DVD - U. S. & Foreign Feature Films

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These are new feature films from all over the world. 

06/19/2013 - 2:13pm

Life is sweet Cover
Mike Leigh
Simon Channing-Williams
Alison Steadman
Jim Broadbent
Timothy Spall
An amusing portrait of a working-class family in a suburb just north of London, an irrepressible mum and dad and their night-and-day twins, a bookish good girl and a sneering lay about. A vivid, lived-in story of ordinary existence, in which even modest dreams (such as the father's desire to open a food truck) carry enormous weight. Perched on the line between humor and melancholy.
Comedy
Jun 4, 2013
Medium cool Cover
Robert Forster
Verna Bloom
Peter Bonerz
The story of the working world and romantic life of a television cameraman is a visceral, lasting cinematic snapshot of the era, climaxing with an extended sequence shot right in the middle of the riots surrounding the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. An inventive commentary on the pleasures and dangers of wielding a camera, Medium Cool is as prescient a political film as Hollywood has ever produced.
Drama
May 29, 2013
Quartet Cover
Dustin Hoffman
Ronald Harwood
Finola Dwyer
Stewart Mackinnon
Maggie Smith
The rumor circling the halls is that Beecham House (the home for retired musicians) is soon to play host to a new resident. Word is, it's a star. Reginald, Wilfred and Cecily are in for a special shock when the new arrival turns out to be none other than their former singing partner, Jean. Her subsequent career as a star soloist, and the ego that accompanied it, split up their long friendship and ended her marriage to Reggie, who takes the news of her arrival particularly hard.
Comedy
Jun 18, 2013
Side effects Cover
Steven Soderbergh
Lorenzo Di Bonaventura
Scott Z Burns
Rooney Mara
Jude Law
A young woman's world unravels when a drug prescribed by her psychiatrist has unexpected side effects.
Drama
May 30, 2013
Swimming to Cambodia Cover
Spalding Gray
Jonathan Demme
Spalding Gray performs a monologue that mostly recounts his trip to Southeast Asia to create the role of the U.S. Ambassador's aide in the 1984 Oscar-winning film The Killing Fields.
Comedy
Jun 10, 2013
The athlete Cover
Davey Frankel
Rasselas Lakew
Dag Malmberg
Ruta Gedmintas
Abba Waka Dessalegn
Tells the true story of Ethiopian runner Abebe Bikila who in 1960 became the first African to win the Olympic marathon only to face his greatest challenge when he lost the use of his legs in a car accident several years later.
Drama
May 29, 2013
The Bletchley circle: cracking a killer's code Cover
Anna Maxwell Martin
Rachael Stirling
Sophie Rundle
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
PBS Distribution (Firm)
Four women who worked as codebreakers at Bletchley Park have taken up civilian lives. Susan has collated data about a series of murders. She tries to convince the police she knows where another body is, but they are unable to locate it and dismiss her. She turns to her three friends and they work out where the next victim will be taken, find the body, and then decide they are the only ones who can track down the killer.
Drama
Jun 3, 2013
11 flowers Cover
Xiaoshuai Wang
Jinchun Wang
A coming-of-age tale set in the final days of China's Cultural Revolution. Eleven-year-old Wang lives with his family in a remote village in Guizhou Province. Life is tough, but they make the most of what little they have. When Wang is selected to lead his school in daily gymnastics, he is told he must wear a clean, new shirt, which forces his family to make a great sacrifice. Soon after, Wang has an encounter with a wounded, desperate man on the run. In no time their fates are intertwined.
895.13 Ele
Jun 13, 2013
Band of outsiders Cover
Jean-Luc Godard
Anna Karina
Danièle Delorme
Louisa Colpeyn
Chantal Darget
Two restless young men enlist the object of their desire to help them commit a robbery ... in her own home.
843 Ban
Jun 19, 2013
Lore Cover
Cate Shortland
Benny Dreschel
Robin Mukherjee
Saskia Rosendahl
Kai-Peter Malina
Abandoned by their Nazi parents at the end of World War II, five German siblings, led by fourteen year old Lore embark on a harrowing journey across their war-torn country.
833 Lor
Jun 4, 2013
Neighboring sounds Cover
Kleber Mendonça Filho
Irma Brown
Sebastiao Formiga
Gustavo Jahn
On a quiet city block in the coastal city of Recife, ruled by an aging patriarch and his sons, a recent spate of petty crime has rattled the nerves of the well-to-do residents. When a mysterious security firm is brought in to watch over the neighborhood, it sparks the fears and anxieties of a divided society still haunted by its past.
869.3 Nei
Jun 4, 2013
Silent souls Cover
Denis Osokin
Yuliya Aug
Igor Sergeyev
︠I︡Uriĭ ︠T︡Surilo
Ivan Tushin
Tough guy Miron asks taciturn writer Aist to accompany him on a long journey to dispose of his dead wife's remains according to the rituals of the Merya people, an ancient tribe from picturesque West-Central Russia. As the two friends traverse the evocatively bleak landscape with her body and a pair of caged birds, Miron fills the hours relating the most intimate details of his marriage.
891.7 Sil
Jun 4, 2013
Tatsumi Cover
Eric Khoo
Fong Cheng Tan
Tetsuya Bessho
Motoko Gollent
Rafael Bonifacio
In post-war occupied Japan, young Tatsumi's passion for comics not only becomes a means of supporting his poor family but also leads him to redefine the manga landscape. He pioneered gekiga (dramatic pictures), an alternative genre for adults which is realistic, disquieting and grapples with the darker aspects of life. This film celebrates the life of this master and five of his most compelling tales. A war photographer captures a moving scene in the ruins of Hiroshima, only to be haunted by its sinister truth. A lonely factory worker parts with his beloved monkey, with tragic consequences. A despised prostitute severs ties with all men, beginning with her loutish father.
895.63 Tat
Jun 4, 2013
Twenty-four eyes Cover
Keisuke Kinoshita
Ryotaro Kuwata
Hideko Takamine
Shizue Natsukawa
Chishū Ryū
An elegant, emotional chronicle of a teacher's unwavering commitment to her students, her profession, and her sense of morality. It takes a simultaneously sober and sentimental look at the epic themes of aging, war, and death.
895.63 Twe
Jun 4, 2013
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Mike Leigh
Simon Channing-Williams
Alison Steadman
Jim Broadbent
Timothy Spall
Comedy
Xiaoshuai Wang
Jinchun Wang
895.13 Ele
Robert Forster
Verna Bloom
Peter Bonerz
Drama
Jean-Luc Godard
Anna Karina
Danièle Delorme
Louisa Colpeyn
Chantal Darget
843 Ban
Dustin Hoffman
Ronald Harwood
Finola Dwyer
Stewart Mackinnon
Maggie Smith
Comedy
Cate Shortland
Benny Dreschel
Robin Mukherjee
Saskia Rosendahl
Kai-Peter Malina
833 Lor
Steven Soderbergh
Lorenzo Di Bonaventura
Scott Z Burns
Rooney Mara
Jude Law
Drama
Kleber Mendonça Filho
Irma Brown
Sebastiao Formiga
Gustavo Jahn
869.3 Nei
Spalding Gray
Jonathan Demme
Comedy
Denis Osokin
Yuliya Aug
Igor Sergeyev
︠I︡Uriĭ ︠T︡Surilo
Ivan Tushin
891.7 Sil
Davey Frankel
Rasselas Lakew
Dag Malmberg
Ruta Gedmintas
Abba Waka Dessalegn
Drama
Eric Khoo
Fong Cheng Tan
Tetsuya Bessho
Motoko Gollent
Rafael Bonifacio
895.63 Tat
Anna Maxwell Martin
Rachael Stirling
Sophie Rundle
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
PBS Distribution (Firm)
Drama
Keisuke Kinoshita
Ryotaro Kuwata
Hideko Takamine
Shizue Natsukawa
Chishū Ryū
895.63 Twe