh). Constantly recording the events of his life in his journal as a way to cope, Augusten finds himself avoiding school, learning about love from an older man (Joseph Fiennes), and making big decisions at the tender age of fifteen.
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The Sacrifice
DVD
App. 145 minutes
2004-68
As a wealthy Swedish family celebrates the birthday of their patriarch, Alexander, their mood of celebration turns horrific when news of the outbreak of World War III reaches their remote Baltic island. With his arresting palette of luminous greys washing over the bleak landscape-captured on film by Ingmar Bergman’s longtime collaborator Sven Nykvist-Tarkovsky conveys the family’s psychological devastation as they enter into a waking nightmare.
Salesman
DVD
App. 91 minutes
2004-70
This movie captures in vivid detail the bygone era of the door-to-door salesman. While laboring to sell a gold-embossed version of the Good Book, Paul Brennan and his colleagues target the beleaguered masses-then face the demands of quotas and the frustrations of life on the road. Following Brennan on his daily rounds, the Maysles discover a real-life Willy Loman, walking the line from hype to despair.
The Saltmen of Tibet
DVD
App. 109 minutes
2004-72
Documenting the ancient traditions and day-to-day rituals of a Tibetan nomadic community, filmmaker Ulrike Koch transports us into a realm untainted by the tides of foreign invasion or encroaching modernity. Observing age-old taboos and steadfast homage to the deities of nature, four men meticulously plan their grueling three-month yak caravan to fetch “the tears of Tara,” the precious salt from the holy lakes of northern Tibet.
Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic
DVD
App. 72 minutes
2018-8
The sexy Sarah Silverman is surprising, brilliant and absolutely hilarious in her outrageous comedy ‘Jesus is Magic’. Sarah delivers one part comedy, on epart parody and one part message from Mars in this hysterical over-the-top film. The New Yorker calls her “the hippest comic working today.” Also starring Bob Odenkirk, Brian Posehn and Laura Silverman. Featuring music from Sarah’s band Silver-Men. Directed by Liam Lynch.
Saved
DVD
App. 92 minutes
2005-29
Mary is a good Christian girl who goes to a good Christian high school in Baltimore where she has good Christian friends, mainly Hilary Faye, and a perfect Christian boyfriend, Dean. Her life seems perfect, until the day that she finds out that Dean may be gay. After “seeing” a vision of Jesus in her pool, she does everything in her power to help him turn straight, including offering up her virginity. But none of it helps because Dean’s caught and sent to a “degayification” center and Mary ends up pregnant. It’s during her time of need that she becomes real friends with the school’s set of “misfits,” including Cassandra, the school’s only Jewish girl; Roland, Hilary Faye’s wheelchair bound brother, and Patrick, the skateboarder son of the school’s principal, Pastor Skip; whilst Hilary Faye turns her into a social outcast.
Secret Files of The Inquisition
DVD
App. 240 Minutes
2008-1
For centuries the historical records of the Inquisition have been locked away to become the subject of legend. In 1998 the Vatican opened these archives for the first time ever. Secret Files of the Inquisition unveils the incredible true story of the western world’s most potent religion and its determination to maintain power at any cost.
Secrets of the Dead Battle for the Bible
DVD
App. 60 minutes
2008-01
Battle for the Bible explores the dramatic, violent and world-shaking story of the most famous and widely-read book in history—the bible in English. It’s the tale of how, in the 15th and 16th centuries, a group of men set out on a new crusade: to bring the Scriptures to people in their own language for the very first time. In so doing, they would help launch a religiuos revolution that would ultimately chnage the course of history in England, America and beyond.
Sense and Sensibility
DVD
App. 136 minutes
2018-98
Based on Jane Austen’s classic novel, Sense and Sensibility tells of the Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor (Emma Thompson) and passionate Marianne (Kate Winslet), whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family’s sudden loss of fortune. Alan Rickman, Hugh Grant, and Greg Wise co-star as the well-intentioned suitors who are trapped by the strict rules of society and the conflicting laws of desire.
Serpent Mother
DVD
App. 28 minutes
2005-50
A film about devotion to the Hindu Goddess of Snakes and the importance of divine female power in West Bengal Indian life. The film’s focus is the Jhapan Festival, the great celebration of snakes.
The Seventh Seal
DVD
App. 96 minutes
2014-16
After a decade of battling in the Crusades, a knight challenges Death to a fateful game of chess.
Shalom Y’all
DVD
App. 59 minutes
2004-75
This is a documentary feature film about the Jewish experience in the American South as told through the eyes of a native son and the cultural cousins he encounters. At the center of the story is filmmaker, Brian Bain, a third generation southern Jew from New Orleans, in search of his cultural roots. Traveling in an old Cadillac like the kind his one-hundred-year-old grandfather drove as a hate and tie salesman on the same roads, Brian travels 4200 miles through the South, searching for a balance between modern life and ancient traditions. Shalom Y’all delivers a southern story with Jewish flavor. It is a rite of passage, as homage to family, a youthful adventure, and a spiritual journey.
Shaun of the Dead
DVD
App. 1 hour 40 minutes
2018-48
There comes a day in every man’s life when he has to get off the couch…and kill some zombies. When flesh-eating zombies are on the hunt for a bite to eat, it’s up to slacker Shaun (Simon Pegg) and his best pal Ed (Nick Frost) to save their friends and family from becoming the next entrée.
She’s the One
DVD (Double feature 2 DVD set, also contains French Kiss)
App. 97 minutes
2018-100
Mickey (Edward Burns), a free-spirited New York cabbie, and Francis (Mike McGlone), a materialistic Wall Street stockbroker, are extremely competitive and confused about women as a result of their father’s (John Mahoney) influence. Though they disagree about nearly everything, they have one thing in common: Mickey’s ex-fiancée Heather (Cameron Diaz) is Francis’s secret lover. Though both brothers have beautiful wives (Maxine Bahns and Jennifer Anniston), Heather triggers their longtime sibling rivalry with uproarious and unexpected results.
Sherlock Holmes
DVD
App. 128 minutes
2018-146
The game is afoot. Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law put memorable imprints on the roles of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in a bold reimagining that makes the famed sleuth a daring man of action as well as a peerless man of intellect. Director Guy Ritchie helms the excitement, reintroducing the great detective to the world. Meet the new Sherlock Holmes!
Short Cut to Nirvana
DVD
App. 85 minutes
2005-49
Documentary about the Kumbh Mela spiritual festival that takes place near Allahabad, India, every 12 years. The Kumbh Mela is the biggest gathering in history, attracting 70 million people. From this incredible event comes a powerful and uplifting message of harmony, unity and peace for all humanity.
Siddhartha
DVD
2004-77
Siddhartha, the son of a Brahmin, a Hindu Priest, and his best friend, Govinda, have grown up learning the ways of the Brahmins. Everyone in their village loves Siddhartha. But although he brings joy to everyone’s life, Siddhartha feels little joy himself. He is troubled by restless dreams and begins to suspect that he has learned all that his father and the other Brahmins can teach him. Siddhartha’s search for a new path leads him to seek out and join the ascetic Samanas. As a faithful friend and kindred spirit, Govinda accompanies him.
Sliding Doors
DVD
App. 99 minutes
2018-103
Gwyneht Paltrow plays London publicist Helen, effortlessly sliding between parallel storylines that show what happens if she does or does not catch a morning train back to her apartment. Love. Romantic entanglements. Deception. Trust. Friendship. Comedy. All come into focus as the two stories shift back and forth, overlap, then surprisingly converge in “the most provocative romantic comedy in years!” (Stephen Farber, Movieline).
Sociology is a Martial Art
DVD
App.146 minutes
2004-304
Pierre’s Bourdieu’s forty books and countless articles represent probably the most brilliant and fruitful renovation and application of social science in our era. The highly influential, at times controversial intellectual – a longtime Professor of Sociology at the College de France – passed away in January 2002. “Sociology is a Martial Art,” a new documentary about Bourdieu’s life, became an unexpected hit in France just prior to his death. Filmed over three years, director Pierre Carles’ camera follows Bourdieu as he lectures, attends political rallies, travels, meets with his students, staff, and research team in Paris.
Some Like It Hot
DVD
App.122 minutes
2018-5
Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon star in Some Like It Hot, hailed by the American Film Institute as the funniest American movie of all time. When two Chicago musicians accidentally witness the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, they trade in their union suits for flapper frocks and hightail it down to Florida as the newest members of an all-girl jazz band.
The Sopranos (Season Six, Part I)
DVD
App.720 minutes
2018-32
Tony Soprano juggles the problems of his fractious family with those of a “Family” of a different sort – the mob. He sees a therapist to deal with his professional and personal problems, which bring on panic attacks. He deals with personal and professional power struggles, affairs, violence, the threat of exposure and betrayal, and a whole bunch of people being whacked.
Souvenir of Canada
DVD
App. 70 minutes
2018-37
While Douglas Coupland works on a grand art project about Canada, the writer recounts his life and his musings about the various aspects of Canadian identity.
Spirited Away
DVD
App.125 minutes
2018-84
Spirited Away is a wondrous fantasy about a young girl, Chihiro, trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free herself and return her family to the outside world.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
DVD
App.152 minutes
2022-15
Jedi Master-in-hiding Luke Skywalker unwillingly attempts to guide young hopeful Rey in the ways of the force, while Leia, former princess turned general, attempts to lead what is left of the Resistance away from the ruthless tyrannical grip of the First Order.
Step Brothers
DVD
App.98 minutes
2018-55
Brennan (Will Ferrell) and Dale (John C. Reilly) are two middle-aged loafers who are forced to live together when their parents get married. When the reluctant step-siblings’ immature antics over TV privileges and personal property take their toll on the marriage, the devious duo hatch a hysterical scheme to reunite the couple.
Stranger than Fiction
DVD
App. 113 minutes
2018-59
Will Ferrell stars as Harold Crick, a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life. With the help of Professor Jules Hilbert (Dustin Hoffman), Harold discovers he’s the main character in a novel-in-progress and that the voice belongs to Karen Eiffell (Emma Thompson), an eccentric author famous for killing her main characters in creative ways. Harold must quickly track down Eiffell and stop her before she conjures up a way to finish him off.
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Take the Money and Run
DVD
App. 85 minutes
2018-6
Woody Allen stars as Virgil Starkwell in his first original feature film as writer, director, and star, told in psuedo-documentary style that is simply hilarious. Virgil is shy and likable, has a high IQ but resents authority and soon takes to crime (robbing gum-ball machines). Before reaching age 25, the extremely inept criminal is known to police by five aliases. Virgil’s criminal escapades only worsen after meeting the lovely laundress, Louise (Janet Margolin) whom he desperately tries to impress. The two are soon involved in a love affair, and Virgil, determined to change his life with one bold stroke, attempts to rob a bank. The results are disastrous, leading to a non-stop parade of jokes as Virgil tries to make his way back to Louise. Does he continue his life of crime? Does he triumph over his adversaries? The answers lie in the surprising criminal climax of Take the Money and Run!
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
DVD
App. 108 minutes
2018-58
The fastest man on four wheels, Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell) is one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history. A big, hairy American winning machine, Ricky has everything a dimwitted daredevil could want: a luxurious mansion, a smokin’ hot wife (Leslie Bibb) and all the fast food he can eat. But Ricky’s turbocharged lifestyle hits an unexpected speed bump when he’s bested by flamboyant Euro-idiot Jean Girard (Sacha Baron Cohen) and reduced to a fear-ridden wreck. Losing his wife and job to best bud and fellow fool, Cal Naughton, Jr. (John C. Reilly), Ricky must kick some serious asphalt if he’s to get his career back on the track, beat Girard and reclaim his fame and fortune. ‘Cause as Ricky Bobby always says, if you ain’t first, you’re last!
Tantra of Gyuto: Sacred Rituals of Tibet
DVD
App. 52 minutes
2004-166
The focused vocal droning of massed monks takes on an archetypal force that is both physically and psychically transformative. “Tantra of Gyuto” captures both the form and the essence of this extraordinary music.
Team America: World Police
DVD
App. 97 minutes
2018-137
Popular Broadway actor Gary Johnston is recruited by the elite counter-terrorism organization Team America: World Police. As the world begins to crumble around him, he must battle with terrorists, celebrities and falling in love.
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
DVD
App. 157 minutes
2022-12
In 1995, one long decade after the Terminator’s failed assassination mission in The Terminator (1984), a now-ten-year-old John Connor finds himself in foster care, after the imprisonment of his mother, Sarah, at a mental institution. To prevent John from changing the course of history and becoming the leader of the human Resistance Army, the self-aware computer system, Skynet, sends another cybernetic assassin; this time, a nearly indestructible, shape-shifting killer. Now, against the backdrop of an imminent nuclear Armageddon, two unstoppable cyborgs–the antiquated but lethal, T-800, and the far superior, liquid-metal model, T-1000–are after the same vulnerable target. Can Sarah and John avert the coming Judgment Day?
That Touch of Mink
DVD
App. 99 minutes
2018-116
Love arrives with a splash when a handsome and eligible tycoon (Grant) and a beautiful working woman (Day) meet over a curbside mud puddle. He’s enchanted by her small town ways; she’s captivated by his romantic, debonair manner. But when it comes to marriage, they have decidedly different views–she wants it and he doesn’t! What ensures is a game of cat-and-mouse as each tries to win the other–with hilarious and heartwarming results.
Therese
DVD
App. 90 minutes
2004-79
This monumental film depicts the true story of St. Therese de Lisieux, a young woman who found personal joy and spiritual liberation within the restrictive traditions of an austere religious order. Wishing to dedicate her life to Christ, Therese enters a cloistered convent of Carmelite nuns at the age of 15. But shortly after joining the order, she finds her devotion to the Lord tested by a grim battle against the debilitating effects of tuberculosis, for which she refuses any treatment. The strength of her faith eventually becomes an inspiration to both her fellow sisters and the millions of admirers who remember her as “The Little Flower of Jesus.
Three Coins in the Fountain
DVD
App. 102 minutes
2018-112
Three American women (played by Dorothy McGuire, Jean Peters and Maggie McNamara) decide it’s time to end their single status in romantic Italy. So they whimsically toss coins into Rome’s spectacular Trevi Fountain for luck in romance. But none has the kind of luck they’d hoped for: just as Anita (Peters) seems destined for love with a handsome translator (Rossano Brazzi), she is fired for breaking company rules against dating a co-worker; Maria (McNamara) falls for a dangerous wolf in prince’s clothing (Louis Jourdan), and Miss Frances’ (McGuire) only prospect for love is–well–annoying! A charming classic, Three Coins in the Fountain is a must-see for anyone who’s ever taken a chance on romance.
Tibetan Medicine: A Buddhist Approach to Healing
DVD
App. 29 minutes
2004-82
The film explores the relationship of physical health to magnetic and other forces in the environment, showing how Tibetan Medicine heals both the physical and the psychic being by treating the patient rather than the disease.
Time Bandits
DVD
App. 116 minutes
2004-83
A young boy’s wardrobe contains a time hole. Through this hole an assortment of short people (i.e. dwarfs) come while escaping from their master, the supreme being. They take Kevin with them on their adventures through time from Napoleonic times to the Middle Ages to the early 1900s, to the time of Legends and the Fortress of Ultimate Darkness where they confront Evil.
Tin Cup
DVD
App. 135 minutes
2018-102
With lady-killer charm and a game that can make par with garden tools, Kevin Costner rejoins Bull Durham filmmaker Ron Shelton for another funny tale of the games people play. For Costner’s Roy, golf is a head–and heart–game. On both counts, that’s where shrink Molly Griswold (Rene Russo) comes in. She’s big city, Roy’s small time, and he believes only the grandest of gestures can lure her away from a slick touring pro (Don Johnson) and earn her love. So Roy and his dutiful caddy (Cheech Marin) set out to do the impossible: win the U.S. Open.
To Catch a Thief
DVD
App. 106 minutes
2018-118
Cary Grant plays John Robie, a reformed jewel thief who was once known as “The Cat,” in this suspenseful Alfred Hitchcock classic thriller. Robie is suspected of a new rash of gem thefts in the luxury hotels of the French Riviera, and he must set out to clear himself. Meeting pampered heiress Frances (Grace Kelly), he sees a chance to bait the mysterious thief with her mother’s (Jessie Royce Landis) fabulous jewels. His plan backfires, however, but Frances, who believes him guilty, proves her love by helping him escape. In a spine-tingling climax, the real criminal is exposed.
To the Land of Bliss
DVD
App. 47 minutes
2004-44
This film is an intimate portrayal of the Chinese Pure Land Buddhist way of dying and living. In 1998, the filmmaker/anthropologist Wen-jie Qin returned to her home region in Sichuan Province in southwest China to study the post-Mao revival of Buddhism. During her fieldwork on the sacred mountain Emei, an eminent monk named Jue Cheng passes away. People in the community laugh and cry at the departure of their beloved teacher. They gather to escort his body through a rite of fire and his consciousness on a journey to a paradise known as the Land of Bliss of Amita Buddha.
The Tourist
DVD
App. 103 minutes
2018-152
Frank (Johnny Depp), a mild-mannered American on vacation in Venice, Italy, is befriended by Elise (Angelina Jolie), a breathtakingly beautiful woman with a mysterious secret. Soon, their playful romantic dalliance turns into a complicated web of dangerous deceit as they are chased by Interpol, the Italian police, and Russian hit men in this suspense-filled, international action thriller.
Trailer Park Boys (Season Four)
DVD
App. 2 hours 56 minutes
2018-67
Ricky, now Trailer Park Supervisor, has turned Julian’s trailer into a dope factory and spends his days playing hash hockey with Bubbles. When Julian, Mr. Lahey and Randy all get out of jail on the same day, things at the park start to unwind. Julian learns of Ricky’s fields of dreams and together they decide to try to buy the trailer park. When the boys decide to create a distraction for their dope operations, Cyrus returns, J-ROC gets arrested and Ricky’s Park Appreciation Day results in an appearance by the Green Bastard and Mr. Lahey getting his old job back. Trailer park life starts to spin out of control when Bubbles’ bad toothache results in the return of Conky and a run-in with Sam Losco. There is also a rumor in the park about Ricky and Barb’s relationship and Randy takes to the streets again. The boys are happy when DVS finds a buyer for the dope, but soon after the police locate some of the crops, the boys are forced to do an overnight harvest. They accidentally kidnap real-life songstress Rita MacNeil and her band, and end up having a showdown with Mr. Lahey for all the marbles even though he seems to have lost his. By the end of the season, there is a new park owner, but it’s not who you think…
The Tree of Life
Blu-Ray/DVD
App. 139 minutes
2015-1
This stunningly original triumph from visionary director Terrence Malick stars Academy Award Nominee Brad Pitt and Academy Award Winner Sean Penn. The epic yet intimate story follows the life journey of Jack O’Brien (played as an adult by Penn), the eldest son of a fractured Texas family. Pitt delivers a powerful performance as the cataclysmic force of nature in Jack’s world, his complex and rigidly authoritarian father. Hailed as a visually breathtaking masterpiece by critics and audiences alike, The Tree of Life won the Cannes Film Festival’s highest honor, becoming one of the year’s most talked about films.
Triumph of the Will
DVD
App. 90 minutes
2004-338
FRONTLINE traces the roots of the Iraqi war back to the days immediately following September 11, when Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld ordered the creation of a special intelligence operation to quietly begin looking for evidence that would justify the war.
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Unlikely Heroes
DVD
App. 114 minutes
2005-24
The story of 5 individuals who each, without any fanfare and in very different ways, took it upon themselves to take action and in doing so made a huge impact on the lives of many people in the eye of the Nazi storm. This documentary presents previously unknown stories of extraordinary men and women who exemplified the highest level of courage and human dignity during the most desperate days of the Holocaust. But other Hindus view everything as filled with the cosmic spirit. Explore the rich culture of India.
UP
DVD
App. 96 minutes
2018-92
Carl Fredricksen, a retired balloon salesman, is part rascal, part dreamer who is ready for his last chance at high-flying excitement. Tying thousands of balloons to his house, Carl sets off to the lost world of his childhood dreams. Unbeknownst to Carl, Russell, an overeager eight-year-old Wilderness Explorer who has never ventured beyond his backyard, is in the wrong place at the wrong time–Carl’s front porch! The world’s most unlikely duo reach new heights and meet fantastic friends like Dug, a dog with a special collar that allows him to speak, and Kevin, a rare 13-foot-tall flightless bird. Stuck together in the wilds of the jungle, Carl realizes that sometimes life’s biggest adventures aren’t the ones you set out looking for.
Upstairs Downstairs
DVD
App.180 minutes
2018-75
1936. the house at 165 Eaton Place has stood empty since the Bellamy family sold it six years earlier. Now the doors are finally flung open by the new owners: diplomat Sir hallam, his wife Lady Agnes, and–back from the Raj–his mother Maud, lady Holland. With the arrival of Agnes’s debutante sister Lady Persie, the sumptuous home is ready to come to life. And who better than Rose, the house’s former parlor maid, to recruit the new staff? The new “downstairs” family is as full of characters as its previous incarnation with the highly strung butler Mr. Pritchard, cook Mrs. Thackeray, chauffeur Harry Spargo and a vivacious and spirited young team. Soon both the elegant upstairs world and the downstairs staff have built their own labyrinth of secrets, lies and scandal, and as they feel the tremors of royal and political upheaval and the ominous threat of war, the house reverberates to the familiar sounds of rumor, excitement and dread…
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V for Vendetta
DVD
App. 132 minutes
2018-9
Who is the man who hides his scarred face behind a mask? Hero or madman? Liberator or oppressor? Who is V–and who will join him in his daring plot to destroy the totalitarian regime that dominates his nation? From the creators of The Matrix trilogy comes V for Vendetta, an arresting and uncompromising vision of the future based on the powerfully subversive graphic novel. Natalie Portman stars as Evey, a working-class girl who must determine if her hero has become the very menace he’s fighting against. Hugo Weaving plays V–a bold, charismatic freedom fighter driven to exact revenge on those who disfigured him. And Stephen Rea portrays the detective leading a desperate quest to capture V before he ignites a revolution. The stakes rise. The tension electrifies. The action explodes. Whose side are you on? In V’s world, there is no middle ground.
Vaastu Marabu
DVD
App. 52 minutes
2004-119
This film documents the theory and practice of the Vaastu tradition of Indian art, architecture, craft and design; a tradition that is in danger of being lost. The making of stone idols at Mammallapuram, the casting of bronzes in Kumbakonam, and the building of stone temples at Kamudhi are shown.
Village Films: Greek movies
DVD box set (contains three DVDs)
2018-108
Contains Alter Ego & A Touch of Spice.
A Voice from Heaven: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
DVD
App. 75 minutes
2004-92
Tribute to one of the most beautiful voices in this century: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the king of Qawwali. The story interweaves excellent performance footage and a rare behind the scene glimpse into Nusrat’s life.
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Waco: The Rules of Engagement
DVD
App. 136 minutes
2004-115
A powerful examination of the tragic series of events outside of Waco, Texas, that led up to the fire at the Branch Davidian compound that took the lives of 70 men, women and children in 1993. Through meticulous research and interviews with both survivors and government authorities, this Academy Award-nominated film attempts to reveal how the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the FBI and the Department of Justice waged an unjustified war against Koresh and his sect and intentionally misled the public about what happened. “It presents testimony from both sides, and shies away from cheap shots. We feel we are seeing a fair attempt to deal with facts” (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times).
Wag the Dog
DVD
App. 96 minutes
2018-24
When the President is caught in a sex scandal less than 2 weeks before the election, White House spinmaster Conrad Brean (Robert DeNiro) creates a phony war with the help pf Hollywood producer Stanley Motss (Dustin Hoffman). From acclaimed director Barry Levinson and writers Hilary Henkin and David Mamet comes this biting looks at American politics and its relationship with the media that we have all come to embrace.
Waking Ned Devine
DVD
App. 91 minutes
2018-42
When Ned Devine dies from shock after winning the lottery, two longtime friends, Michael and Jackie, discover the body and agree Ned would want them to benefit from his good luck. They embark upon an outrageous scheme to claim the ticket–but first they have to get all the townsfolk to go along with their plan!
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
DVD
App. 1 hour & 25 minutes
2018-88
When their town’s prized produce starts disappearing, our cheese-loving inventor and his savvy canine companion must use all their wildly imaginative inventions to try to capture a mysterious beast of epic and fluffy proportions!
Wallace & Gromit in Three Amazing Adventures
DVD
App. 1 hour & 30 minutes
2018-87
A Grand Day Out: Join the ultimate human-canine team as they blast off in a homemade rocket to see if the moon is really made of cheese.
The Wrong Trousers: Mild-mannered Wallace and his faithful dog, Gromit, end up in a train-top chase as they try to stop a diamond heist by a diabolical penguin.
A Close Shave: The cheese lover and his sidekick investigate the wildest, woolliest sheep-rustling yarn ever made of clay.
WALL-E
DVD
App. 98 minutes
2018-91
After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, the curious and lovable WALL-E discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot name EVE. Join them and a hilarious cast of characters on a fantastic journey across the universe.
War, Inc.
DVD
App. 107 minutes
2018-133
Recreating his role as a hitman, John Cusack gives a hilarious performance in War, Inc., a political satire set in Turaquistan, a country occupied by an American private corporation run by a former U.S. Vice President (Dan Aykroyd). In an effort to monopolize the opportunities the war-torn nation offers, the corporations’s CEO hires Hauswer (Cusack) to kill a Middle Eastern oil minister. Now, struggling with his own growing demons, the assassin must pose as the corporation’s Trade Show Producer in order to pull off this latest his, while maintaining his cover by organizing the high-profile wedding of Yonica Babyyeah (Hilary Duff), an outrageous Central Asian pop star, and keeping a sexy left-wing reporter (Marisa Tomei) in check.
Waterfront
DVD
App. 108 minutes
2018-3
Marlon Brando gives one of the screen’s most electrifying performances as Best Actor in this 1954 Academy Award winner for Best Film. Ex-fighter Terry Malloy (Brando) could have been a contender, but now toils for boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) on the gang-ridden waterfront. Terry is guilt-stricken, however, when he lures a rebellious worker to his death. But it takes the love of Edie Doyle (Eva Marie Saint), the dead man’s sister, to show Terry how low he has fallen. When his crooked brother Charley the Gent (Rod Steiger) is brutally murdered for refusing to kill him, Terry battles to crush Friendly’s underworld empire.
Weeds (Seasons 1-2)
DVD
2018-69 & 2018-69.2
Is the grass really greener on the other side? Yes, and it smells better, too! So when Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker) faces both sudden widowhood and poverty, she’s determined to do anything to keep her kids in suburbia, including taking a job as the neighborhood pot dealer. Subversive, satirical and hilarious, the first season of this groundbreaking Showtime hit is guaranteed to spark laughter!
When Harry Met Sally
DVD
App. 95 minutes
2018-96
Sex always gets in the way of friendships between men and women. At least, that’s what Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) believes. So when Harry meets Sally Albright (Meg Ryan) and a deep friendship blossoms between them, Harry’s determined not to let his attraction to Sally destroy it. But when a night of weakness ends in a morning of panic, can the pair avoid succumbing to Harry’s fears by remaining friends and admitting they just might be the perfect match for each other?
Who Am I? Why Am I Here?
DVD
App. 60 minutes
2005-3
In this enlightening public television special, best selling author Thomas Moore shows how the great religious traditions of the world strive to solve the mysteries of “Who am I?” and “Why am I here?”
Wings of Desire
DVD
App. 128 minutes
2004-127
This Wim Wenders film centers around the story of two angels wandering post-war Berlin. Invisible to humans, they nevertheless give their help and comfort to all the lonely and depressed souls they meet. Finally, after many centuries, one of the angels becomes unhappy with his immortal state and wishes to become human in order to experience the joys of everyday life. He meets a circus acrobat and finds in her the fufillment of all his mortal desires. He also discovers that he is not alone in making this cross over, and that a purely spiritual experience is not enough to satisfy anyone.
The Wisdom of Faith with Huston Smith
DVD
2005-36
- Christianity and Judaism: Because we are removed from spirituality today, Smith believes we find it difficult to understand the true meaning of Christianity. Smith explains that Christianity wouldn’t have existed if its “spirit had not been real and dense and palpable and evident to everyone around.” Smith finds the intimate relationship between the Jews and their God “a living conversation between the human and the divine that goes on generation after generation.” Through his son-in-law, Smith came to admire the beauty of the weekly Jewish shabbat, and when his daughter died, he found solace in Jewish mourning rituals. (57 minutes, color)
- Confucianism: Born in China of missionary parents, Smith learned about Chinese language, culture, and religion while growing up near Shanghai. Smith explains how the intertwining of opposites is key to understanding the great religions of China—Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. Smith shows that Eastern religions provide “an emphasis on direct experience and a method for attaining that.” He introduces yoga, which he has been practicing for 50 years, as one such method. (56 minutes, color)
- Hinduism and Buddhism: This program explores the two great religions to come from India. “The historian of religion can find almost anything he wants in India, enacted with intensity. What remains is to carry its insight into everyday life.” Smith uncovered the mysteries of multiphonic chanting among Tibetan lamas, previously unknown in the West. Characterizing these chants as “the holiest sound I have ever heard,” Smith reveals the chanting to be a form of meditation. Smith spent ten weeks with a Zen master silently meditating 8 hours a day, where he derived insights that help the viewer understand the way of Zen Buddhism. (56 minutes, color)
- Islam: Smith discovered Islam as an adult, and became enamored with Islamic conceptions of order, justice, mercy, and compassion. He still prays five times a day as Muslims do. The Sufis opened the doors of Islam to Smith. Through their trance-inducing dances, these mystics bring God into the immediate moment. Smith and Moyers discuss misconceptions about Islam held in the West today. (56 minutes, color)
- A Personal Philosophy: This program summarizes and distills what we have learned about the great religions in this series. Smith’s lifetime of experience and study helps him to go beyond the differences between each tradition. He shows how the cultivation of virtues valued by all religions—intelligence, compassion, creativity, truth, beauty, and goodness—can lead to transcendence. In the many faces of God he has contemplated, Huston Smith sees no conflict. He believes them all to be windows on the same transcendent truths. All wisdom traditions ultimately make the same claim, that everything emanates from an absolute perfection. (56 minutes, color)
The Wizard of Oz
DVD
App. 102 minutes
2018-124
Dorothy Gale is swept away from a farm in Kansas to a magical land of Oz in a tornado and embarks on a quest with her new friends to see the Wizard who can help her return home in Kansas and help her friends as well.
Wonder Boys
DVD
App. 112 minutes
2018-41
An unfinished novel, a stolen car, a murdered pet and a failing marriage are just a few of the crises piling up like a logjam in this often hilarious story of bright promise gone awry. During a single hectic weekend, college professor Grady Tripp (Michael Douglas) scrambles to gather together a life that has suddenly reeled out of control. Along for the ride are his gifted but troubled student (Tobey Maguire), his eccentric editor (Robert Downey, Jr.), the married chancellor of his university (Frances McDormand) who is pregnant with his child and his sultry student boarder (Katie Holmes).
A Wrinkle in Time
DVD
App. 115 minutes
2022-14
Following the discovery of a new form of space travel as well as Meg’s father’s disappearance, she, her brother, and her friend must join three magical beings – Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which – to travel across the universe to rescue him from a terrible evil.
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Zen: In Search of Enlightenment
DVD
App. 120 minutes
2004-89
Zen-the Japanese form of Buddhism-is the determining element in the Japanese character. It is not a matter of belief in a deity, a conviction that certain acts incur divine punishment and others divine reward; rather, it is a mind-set and a way of life that stresses the most rigorous kinds of discipline and self-abnegation and fosters a single-minded devotion to one’s goal and unquestioning obedience to one’s superior. To watch a postulate monk sit without making any visible response to being whacked on the shoulder with a two-by-four-and to know that Japanese business men commonly go on retreat to such monasteries-is bound to give American businessmen and women pause.
Zizek!
DVD
App. 71 minutes
2006-1
The author works on subjects as wide-ranging as Alfred Hitchcock, 9/11, opera, Christianity, Lenin and David Lynch, Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek, who is one of the most important — and outrageous — cultural theorists working today. This captivating, erudite documentary explores the eccentric personality and esoteric work of this incomparable academic and writer, who has been called everything from “the Elvis of cultural theory” to “a one-person culture mulcher.”
Zombieland
DVD
App. 88 minutes
2018-153
Nerdy college student Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) has survived the plague that has turned mankind into flesh-devouring zombies because he’s scared of just about everything. Gun-toting, Twinkie-loving Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) has no fears. Together, they are about to stare down their most horrifying challenge yet: each other’s company. Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin co-star in this double-hitting, head-smashing comedy.
For future cataloguers, these numbers from 2004 do not exist: 255, 256, 257, 175, 176, 292, 265, 266, 267, 294, 302, 303, 164, 165, 172, 173, 251, 252, 178, 313