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(0)Sarah Polley
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"Oscar-nominated screenwriter, director, and actor Sarah Polley's Run Towards the Danger explores memory and the dialogue between her past and her present These are the most dangerous stories of my life. The ones I have avoided, the ones I haven't told, the ones that have kept me awake on countless nights. As these stories found echoes in my adult life, and then went another, better way than they did in childhood, they became lighter and easier to...
2) Guinevere
Author
Description
Awkward young Harper Sloane was always the odd one out, until she draws the attention of a brilliant older phtographer. He soon opens her world to possibilities she'd never imagined, and Harper comes out of her shell realizing her full potential.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Formats
Description
Do nothing. Stay and fight. Or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith.
The women of an insular, ultraconservative religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith. Through the backstory, we see a community of women come together in the aftermath of pervasive sexual assault to figure out how they might move forward to build a better world...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Fiona and Grant are an Ontario couple who have been married for over 40 years. During the twilight of their years, Grant is forced to face the fact that Fiona's "forgetfulness" actually is Alzheimer's. After Fiona wanders away and is found, the decision is made for her to go into a nursing home. For the first time in their relationship, they are forced to undergo a separation since the nursing home has a "no-visitors" policy for the first 30 days...
6) John Adams
Publisher
HBO Video
Formats
Description
While our new nation was suffering attacks from both within and without, John Adams had a vision of a nation of liberty and justice for all. He guided his peers--General George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson--in setting the values and agenda for a glorious, free America. Adams and his wife Abigail refined these ambitious democratic ideals, and their partnership became one of the most moving love stories in American history.
7) Frances Ha
Series
Criterion collection volume 681
Formats
Description
Greta Gerwig is radiant as a woman in her late twenties in contemporary New York, trying to sort out her ambitions, her finances, and, above all, her tight but changing bond with her best friend, Sophie (Mickey Sumner). Meticulously directed by Noah Baumbach (Kicking and Screaming) with a free-and-easy vibe reminiscent of the French New Wave's most spirited films, and written by Baumbach and Gerwig with an effortless combination of sweetness and wit,...
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Margot is happily married to Lou, a good-natured cookbook author, but when Margot meets Daniel, a handsome artist that lives across the street, their mutual attraction is undeniable, setting up an unusually true and unsentimental portrait of adult relationships.
10) Splice
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Formats
Description
Two young scientists become superstars by splicing different animal DNA to create fantastical new creatures. Ignoring legal and ethical boundaries, the scientists, who are romantically involved, introduce human DNA into their experiment and risk the dawn of a terrifying new era.
11) Stories we tell
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2013], ©2013
Description
A "genre-twisting film by director Sarah Polley, who investigates the elusive truths of her eclectic family of storytellers as she playfully interrogates a cast of characters who each relate their version of the family mythology. Polley reveals the essence of family as she uncovers the secrets buried deep within-- "--Container.
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004?]
Description
"In this soul-stirring collection, Sara Stanley comes of age in an all-new environment filled with family, friends, and foes. Amazing events follow as Sara gets acquainted with her emotionally guarded guardian, Aunt Hetty, and feuds and frolics with her prank-playing cousins, Felix and Felicity."--Container.
15) Road to Avonlea: The complete second seasonLes contes d'Avonlea.L'intégrale de la deuxième saison
Publisher
Distributed by Sullivan Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2009], ©2009
Description
Sarah and her cousins continue to wreak havoc and land in trouble, much to the adults' dismay.
Publisher
Studio Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2000
Description
A century old double murder haunts Jean, a photographer, who travels to the scene of the crime to investigate. The sole survivor of the murders was a woman whose unhappy marriage mirror's Jeans. Past and present collide and it suddenly becomes clear to Jean who the real killer is.
17) Road to Avonlea: The complete fifth seasonLes contes d'Avonlea.L'intégrale de al cinquième saison
Publisher
Sullivan Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011], ©2011
Description
Sara has blossomed into an independent and self-assured young lady, but one that still has a penchant for trouble. Now a fully-integrated member of Avonlea society, she begins to think about the day she must leave the security of her new home. Once again, the stories in this volume range from uproariously funny to poignantly emotional.
18) Mr. Nobody
Pub. Date
2014
Description
The life story of Nemo Nobody, a 118 year-old man who is the last mortal on Earth after the human race has achieved quasi-immortality. On his deathbed, Nemo shares his life story with a reporter and reviews the choices he made along the way. Yet even with his last breath, a pivotal decision awaits to conclude his destiny.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1166
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Baron von Munchausen sets sail in a hot air balloon in search of his friends, and winds up visiting the moon.
