Movies (fiction) by Category

3 women 2004, 1977

"In a dusty, under-populated California resort town, Pinky Rose, a naive and impressionable Southern waif begins her life as a nursing home attendent. There, Pinky finds her role model in fellow nurse Millie, a misguided would-be sophisticate and hopeless devotee of sophisticated ladies magazines. But Pinky's hero-worship evolves into something far stranger and more sinister than could be imagined."--Container. 1 videodisc (124 min.)

MEDIA 10-4317

 

Agora 2010, 2009

Alejandro Amenįbar, Fernando Bovaira, Įlvaro Augustķn, Mateo Gil, Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac, Ashraf Barhoum, Rupert Evans, Homayoun Ershadi, Michaėl Lonsdale, Richard Durden, Oshri Cohen, Yousef Sweid, Xavi Giménez, Dario Marianelli, Newmarket Films, and Lions Gate Films

A young slave in ancient Egypt must choose between joining the Christianity movement, which will give him freedom, and the woman he loves, who is his master and an atheist. 1 videodisc (126 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3222

 

All that heaven allows c2001

Peg Fenwick, Ross Hunter, Douglas Sirk, Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Edna Lee, Harry Lee, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Universal-International (Firm), and Criterion Collection (Firm)

Cary Scott, an attractive and wealthy New England widow, creates a social outcry in her community and within her family when she becomes romantically involved with Ron Kirby, her much younger gardener. 1 videodisc (89 min.)

MEDIA 10-454

 

Annie get your gun 2000, 1950

Sidney Sheldon, Herbert Fields, Dorothy Fields, Arthur Freed, George Sidney, Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern, J. Carrol Naish, Edward Arnold, Keenan Wynn, Judy Garland, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, Irving Berlin, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Loew's Incorporated, Warner Home Video (Firm), and Turner Entertainment Co

Frank Butler, handsome star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, bags clay pigeons and ladies' hearts. He's the best marksman in the world--until a backwoods hoyden challenges him. Her name? Annie Oakley . 1 videodisc (107 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3078

 

Apocalypto 2007, 2006

As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, the rulers insist the key to prosperity is to build more temples and offer human sacrifices. Jaguar Paw is a young man who is captured for sacrifice, but flees to avoid his fate. He is taken on a perilous journey to a world that is ruled by fear and oppression, where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life. 1 videodisc (138 min.)

MEDIA 10-4195

 

Atonement c2008

Joe Wright, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster, Christopher Hampton, Ian McEwan, Seamus McGarvey, James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Romola Garai, Saoirse Ronan, Vanessa Redgrave, Brenda Blethyn, Ian McEwan, Focus Features, Studio Canal, Relativity Media, Working Title Films, and Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)

In 1935, 13-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis and her family live a life of wealth and privilege in their enormous mansion. On the warmest day of the year, the country estate takes on an unsettling hothouse atmosphere, stoking Briony's vivid imagination. Robbie Turner, the educated son of the family's housekeeper, carries a torch for Briony's headstrong older sister Cecilia. He hopes that Cecilia has comparable feelings. All it will take is one spark for this relationship to combust. When it does, Briony - who has a crush on Robbie - is compelled to interfere. She goes so far as to accuse Robbie of a crime he did not commit. Cecilia and Robbie declare their love for each other, but, ultimately, he is arrested. Briony bears false witness and the course of three lives is changed forever. As Briony grow older, she continues to seek forgiveness for her childhood misdeed. Through a terrible and courageous act of imagination, she finds the path to her uncertain atonement, and to an understanding of the power of enduring love. 1 videodisc (123 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3355

 

Away from her 2007

Sarah Polley, Daniel Iron, Simone Urdl, Jennifer Weiss, Gordon Pinsent, Julie Christie, Olympia Dukakis, Michael Murphy, Wendy Crewson, Kirsten Thomson, Deanna Dezmari, Clare Coulter, Thomas Hauff , Alberta Watson, Alice Munro, Film Farm (Firm), Foundry Films, Capri Releasing, HanWay (Firm), Echo Lake Productions, and Lionsgate (Firm)

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 this is the nursing home 'no-vistors, ' first 30 days policy of a patient's stay. When Grant visits Fiona after the orientation period, he is devastated to find out that not only has she seemingly forgotten him, but she has transferred her affections to another man. As the distance between husband and wife grows, Grant must draw upon his love for Fiona to perform an act of self-sacrifice in order to ensure her happiness. 1 videodisc (ca. 110 min.)

MEDIA 10-2059

 

The beautiful country 2005

Hans Petter Moland, Edward R Pressman, Sabina Murray, Lingard Jervey, Nick Nolte, Tim Roth, Ling Bai, TF1 International (Firm), Sunflower Productions, Dinamo Entertainment (Firm), Samy Boy Entertainment (Firm), and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)

Binh has grown up not knowing his parents, an American soldier and a Vietnamese woman. In an effort to find a better life he searches for his mother in Saigon before heading to New York City and later Houston. 1 videodisc (125 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3089

 

Being Julia 2005

Istvaan Szabao, Annette Bening, Jeremy Irons, Bruce Greenwood, and W. Somerset Maugham

Julia is a true diva: beautiful, talented, wealthy and famous. She has a devoted husband who has masterminded her brillant career-- but after years of the spotlight she begins to suffer from a severe case of boredom and longs for something new and exciting to put the twinkle back in her eye. She finds what she is looking for in a handsome young American fan, who adds a few more sparks than Julia was hoping for. 1 videodisc (104 min.)

MEDIA 10-1975

 

The Bigamist 199-?, 1953

Collier Young, Ida Lupino, Joan Fontaine, Edmund Gwenn, Edmond O'Brien, Larry Marcus, and Lou Schor

A traveling salesman from San Francisco marries another woman in Los Angeles, without revealing to her that he was already married. 1 videocassette (ca. 80 min.)

MEDIA 2-2658 10-2394

 

Blue valentine  2011, 2010

An honest, moving and uninhibited love story. The uncompromising portrait of Dean and Cindy, a young married couple who have grown apart, taking one night away from their daughter to try to save their relationship. Highlighted by provocative scenes alternately intimate and intense, the film captured audiences and critics alike. 1 videodisc (112 min.)

MEDIA 10-4076

 

Born in flames 2006

Lizzie Borden, Ed Bowes, Honey, Jeanne Satterfield, Florynce Kennedy, and First Run/Icarus Films

A futuristic fable of feminist turmoil still brewing ten years after the Second American Revolution.  When Adelaide Norris, the black radical founder of the Woman's Army, is mysteriously killed, a diverse coalition of women - across all lines of race, class, and sexual preference - emerges to blow the System apart.  With their fury growing and all peaceful options exhausted, women overcome divisions of race, class, and sexual orientation to form a guerilla movement to take over control of the media. 1 videodisc (80 min.)

MEDIA 10-1138

 

Bringing up Baby c2005, 1938

Howard Hawks, Dudley Nichols, Hagar Wilde, Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charlie Ruggles, Walter Catlett, Barry Fitzgerald, May Robson, Fritz Feld, Leona Roberts, George Irving, Tala Birell, Russell Metty, George Hively, Roy Webb, Peter Bogdanovich,  Hagar Wilde, RKO Radio Pictures, Warner Home Video (Firm), and Turner Entertainment Co

A scatterbrained heiress uses her pet leopard, Baby, to attract the attention of a stuffy paleontologist. 2 videodiscs (102 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2903

 

Butterfield 8 c2000, 1960

Daniel Mann, Pandro S Berman, Charles Schnee, John Michael Hayes, Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Eddie Fisher, Dina Merrill, John O'Hara, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and Warner Home Video (Firm)

A high-class call girl in New York and a socially prominant man fall in love. However, he can't forget her past and she resents his distrust, so they battle their emotions and each other, leading to a powerful and explosive climax. 1 videodisc (109 min.)

MEDIA 10-465

 

Cabaret 1998

Bob Fosse, Cy Feuer, Jay Presson Allen, Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Joel Grey, Joe Masteroff, John Van Druten, and Christopher Isherwood

An egocentric American girl dreams of becoming a star while working in a third-rate Berlin cabaret. 1 videodisc (124 min.)  Videotape

MEDIA     DOUGLASS 10-68          84

 

Carrie 1952, c2005

William Wyler, Laurence Olivier, Jennifer Jones, Miriam Hopkins, Eddie Albert, Paramount Pictures Corporation, and Paramount Home Video (Firm)

A powerhouse of human passions transformed into soul-withering frailties, as love-doomed George Hurstwood throws everything away for the love of Carrie. 1 videodisc (121 min.)

MEDIA 10-562

 

Carrie 2001, c1976

"Carrie White is a shy young girl who doesn't make friends easily. After her classmates taunt her about her horrified reaction to her totally unexpected first period one of them takes pity on her and gets Tommy Ross, her boyfriend and class hunk, to invite Carrie to the senior prom. Meanwhile another girl who has been banned from the prom for her continued aggressive behaviour is not as forgiving and plans a trick to embarrass Carrie in front of the whole school. What she doesn't realise is that Carrie is ... gifted, and you really don't want to get her angry"--Internet Movie Database. 1 videodisc (98 min.)

MEDIA 10-3912

 

Christopher Strong 2009, 1933

Hepburn portrays a record-breaking flyer who falls hopelessly in love with a married man (Colin Clive). Though madly in love, he can't divorce his good natured and caring wife (Billie Burke). 1 videodisc (79 min.)

MEDIA 10-3886

 

Claire Dolan 2005

Lodge Kerrigan, Katrin Cartlidge, Vincent D'Onofrio, Colm Meaney, MK2 Productions, Serene Films, and New Yorker Video (Firm)

An Irish immigrant and  high-priced call girl, shocked by her mother's death, decides to get out of the business and have a baby. But the steps she must go through are not easy. 1 videodisc (95 min.)

MEDIA 10-641

 

The color purple 2007, 1985

The heart-wrenching story of a young black girl in the early 20th century who is forced into a brutal marriage and separated from her sister. 1 videodisc (154 min.)

MEDIA 10-4731

 

The constant gardener 2006

Ralph Fiennes, Fernando Meirelles, Simon Channing-Williams, Jeffrey Caine, Rachel Weisz, Hubert Kounde, Danny Huston, Alberto Iglesias, John Le Carré, Focus Features, Universal Pictures (Firm), Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm), Potboiler Productions (Firm), UK Film Council, and Scion Films

In a remote area of Northern Kenya, activist Tessa Quayle is found brutally murdered. Tessa's companion, a doctor, appears to have fled the scene, and all the evidence points to a crime of passion. Members of the British High Commission in Nairobi assume that Tessa's widower, their mild-mannered and unambitious colleague Justin Quayle, will leave the matter to them. Haunted by remorse and jarred by rumors of his late wife's infidelities, Quayle surprises everyone by embarking on a personal odyssey that will take him across three continents. Using his privileged access to diplomatic secrets, Justin risks his own life and will stop at nothing to expose the truth - a conspiracy more far-reaching and deadly than Quayle could ever have imagined. 1 videodisc (129 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3356

 

The contender 2001

Rod Lurie, Marc Frydman, Gary Oldman, Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges, Christian Slater, William L Petersen, Philip Baker Hall, Saul Rubinek, Sam Elliott, Dreamworks Pictures, Cinerenta (Firm), Cinecontender (Firm), Battleground Productions, SE8 Group, and DreamWorks Home Entertainment (Firm)

As soon as a woman is nominated to replace the deceased vice president of the USA, her political enemies search in her private life for ways to bring her down. 1 videodisc (127 min.)

MEDIA 10-681

 

Daisy Miller 2003, 1974

Peter Bogdanovich, Frederic Raphael, Cybill Shepherd, Barry Brown, Mildred Natwick, Eileen Brennan, Duilio Del Prete, Cloris Leachman, James McMurtry, Nicholas Jones, George Morfogen, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Directors Company, and Paramount Home Video (Firm)

" ... an expatriate American lives abroad in Europe with her daffy mother and bratty kid brother. Daisy is very liberated and very much ahead of her time [and] scandalizes the Victorian high society of 1878"--Container. 1 videodisc (ca. 93 min.)

MEDIA 10-463

 

Dance, girl, dance c2007, 1940

"Bubbles loves to dance. But she also likes to eat. Her friend Judy may choose to suffer for her art, but not Bubbles. She swaps her ballet shoes for a G-string...and turns patrons' fantasies into dollars as burlesque sensation Tiger Lily White. Directed by Dorothy Arzner, classic Hollywood's sole major female director." -- Container. 1 videodisc (89 min.)

MEDIA 10-4606

 

Dirt 2003?

"Dolores is an illegal immigrant from El Salvador who works as a housemaid in New York City. Under the constant fear of likely deportation, she wonders whether she should return to her country. Her decision to leave is strengthened when her life is suddenly complicated by a series of unfortunate events"--Imdb.com. 1 videodisc (95 min.)

MEDIA 10-4497

 

Dogfight 2003, 1991

River Phoenix, Lili Taylor, Richard Panebianco, Nancy Savoca, Robert Anthony Comfort, Richard A Guay, Warner Bros, Warner Home Video (Firm), and Peter Newman Productions

Cpl. Eddie Birdlace is out to party hearty with his pals on their last night in San Francisco before shipping out to Vietnam. They make a wager called the Dogfight, where each Marine puts in $50 and the guy who finds the most unattractive date wins. Birdlace finds Rose, an "ugly duckling" who joins him in a night of life-transforming impact. 1 videodisc (94 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3619

 

Erin Brockovich c2012

Erin Brockovich is a feisty young mother who convinces attorney Ed Masry to hire her and promptly stumbles upon a monumental law case against a giant corporation. Erin's determined to take on this powerful adversary even though no law firm has dared to do it before. The two begin an incredible and sometimes hilarious fight that will bring a small town to its feet and a huge company to its knees. 2 videodiscs (131 min.)

MEDIA 10-5434

 

Far from Heaven c2003

Jody Patton, Christine Vachon, Todd Haynes , Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, Patricia Clarkson, Viola Davis, James Rebhorn, John Wells, Focus Features, Vulcan Productions, Killer Films , Section Eight Ltd, and Universal Pictures (Firm)

Cathy is the perfect 50s housewife, living the perfect 50s life: healthy kids, successful husband, social prominence. Then one night she surprises her husband Frank having sex with another man, and her tidy world starts spinning out of control. In her confusion and grief, she finds consolation in the friendship of their African-American gardener, Raymond--a socially taboo relationship that leads to the further disintegration of life as she knew it. 1 videodisc (107 min.)

MEDIA 10-1432

 

Felicia's journey 2000

Atom Egoyan, Bruce Davey, Bob Hoskins, Elaine Cassidy, Peter McDonald, Arsinée Khanjian, and William Trevor

Joseph Hilditch, an eccentric chef, befriends a young woman, Felicia, who has come to town searching for her boyfriend. She is attracted to the seemingly harmless and extremely helpful Hilditch, trusting him and entering his life, only to discover too late that she is not the first woman that he has taken in. 1 videodisc (116 min.)

MEDIA 10-50

 

Frozen river 2009

Chip Hourihan, Heather Rae, Courtney Hunt, Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Michael O'Keefe, Mark Boone,  Charlie McDermott, Sony Pictures Classics (Firm), Harwood Hunt Productions, Cohen Media Group, OffHollywood Pictures, and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)

Takes place in the days before Christmas near a little-known border crossing on the Mohawk reservation between New York State and Quebec. Ray, a white woman, and Lila, a Mohawk, both single mothers facing desperate circumstances, are drawn by the lure of fast money into the world of border smuggling across the frozen water of the St. Lawrence River. 1 videodisc (93 min.)

MEDIA 10-1639

 

Girl, interrupted 2004, 1999

The fascinating true story of a young woman's life-altering stay at a famous psychiatric hospital in the late 1960's. 1 videodisc (approximately 127 min.)

MEDIA 10-4523

 

Girlfight 2001

Sarah Green, Martha Griffin, Maggie Renzi, Karyn Kusama, Michelle Rodriguez, Jaime Tirelli, Paul Calderon, and Santiago Douglas

Diana Guzman is always fighting, whether at home in the housing projects with her abusive dad or at high school. She finds a new outlet for her anger at her brother'sboxing gym. With hard-core training from veteran boxing coach Hector, Diana learns she has the guts and talent to be a contender. 1 videodisc (110 min.)

MEDIA 10-112

 

Go fish 2002, 1994

Kia, a professor, speculates with her students about who might be a lesbian in American society. She is involved with Evy and they would like Kia's roommate, Max, to meet a woman. Kia sets her up with Ely, an ex-student of hers who is in the process of terminating a long-distance relationship. They finally go out on a date and everyone insists on getting all the details. 1 videodisc (83 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3783

 

The goddess 2011, 1958

John Cromwell, Milton Perlman, Paddy Chayefsky, Kim Stanley, Lloyd Bridges, Steven Hill, Betty Lou Holland, Columbia Pictures Corporation, and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)

Chronicles the life story of a Hollywood sex symbol and the price she pays for fame. 1 videodisc (105 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3464

 

The hours c2003

Scott Rudin, Robert Fox, Stephen Daldry, Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman, Ed Harris, Michael Cunningham, Paramount Pictures Corporation, and Miramax Films

In 1929, Virginia Woolf is starting to write her novel, 'Mrs. Dalloway, ' under the care of doctors and family. In 1951, Laura Brown is planning for her husband's birthday, but is preoccupied with reading Woolf's novel. In 2001, Clarrisa Vaughn is planning an award party for her friend, an author dying of AIDS. Taking place over one day, all three stories are interconnected with the novel: one is writing it, one is reading it, and one is living it. 1 videodisc (114 min.)

MEDIA 10-1621

 

If these walls could talk: 2 c2000

Mary Kane, Vanessa Redgrave, Chloee Sevigny, Michelle Williams, Ellen DeGeneres, Sharon Stone, Elizabeth Perkins , Marian Seldes, Paul Giamatti, Jane Anderson, Martha Coolidge, Alex Sichel, Sylvia Sichel, Anne Heche, HBO Films, Team Todd (Firm), and HBO Video (Firm)

Dramatizes the experiences of lesbians in the United States in three different decades. 1961 tells the story of an older lesbian who is left out of the decision-making process in the wake of her partner's sudden death. 1972 looks at the role of lesbians in the feminist movement of the 1970's through the eyes of a college-age couple. 2000 features a lesbian couple trying to conceive a child. 1 videodisc (96 min.)

MEDIA 10-1434

 

Illusions 2005?, 1982

An exploration of Hollywood's role as a purveyor of illusion. Two black women, one a studio executive who passes for white, and one who provides the singing voice for a famous white actress, struggle to find happiness and acceptance in WWII-era Hollywood. 1 videodisc (36 min.)

MEDIA 10-4732

 

In the cut 2004, 2003

A lonely young woman in New York City gets tangled up in a murder investigation when a severed head is found in her garden. When she becomes involved with the homicide detective on the case, she realizes that the prime suspect may be closer than she likes to think. 1 videodisc (119 min.)

MEDIA 10-4650

 

Interiors 2008, 1978

Jack Rollins, Charles H Joffe, Gordon Willis, Woody Allen, Robert Greenhut, Kristin Griffith, Mary Beth Hurt, Richard Jordan, Diane Keaton, E. G Marshall, Geraldine Page, Maureen Stapleton, Sam Waterston, Ralph Rosenblum, Mel Bourne, Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions, and MGM Home Entertainment Inc

When Eve, an interior designer, is deserted by her husband of many years, the emotionally glacial relationships of their three grown daughters are laid bare. Twisted by jealousy, insecurity and resentment, Renata, a successful writer; Flyn, a woman crippled by indecision; and Joey, a budding actress, struggle to communicate for the sake of their shattered mother. 1 videodisc (92 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2915

 

Jersey girl 2004, 1992

A romantic comedy about a modern day Cinderella and her reluctant uptown prince. 1 videodisc (96 min.)

MEDIA 10-4625

 

John Cassavetes five films 2004

John Cassavetes, Ben Carruthers, Lelia Goldoni, John Marley, Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, Erich Kollmar, Shifi Hadi, Jack Ackerman, Bo Harwood, Criterion Collection (Firm), and Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)

Shadows. Revolves around an interracial  romance between Lelia, a light-skinned black woman living in New York with her two brothers, and Tony, a white man. The relationship crumbles when Tony meets Lelia's brother Hugh, a talented dark-skinned jazz singer struggling to find work, and discovers the truth about Lelia's racial heritage.
Faces. The film follows the futile attempts of captain of industry Richard and his wife Maria to escape the anguish of their empty marriage in the arms of others.
A woman under the influence. A devastating drama detailing the emotional breakdown of a suburban housewife and her family's struggle to save her from herself.
The killing of a Chinese bookie. A gentlemen's club owner Cosmo Vitelli, a man dedicated to pretenses of composure and self-possession, runs afoul of a small-time gangster. He is forced to commit a horrible crime in a last-ditch effort to save his beloved club and his way of life.
Opening night. Broadway actress Myrtle Gordon rehearses for her latest play about a woman unable to admit that she is aging. When she witnesses the accidental death of an adoring young fan, she begins to confront the personal and professional turmoil she faces in her own life.
A constant forge : the life and art of John Cassavetes. A detailed journey through the career of one of film's greatest pioneers and iconoclasts.  Assembled from candid interviews with Cassavetes' collaboators and friends, rare photographs, archival footage, and the director's own words, the film paints a revealing portrait of a man whose fierce love, courage, and dedication changed the face of cinema forever. 8 videodiscs (ca. 837 min.)

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Johnny Guitar 2012, 1954

Saloon owner Vienna battles the local townspeople headed by Emma, the local sexually repressed, lynch-happy female rancher out to frame her for a string of robberies. Johnny Logan is a guitar-strumming drifter with a dark past who was once in love with Vienna and has been offered a job in her saloon. Nicholas Ray's epic western is considered one of the most original westerns of all time. The women are far tougher than the men and some saw a bizarre allegory for the McCarthy era Red Scare. 1 videodisc (110 min.)

MEDIA. MEDIA 10-3845 10-3872

 

Julia c2005, 1977

Fred Zinnemann, Richard Roth, Alvin Sargent, Julien Derode, Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards, Hal Holbrook, Rosemary Murphy, Georges Delerue, Lillian Hellman, and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc

Born to great wealth, the fiercely independent Julia devotes her life to political causes, fighting facism in the 1930's. While traveling in Europe, playwright Lillian Hellman, a friend of Julia's, is swept into a dangerous world, smuggling money across hostile borders. 1 videodisc (117 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2651

 

Juno 2008

Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Mason Novick, Russell Smith, Diablo Cody, Jason Reitman, Mateo Messina, Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Allison Janney, J. K Simmons , Fox Searchlight Pictures, Mandate Pictures (Firm), Mr. Mudd (Firm), and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc

Juno MacGuff is sixteen years old. After a one-time sexual encounter with her best friend Paulie, she learns that she's pregnant. Juno and Paulie like each other, but not enough to start a family, complete with a child. Paulie leaves all the decisions about the baby to Juno. During her pregnancy, which she treats with care but detachment, her relationships develop. 1 videodisc (96 min.)

MEDIA 10-1387

 

Kissed 2005, 1996

Ever since she was a young girl, Sandra has been fascinated with death. Her secret obsession, however, interferes with her burgeoning relationship with her boyfriend, Matt, forcing him to embark on a personal crusade to prove he will go to great lengths. 1 videodisc (79 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3744

 

Klute 2010, 1971

Enigmatic small town Detective John Klute is hired to track down his best friend, a research scientist who has disappeared without a trace.  His investigation leads him to New York City, and Bree Daniels, skilled, intelligent, cynical, and personally troubled part-time model and full-time call girl.  She was savagely beaten once by a man from Pennsylvania, who may have been his friend.  Taking a journey into the underbelly of the Big Apple the two begin to realize that everything and everyone may not be what they seem.  Dangers lurk in the shadows, old habits become harder to break, and love is a four-letter word best left unspoken for two people from two very different worlds. 1 videodisc (114 min.)

MEDIA 10-4229

 

Little children 2007

Todd Field, Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson, Jennifer Connelly,  Noah Emmerich, Jackie Earle Haley, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa, Thomas Newman, Tom Perrotta, Alliance Atlantis (Firm), New Line Cinema Corporation, Bona Fide Productions, and Standard Film Company

Sarah Pierce is a new stay at home mom struggling with the solitude of her new role. Spending every moment with a three year old tests the patience of the one-time English scholar. One day, at a local playground, she interacts with a group of moms, and the differences are clear. They embrace motherhood and seem to relish all that their new role brings. One day, Brad, a stay at home dad brings his son to the playground. Sarah is amazed to find these mom have never talked to Brad, and one of the women bets Sarah five dollars that she won't get his phone number. Sarah not only gets his phone number, but she lets him in on the joke and they hug and kiss. Emasculated by his wife, Kathy, Brad becomes slightly obsessed with finding ways to demonstrate he can still produce testosterone. Soon, Sarah and Brad start a passionate affair. At the same time, their quiet suburban community deals with Ronnie, a convicted pedophile who has just been released from prison. He returns to his mother's home and she helps him endure the constant taunts of an overzealous neighbor. These lives intersect in surprising and potentially dangerous ways. 1 videodisc (137 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3445

 

The little drummer girl 2010, 1984

Diane Keaton, Yorgo Voyagis, Klaus Kinski, Loring Mandel, Robert L Crawford, George Roy Hill, John Le Carré, Pan Arts (Firm), Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ), and Warner Home Video (Firm)

Screen adaptation of John Le Carre's bestseller about a pro-Palestinian actress who gets recruited to impersonate an Israeli agent and gets caught in the world of terrorists. 1 videodisc (130 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3610

 

Little women 2001, 1933

George Dewey Cukor, Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas, Edna May Oliver, Jean Parker, Frances Dee, Henry Stephenson, Douglass Montgomery, Louisa May Alcott, RKO Radio Pictures, inc, and Warner Home Video (Firm)

Chronicles the humorous and sentimental fortunes of the four March sisters as they grew into young ladies during the harsh times of the Civil war. 1 videodisc (115 min.)

MEDIA    10-553          

 

The long walk home 1991

Whoopi Goldberg, Sissy Spacek, Dwight Schultz, Edwin C Atkins, Howard W Koch, Dave Bell, and Richard Pearce

Academy Award winner Whoopi Goldberg is Odessa Cotter, a quietly dignified woman, who works as a housekeeper for Miriam Thompson (Academy Award winner Sissy Spacek). When Odessa honors the 1955 Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott by walking an exhausting nine miles to and from work, Miriam offers her a ride. Defying both Miriam's racist husband (Dwight Schultz) and the powerful White Citizen's Council, Miriam and Odessa put their lives in danger for civil rights. 1 videocassette (98 min.)

MEDIA     DANA 10-3375 1014

 

Love Field 1992, c2001

Don Roos, Sarah Pillsbury, Midge Sanford, Jonathan Kaplan, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dennis Haysbert, Brian Kerwin, Stephanie McFadden, Orion Pictures, and MGM Home Entertainment Inc

Dalls housewife Lurene Hallett feels such a strong personal connection to her idol, Jackie Kennedy, that when JFK is assassinated, she defies her husband and takes an eastobound bus, determined to "be there for Jackie" at the funeral. On board she meets a mysterious black man traveling with a sad, silent little girl. But when Lurene realizes that he's given her false name, she fears she's uncovered a kidnapping plot! As a result of her well-intentioned meddling, the trio end up on the run from the police and, ultimately, on the road to a deep friendship that defies racial boundaries and changes each of them forever. 1 videodisc (105 min.)

MEDIA 10-434

 

Magnificent obsession 1985, 1954

Douglas Sirk, Lloyd C Douglas, Ross Hunter , Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush, Robert Blees, and  Wells Root

An irresponsible playboy causes the widowhood and blindness of a beautiful woman. After a later encounter with her, he decides to dedicate his life to becoming a surgeon to try to cure her blindness. 1 videocassette (108 min.)

MEDIA 10-2026     2-3483

 

Mother and child c2010 2009

Rodrigo García, Lisa Maria Falcone, Julie Lynn, Annette Bening, Jimmy Smits, Kerry Washington, Naomi Watts, Samuel L Jackson, S. Epatha Merkerson, Cherry Jones, Elpidia Carrillo, Shareeka Epps, Edward Shearmur, Sony Pictures Classics (Firm), Everest Entertainment (Firm), Mockingbird Pictures, and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)

Three women's lives share a common core. They have all been profoundly affected by adoption. At age fourteen, Karen placed a baby for adoption, and has been haunted ever since by the daughter she never knew. Elizabeth grew up as an adopted child. Even though she is a bright and ambitious lawyer, she is a flinty loner in her personal life. Lucy and her husband are just embarking on the adoption odyssey, hoping for the opportunity to become parents. 1 videodisc (127 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2384

 

My big fat Greek wedding c2002

Joel Zwick, Rita Wilson, Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Lainie Kazan, Michael Constantine, Gia Carides, Louis Mandylor, Joey Fatone, Gold Circle Films, Home Box Office (Firm), MPH Entertainment (Firm), Playtone (Firm), and HBO Video (Firm)

Toula is a quiet, devoted daughter in a big, crazy Greek family. Working in her father's restaurant, she hides behind her family and keeps the world at a distance. One day at the restaurant she finds herself pouring coffee for a man who inspires her to change her life, and the way she sees the world ... forever. 1 videodisc (95 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3090

 

Nightjohn c2005, 1996

Charles Burnett, Dennis Stuart Murphy, Beau Bridges, Carl Lumbly, Lorraine Toussaint, Allison Jones, Gary Paulsen, Hallmark Entertainment (Firm), Sarabande Productions, Disney Channel (Firm), Echo Bridge Home Entertainment (Firm), and Signboard Hill Productions

The story of a young slave girl and the man who, at great risk to each other, teaches her to read, opening up a whole new world for her. 1 videodisc (96 min.)

MEDIA 10-1443

 

Nine to five 2006

Three secretaries live every female worker's dream after discovering they share the same resentment towards their sexist boss. 1 videodisc (109 min.)

MEDIA 10-5385

 

Not without my daughter 2001, 1999

Pat Riddle, Harry J Ufland, Mary Jane Ufland, Brian Gilbert, Sally Field, Alfred Molina, Sheila Rosenthal, Roshan Seth, Sarah Badel, Mony Rey, Georges Corraface, Peter Hannan, Jerry Goldsmith , Betty Mahmoody, William Hoffer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Pathé Entertainment (Firm), and MGM Home Entertainment Inc

American Betty Mahmoody goes with her daughter and her Iranian-born husband to his native Iran for a vacation. Soon Betty discovers her husband doesn't intend to ever return to America. He will let her go, but her daughter must stay. As a stranger in a foreign police state, Betty has no money, no friends, no rights, and makes a desperate, heroic bid to escape with her child. 1 videodisc (116 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2878

 

Oleanna 2003, c1994

Desperate to pass one of her classes, Carol approaches her professor, John, behind the closed doors of his university office. Words are exchanged. A touch. A glance. And what began as a simple meeting between teacher and student, suddenly spirals wildly out-of-control. But when Carol files harassment charges against him, the wheels are set in motion for a high stakes game of cat-and-mouse with shocking, devastating results. 1 videodisc (90 min.)

MEDIA 10-3956

 

The original Nancy Drew movie mystery collection c2007

Nancy Drew, detective: Nancy and Ted Nickerson solve a kidnapping case of a wealthy elderly lady; Nancy Drew, reporter: When a young woman is accused in a poisoning death, Nancy searches for a vital piece of evidence to clear her; Nancy Drew, trouble shooter: Nancy clears her Uncle Matt of murder charges when she exposes the real murderers; Nancy Drew and the hidden staircase: Nancy and Ted must try to solve a murder to save two elderly ladies from losing their family home. 2 videodiscs (263 min.)

MEDIA 10-4221

 

Outrage 2011?

A young woman who has just become engaged has her life completely shattered when she is raped while on her way home from work. 1 videodisc (75 min.)

MEDIA 10-5208

 

Pariah 2012, 2011

Alike is a 17-year-old African-American woman who lives with her parents and younger sister in Brooklyn's Fort Greene neighborhood. She has a flair for poetry, and is a good student at her local high school. Alike is quietly but firmly embracing her identity as a lesbian. Wondering how much she can confide in her family, Alike strives to get through adolescence with grace, humor, and tenacity--sometimes succeeding, sometimes not, but always moving forward. 1 videodisc (87 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3829

 

Party girl 200-?, 1995

A free-spirited young woman with a run-down New York apartment and a high fashion wardrobe calls her godmother, a librarian, for bail money after being arrested for throwing an illegal party. To repay the loan, she begins working as a library clerk. 1 videodisc (94 min.)

MEDIA 10-4117

 

Personal velocity three portraits c2003

Jonathan Sehring, Caroline Kaplan, John Sloss, Gary Winick, Alexis Alexanian, Lemore Syvan, Rebecca Miller, Kyra Sedgwick, Parker Posey, Fairuza Balk, David Warshofsky, Leo Fitzpatrick, Tim Guinee, Wallace Shawn, Ron Leibman, Ellen Kuras, Michael Rohatyn, Rebecca Miller, IFC Productions (Firm), InDigEnt (Firm), Goldheart Pictures (Firm), Blue Magic Pictures, and MGM Home Entertainment Inc

"Delia (Sedgwick) escapes from an abusive husband.  Greta (Posey) risks everything on a new career.  And Paula (Balk) takes flight after a tragic accident.  These women must overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles that confine them.  But are they really on their way to new lives, or are they just making new versions of old mistakes?" -- Container. 1 videodisc (86 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2779

 

The portrait of a lady 2011, 1986

Jane Campion, Monty Montgomery, Steve Golin, Laura Jones, Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Barbara Hershey, Mary-Louise Parker, Martin Donovan, Shelley Winters, Richard E Grant, Shelley Duvall, Christian Bale, Viggo Mortensen, Valentina Cervi, John Gielgud, Henry James, Focus Features, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (Firm), and Propaganda Films (Firm)

Isabel Archer is a young woman of daring independence and equally fierce desires. But her head-strong innocence is no match for the manipulations of her duplicitous friend Madame Merle and the devious Gilbert Osmond. 1 videodisc (145 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3048

 

Portrait of Jennie 2004 1948

William Dieterle, David O Selznick, Paul Osborn, Peter Berneis, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore, Lillian Gish, Cecil Kellaway, David Wayne, Selznick Studios, and MGM Home Entertainment Inc

An artist meets a schoolgirl in Central Park who has a mysterious air about her. What follows is an unforgettable love story. 1 videodisc (86 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2880

 

Precious 2009

Copyright Collection (Library of Congress)

Precious Jones is an abused teen mother who harbors a secret - she's illiterate. She finds solace in her vivid imagination. When she transfers to a new school, she finds a new mentor. She learns to read and write, and in language finds a way to express herself. She finds her inner strength, resilience, growth and ultimate triumph. Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire. 1 videodisc of 1 (110 min.)

MEDIA 10-1909

 

The purple rose of Cairo c2005, 1985

Woody Allen, Jeff Daniels, Mia Farrow, Danny Aiello, Dick Hyman, Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions, Orion Pictures, and MGM Home Entertainment Inc

Cecilia is a poor waitress in a dumpy New Jersey diner who goes to movies to escape the realities of the Depression Era life. Her favorite is "The purple rose of Cairo." When the leading man Tom Baxter decides to be with Cecilia, confusion abounds. 1 videodisc (82 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2922

 

Rambling Rose c2002, 1991

Renny Harlin, Martha Coolidge, Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, Lukas Haas, Robert Duvall, Calder Willingham,  Seven Arts Productions, Studio Canal+, and Artisan Home Entertainment (Firm)

Rose, an alluring young woman, is hired by a Southern family to care for their children, and changes their lives forever. She is an innocent who relates to everyone she meets in the only way she knows how-- with sexuality she cannot restrain. The mother of the family takes Rose under her wing, offering love and protection, while the teenaged son finds Rose both his fantasy and a profound mystery. 1 videodisc (ca. 115 min.)

MEDIA 10-1210

 

Rosemary's baby 2012, 1968

Based on Ira Levin's bestselling novel, Mia Farrow plays "a young mother-to-be who grows increasingly suspicious that her over-friendly elderly neighbors and self-involved actor husband are hatching a satanic plot against her and her baby.". 2 videodiscs (136 min.)

MEDIA 10-4458

 

The Runaways c2010

Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Alia Shawkat, Scout Taylor-Compton, Tatum O'Neal, Brett Cullen, Michael Shannon, Floria Sigismondi, John Linson, Art Linson, William Pohlad, Cherie Currie, Apparition (Firm), River Road Entertainment (Firm), Linson Films (Firm), and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)

With the success of their all-girl teenage rock band The Runaways, Joan Jett and Cherie Currie's friendship begins to unwind after Currie decides to leave the group. 1 videodisc (107 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2381

 

Sabah c2007, 2005

"An unmarried 40-year-old woman of Syrian birth lives in Toronto with her traditional and sometimes overbearing, but loving, Muslim family. When Sabah falls hard for Stephen, a nice Canadian guy she meets at a local swimming pool, she has no choice but to hide him from her family as she attempts to live up to their expectations. Sabah' clandestine suitor, as it turns out, is a carpenter with no religious belief. As the affair heats up, the ensuing clash of cultures threatens to shatter the entire family."--Container. 1 videodisc (90 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3804

 

Safe 2001, 1995

Drama about a suburban housewife in northern California whose affluent environment turns against her, causing environmentally-induced disease. 1 videodisc (119 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3742

 

Saving face c2005

James Lassiter, Will Smith, Teddy Zee, Alice Wu, Joan Chen, Michelle Krusiec, Lynn Chen, Sony Pictures Classics (Firm), Destination Films, Overbrook Films, Forensic Films (Firm), GreeneStreet Films, and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)

Wilhelmina is a Chinese-American lesbian and a young surgeon who has kept her sexual orientation secret from her conservative Chinese community in New York. But when her widowed mother becomes pregnant and is kicked out by her own parents, Wil suddenly has to juggle her mother's secrets with her own. 1 videodisc (98 min.)

MEDIA 10-1832

 

The secret of Roan Inish 2007, 1994

A magical tale of a girl whose search for her missing brother brings an Irish legend to life. 1 videodisc (102 min.)

MEDIA 10-4114

 

Secretary 2003, 2002

Lee Holloway has a few strikes against her when she applies for a secretarial position at the law office of E. Edward Grey. At first the work seems quite normal, but soon, in between typing, filing and coffee making, Lee and Mr. Grey embark on a more personal relationship together, crossing the lines of conduct that would give any human resourses director the vapors. 1 videodisc (111 min.)

MEDIA 10-4035

 

Serial mom 2008, 1994

Beverly Sutphin is a seemingly perfect homemaker who will stop at nothing to rid the neighborhood of anyone failing to live up to her moral code. 1 videodisc (94 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3755

 

Set it off 1999, 1996

"Four women take the law into their own hands and try to get some pay-bak by robbing the city's biggest banks in this riveting action drama."--Container. 1 videodisc (123 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3828

 

The Silence of the lambs 1991, 1998

Jonathan Demme, Kenneth Utt, Edward Saxon, Ron Bozman, Ted Tally, Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, and Thomas Harris

A young female FBI agent is sent to interview notorious killer, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, in hope of obtaining information that will help the Bureau catch another killer. 1 videodisc (118 min.)

MEDIA 10-25

 

The Snake pit 1948, 1993

Anatole Litvak, Darryl Francis Zanuck, Robert Bässler, Olivia De Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, and Mary Jane Ward

A woman finds herself in a state mental institution and must spend several months under the care of her compassionate doctor before she can face the troubling secrets of her past and be cured. 1 videocassette (108 min.)

MEDIA 2-2357 10-2113

 

Sophie's choice 1999

William Styron, Meryl Streep, Peter MacNicol, Kevin Kline, Alan J Pakula, Keith Barish, ITC Entertainment Group, LIVE Entertainment (Firm), and Artisan Home Entertainment (Firm)

A drama set in post-World War II Brooklyn revolves around Sophie, a Polish Catholic beauty who survived Auschwitz, her lover, Nathan, and Stingo, a would-be writer. As the three grow closer, Stingo discovers the captivating and moving truths that each harbor. 1 videodisc (150 min.)

MEDIA 10-549

 

Splendor in the grass c2000, 1961

Natalie Wood, Pat Hingle, Warren Beatty, Elia Kazan, William Inge, Warner Home Video (Firm), and Warner Bros

A story of first love between two teenagers in a 1920s Kansas town. When their desire conflicts with the norms of respectable behavior, serious consequences ensue. 1 videodisc (124 min.)

MEDIA 10-456

 

Spring breakers c2013, 2012

Four frustrated college girlfriends plot to fund their best spring break ever by burglarizing a fast-food shack. But that's only the beginning: during a night of partying, the girls get arrested. Hung over and clad only in bikinis, the girls appear before a judge and get bailed out unexpectedly by Alien, an infamous local dealer who takes them on the wildest spring-break trip in history. 1 videodisc (94 min.)

MEDIA 10-4599

 

Stella Dallas 2005, 1937

Stella, an uncouth, lower-class woman, marries wealthy, well-bred Stephen Dallas to escape her poor surroundings. When their class differences lead to divorce, she undergoes a self-sacrificing struggle to give their daughter a better life, away from her damaging influence. 1 videodisc (106 min.)

MEDIA 10-4462

 

Stranger inside 2002, c2001

Jim McKay, Michael Stipe, Effie T Brown, Cheryl Dunye, Catherine Crouch, Yolanda Ross, Davenia McFadden, Rain Phoenix, Ella Joyce, Conchata Ferrell, Lee Garlington, LaTonya T Hagans, Medusa, Nancy Schreiber, Cecily Rhett, Mychael Danna, Frank Helmer, Candi Guterres, HBO Films, C-Hundred Film Corp, Stranger Baby Productions (Firm), HBO Video (Firm), and Warner Home Video (Firm)

Treasure Lee just moved out of "juvenile" into the State Pen. Now she needs to learn how the system works, search out where the power lies, and find herself a new lover. She soon meets Brownie, a jail-toughened lifer, who works through her extended family of loyal girls. The closer Treasure gets to Brownie, the more enemies she makes. 1 videodisc (90 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2351

 

Sweet land 2007, 2005

Ali Selim, Jim Bigham, Elizabeth Reaser, Tim Guinee, Lois Smith, Ned Beatty, Alan Cumming, Alex Kingston, John Heard, Paul Sand, LaSalle Holland (Firm), 120dB Films (Firm), and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc

Inge is a feisty German mail-order bride who has come to Minnesota to marry Olaf, a young Norwegian immigrant farmer of few words. But in a post-WWI, anti-German climate, the local minister openly forbids the marriage. Inge and Olaf fall in love despite the town's disapproval. But when the town banker attempts to foreclose on the farm of his friend Frandsen, Olaf takes a stand.--Container. 1 videodisc (111 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3088

 

Tank girl c2002, 1995

"The year's 2033 and since a humongous meteor hit the earth, the world just hasn't been the same ... A mega-villain, Kesslee (Malcolm McDowell), the leader of Water & Power, holds the world in his grasp since he controls all the H2O down to the last drop ... or so he thinks. Two colossal enemies stand in his way: (1) The Rippers -- an army of half-men/half-kangaroo people whose sole purpose is to bring down the W. & P. and (2) a chick with a tank and tons of attitude -- a.k.a. Tank Girl. Kesslee had better get a grip on reality and his water jugs because not even a run in her stocking is going to stop her from saving the planet."--Container. 1 videodisc (104 min.)

MEDIA 10-4077

 

Temple Grandin  c2010

An engaging portrait of an autistic young woman who became, through timely mentoring and sheer force of will, one of America's most remarkable success stories as a leader in the field of animal husbandry and the humane handling of cattle. 1 videodisc (ca. 109 min.)

MEDIA 10-5521

 

The three faces of Eve 1993, 1957

Nunnally Johnson, Joanne Woodward, David Wayne, Lee J Cobb,  Edwin Jerome, Alena Murray, Nancy Kulp,  Douglas Spencer, Terry Anne Ross, Ken Scott, Mimi Gibson, Alistair Cooke, Corbett H Thigpen, and Hervey M Cleckley

Based on a true story, this psychological drama about a woman with three personalities explores dimensions of the human mind. 1 videocassette (91 min.)

MEDIA. MEDIA 10-2484   2-3597 2-5670

 

Three veils 2012, 2011

"A film about three young Middle-Eastern women living in the U.S, each with her own personal story. Leila is engaged to be married, however as the wedding night approaches, she becomes less and less sure of how her life is playing out. Amira is a very devout Muslim, but is dealing with her deep repressions about her intimate feelings toward women. Nikki is acting out her promiscuity as she battles her own demons after a tragic death in the family. As the film progresses, all three stories unfold and blend into each other as connections are revealed between the three women."--Zahra Pictures website. 1 videodisc (117 min.)

MEDIA 10-3874

 

True love 2003, 1989

Richard A Guay, Nancy Savoca, Shelley Houis, Annabella Sciorra, Ron Eldard, Kelly Cinnante, Star Jasper, Aida Turturro, Roger Rignack, Forward Films (Firm), and MGM Home Entertainment Inc

This film traces the shifting moods and contrary behavior of two Italian-American sweethearts in the last days before their wedding. 1 videodisc (101 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3504

 

The videoworks of Mindy Faber: Volume 1 1995

Mindy Faber, Patricia Jane Faber, Kendra Scheuerlein, Art Institute of Chicago, and Video Data Bank

The artist reflects on her mother's mental illness in light of women's roles in society, the effect of mental illness on the family, identity, and the relationship between mothers and daughters. 1 videodisc (ca. 33 min.)

MEDIA 10-1476

 

Wanda c2006, 1970

Harry Shuster, Barbara Loden, Michael Higgins, Jerome Thier, Jack Ford, Foundation for Filmakers, and Parlour Pictures

"Wanda is a maladjusted, troubled woman who leaves her husband with whom she readily agrees to leave the children. She attaches herself to a small-time thief because he at least seems to need her a little. The thief finds her a useful accomplice and plans a bank robbery. It fails, he is shot, and Wanda is alone again"--Film Index International. 1 videodisc (102 min.)

MEDIA 10-1188

 

Winter's bone 2010

Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini, Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Kevin Breznahan, Dale Dickey, Michael McDonough, Affonso Gonçalves, Dickon Hinchliffe, Daniel Woodrell, Roadside Attractions (Firm), Anonymous Content (Firm), Winter's Bone Productions, and Lions Gate Films

Seventeen-year-old Ree Dolly sets out to track down her father who put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared. If she fails to find him, she and her family will be turned out into the Ozark woods. Challenging her outlaw kin's code of silence and risking her life, Ree hacks through the lies, evasions, and threats offered up by her relatives and begins to piece together the truth. 1 videodisc (ca. 100 min .) :

MEDIA 10-2380

 

Working girls 1987

Lizzie Borden, Andi Gladstone, Louise Smith, Ellen McElduff, Amanda Goodwin, Marusia Zach, Janne Peters, and Helen Nicholas

With humour and candor, producer Lizzie Borden recreates a typical day in the life of a middle class brothel in New York City, and lets the viewer share the experience of women paid to guarantee satisfaction as told from a woman's perspective. The film treats prostitutes less as stereotypes and more as people--people with feelings, concerns, goals and dreams--just like anybody else. 1 videocassette (93 min.)

MEDIA  MEDIA 2-1868      10-1495