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Series
Criterion collection volume 822
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
Language
English
Description
When a famous actress is asked to perform in a revival of the play that made her famous twenty years ago, she retreats to Sils Maria, in the Alps to rehearse.
A film star comes face to face with an uncomfortable reflection of herself while starring in a revival of the play that launched her career.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Kyra Johnson, a middle-aged divorcee, moves into her elderly mother's Brooklyn apartment while she looks for work and tries to get back on her feet. When her mother dies suddenly, Kyra is left without any support, both emotional and financial, and finds herself with very few options. Kyra can't accept that her once-tidy life has completely fallen apart. This leads her on a risky path of self-destruction that has devastating consequences.
Series
Film Movement volume 3, film 7
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Italiano
Description
When Agata, the popular bookshop proprietor and dispenser of sunny wisdom, is suddenly wooed by a man almost half her age, her electricity hits high-voltage. Yet it is Agata's joy and magnetism in the face of life in all its irony that eventually offers the eye of the storm.
5) All I wish
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An aspiring fashion designer struggles to find success and love. The story cuts into her life once a year, always on the same date, her birthday.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Mecha is a middle-aged woman with several bored teenagers, a husband who dyes his hair, and the tedious problem of sullen servants - nothing a few drinks can't cure. To avoid the hot and humid weather, they spend their summers at a country estate. Mecha's cousin, Tali, lives in a nearby city, has a crew of small, noisy children she is trying to deal with. Before long, the restlessness of domesticity strains both families' nerves, exposing secrets...
7) Puzzle
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A closely observed portrait of Agnes, who has reached her early 40s without ever venturing far from home, family or the tight-knit immigrant community in which she was raised by her widowed father. That begins to change in a quietly dramatic fashion when Agnes receives a jigsaw puzzle as a birthday gift and experiences the heady thrill of not only doing something she enjoys, but being very, very good at it.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Italiano
Description
The wealthy Recchi family has undergone sweeping changes. Eduardo Sr. has named a successor to the reins of his company, and surprised everyone by splitting power between his son Tancredi and grandson Edo. But Edo had always dreamed of opening a restaurant with his friend Antonio. To make matters worse, the very foundation of the entire family may be totally shattered after Tancredi's wife Emma falls deeply in love with Antonio and begins a passionate...
9) Gloria Bell
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Gloria (Julianne Moore) spends her nights joyfully letting loose at clubs around Los Angeles and finds herself thrust into an unexpected and complicated new romance. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. "*It's a remarkably enjoyable movie, downright cathartic in its presentation of a three-dimensional character.*" - Brian Tallerico, ***RogerEbert.com***
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
When childhood friends Magalie and Blandine cross paths after many years, they decide to finally take their dream vacation to Greece. A wildly entertaining tale of female camaraderie, also starring Academy Award Nominee Kristin Scott.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Doris Miller meets John Fremont, sparks fly -- at least for Doris. When Doris begins showing up at John's regular haunts, she wins over his Williamsburg friends. Her new life brings Doris a thrilling perspective, but also creates a rift between her and her longtime friends and family, who believe she's making a fool of herself over a guy half her age.
12) I smile back
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Laney is an attractive, intelligent suburban wife and devoted mother of two adorable children. She has the perfect husband who plays basketball with the kids in the driveway, a pristine house, and a shiny SUV for carting the children to their next activity. However, just beneath the facade lie depression and disillusionment that send her careening into a secret world of reckless compulsion. Only very real danger will force her to face the painful...
13) Land
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 29 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A bereaved woman seeks out a new life, off the grid in Wyoming.
14) The substance
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Demi Moore gives the career-best performance as Elisabeth Sparkle, a former A-lister past her prime and suddenly fired from her fitness TV show by repellent studio head Harvey. She is then drawn to the opportunity presented by a mysterious new drug: The Substance. All it takes is one injection and she is reborn -- temporarily -- as the gorgeous, twentysomething Sue. The only rule? Time needs to be split: exactly one week in one body, then one week...
15) The chaperone
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Society matron Norma Carlisle volunteers to accompany future Jazz Age star and free spirit Louise Brooks for a summer in New York. But why does she want to go? It's a story full of surprises, about who these women really are, and who they eventually become.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Centuries ago, two 'sworn sisters' are isolated by their families, but stay connected through a secret language written in the folds of a white silk fan. Now in modern-day Shanghai, their descendents must draw inspiration from the past as they struggle to maintain their own eternal bond in the face of life's complications. What unfolds are two stories, generations apart, but everlasting in their universal notion of love, hope and friendship.
17) Gloria
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 109 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
A story about a middle aged woman who gets caught up in a passionate whirlwind romance with a retired naval officer, whom she meets at a dance club for singles. But when she discovers the truth of their relationship, she takes matters into her own hands and sets forth to change her life.
18) Behaving badly
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 203 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Oscar winner Judi Dench stars in this darkly humorous drama about a meek, middle-aged divorcee who suddenly begins to behave in ways that shock her ex and her grown daughter. Extras include biographies of star Judi Dench and writer Catherine Heath.
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