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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Tibetan
Description
Filmed in the high grasslands of eastern Tibet, Summer pasture offers an intimate glimpse into the life of a young nomad couple and their infant daughter. Locho and his wife Yama live in Dzachukha, eastern Tibet - nicknamed '5-most' by the Chinese for being the highest, coldest, poorest, largest, and most remote county in Sichuan Province. They depend on their herd of yaks for survival, much as their ancestors have for generations. In recent years...
Publisher
WildBrain
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Based on the books by L. M. Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables Emily is a dreamer – a romantic young girl who gazes at the night sky and imagines worlds hidden among the twinkling stars. And she writes because that is her passion. When she is suddenly orphaned, Emily is sent to live with her stern relatives at the family farm, New Moon. Under the roof of her heavy-hearted Aunt Elizabeth, there is no room for emotion or imagination. Emily’s...
Publisher
All Channel Films
Pub. Date
1981.
Language
English
Description
How do you kill something that's already dead? That's the question Billy Chong faces when he goes up against the "Kung Fu Zombie". Billy's father crosses the wrong exorcist, and there's hell to pay. The evil priest unleashes an army of the undead against Chong's family, led by the Mad Korean, Kwan Young Moon.
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Twenty years after a beloved local fisherman, Richie Madeiras, goes missing off the shores of Martha's Vineyard, a distant cousin locates Richie's kind, indelible spirit in the stories of family, friends, and the sweeping sea which has defined their lives. A stirring, lyrical journey beneath the brusque, reticent surface of a New England fishing community.
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This thriller follows Chester MacFarland (Viggo Mortensen) and his wife Colette (Kirsten Dunst) as they befriend a guide (Oscar Isaac) on a European trip. This friendship takes a turn when it morphs into a love triangle full of envy, and murder.
6) Everyday
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
An emotionally powerful tale about a father's 5-year prison sentence and how his family overcomes it.
7) First Love
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Set amidst a national economic downturn, a family struggles with a father’s long-term unemployment and their son falls in love.
8) Diane
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Mary Kay Place is extraordinary as a woman coming to terms with her troubled past in this beautiful story of redemption.
9) Birthmarked
Publisher
Quiver Distribution
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In 1977, two respected scientists quit their jobs to conduct an experiment about human identity. They aim to raise three children contrarily to their genetic predispositions to prove the ultimate power of nurture over nature.
Publisher
Flicker Alley
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Italian neorealism meets the coal-mining country of southeast Ohio in this little-seen wonder of 1960s, American independent cinema. Director J.L. Anderson, a film professor at the University of Ohio, utilized non-professional actors, on-location photography, a shoestring budget, and a passionate knowledge of international film to create what Richard Brody of The New Yorker calls a “tense, myth-drenched drama of liberation and retribution.”...
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Ash Mayfair's reworking of her acclaimed film THE THIRD WIFE into a silent, black and white film, creating a completely different cinematic experience. In late 19th century Vietnam, fourteen-year-old May becomes the third wife to a wealthy landowner. She quickly learns that she can gain status and security if she gives birth to a male child, but her burgeoning attraction to Xuan, the second wife, puts her fragile standing in jeopardy. As May observes...
12) Sundown
Publisher
Bleecker Street
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Neil and Alice Bennett (Tim Roth, Charlotte Gainsbourg) are the core of a wealthy family on vacation in Mexico with younger members Colin and Alexa (Samuel Bottomley, Albertine Kotting McMillan) until a distant emergency cuts their trip short. When one relative disrupts the family's tight-knit order, simmering tensions rise to the fore in this suspenseful jolt from writer/director Michel Franco.
13) The Book of Love
Publisher
Electric Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
To fulfill a promise he made to his late wife, an introverted architect pursues an unlikely friendship with an independent teenage girl. The architect uses his expertise to help the teen with her mysterious goal: to build a raft she intends to use to sail across the sea. Together, they help each other overcome loss and embark on an incredible adventure to do the impossible.
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Norwegian
Description
Nils (Stellan Skarsgård), uncovers his son’s murderer, he begins to unravel. He embarks on a quest for revenge. Reminiscent of Tarantino and The Coen Brothers, Nils finds himself in a different world in order to bring his son’s murderers to justice.
17) King Charles III
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Adapted from the Tony-nominated stage play, this is an examination of contemporary Britain—part political thriller, part family drama. After the Queen’s death, Prince Charles finds himself wrestling his conscience over a bill to sign into law, resulting in a constitutional and political crisis.
18) All That I Am
Publisher
Filmhub, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
An annual family reunion turns into a disaster when two unexpected guests arrive. This entertaining family drama delivers laughs and tears, starring Christopher Abbott ("Girls", "Catch-22") and Gaby Hoffmann ("Transparent", "Crystal Fairy").
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Paul did everything he could to keep his mind healthy, so his Dementia diagnosis at age 58 was the last thing anyone expected. As his disease progresses, his family comes together to decide what to do. Confusion, commitment, love, and one last fishing trip bring him closer to his wife and children.
20) A Song for Jenny
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
One-off drama which tells the true story of Julie Nicholson's response to her daughter Jenny's death in the 7 July bombing at Edgware Road tube station. A moving film that explores the impact of violence on one woman and her family.
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