Bob Balaban
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The first feature-length appreciation of the life and work of Eva Hesse, one of America's foremost postwar artists. Her pioneering sculptures, using latex, fiberglass, and plastics, helped establish the post-minimalist movement. Dying of a brain tumor at age 34, she had a mere decade-long career that is dense with complex, intriguing works that defy easy categorization.
5) The Mexican
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001.
Language
English
Description
Jerry has to do one last errand for the mob before they let him find employment elsewhere -- he has to go to Mexico and recover a rare and very valuable pistol "The Mexican", which is said to be cursed. While his girlfriend, Samantha, objects to Jerry taking the assignment, he isn't in much of a position to argue. Once in Mexico, Jerry finds the pistol easily enough, but making his way back to the States proves to be an unexpected challenge. Meanwhile,...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
In 2001, Dave Bowman was taken by the Jupiter monolith and transformed into a powerful being. Now, in 2010, Dr. Heywood Floyd, the man held responsible for Discovery's failure, is going back to Jupiter. He and his crewmates must reactivate the psychotic HAL-9000 computer so they can learn what happened and find out the meaning of Bowman's last transmission. This will be a joint American-Soviet expedition set against the backdrop of growing global...
10) Parents
Publisher
Vestron Video
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
An all-American family of 1954 serves leftovers every night, and the ten-year-old son has a scary suspicion why.
11) Altered states
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998.
Language
English
Description
The incredible terrifying tale of a research scientist experimenting with altered states of consciousness, and the horrors he finds in secret landscapes of the mind.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
While he caters to the whims of the super-rich, hotel concierge Douglas Ireland dreams of building his own luxury hotel and hopes that a wealthy but unscrupuous investor will help, There's one catch: Ireland must "baby-sit" the investor's beautiful mistress. Soon, Ireland must decide whether the love of his life is worth more than the dream of his life.
14) Howl
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
James Franco delivers a career-defining performance as poet Allen Ginsberg. Through his search for personal and creative expression, Ginsberg writes *Howl*, and must contend with attorney Jake Ehrlich (Jon Hamm) during *Howl’s* bizarre obscenity trial. Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic at the **Sundance Film Festival**. Nominated for the Golden Berlin Bear at the **Berlin International Film Festival**. Nominated for Outstanding Film...
16) Moonrise kingdom
Publisher
Focus Features
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore, and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.
17) Georgia O'Keeffe
Series
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Follows the life of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her tumultuous relationship with photographer Alfred Stieglitz.
19) Show me a hero
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In an America generations removed from the greatest civil rights struggles of the 1960s, the young mayor of a mid-sized American city is faced with a federal court order that says he must build a small number of low-income housing units in the white neighborhoods of his town. His attempt to do so tears the entire city apart, paralyzes the municipal government and, ultimately, destroys the mayor and his political future.
20) A mighty wind
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
Mockumentary captures the reunion of 1960s folk trio the Folksmen (Guest, McKean, Shearer) as they prepare for a show at The Town Hall to memorialize a recently deceased concert promoter.