Catherine Keener
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Narrated by Catherine Keener, LOST ANGELS: SKID ROW IS MY HOME takes an uncompromising yet life-affirming look at the lives of eight remarkable individuals, people who have found a way to make a life for themselves within the community of homelessness. The film shows how their descent into society's basement has been exacerbated by the forces of gentrification and the increasing criminalization of homeless people, while exposing the draconian changes...
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A small-town nurse named Susette Kelo emerges as the reluctant leader of her working-class neighbors in their struggle to save their homes from political and corporate interests bent on seizing the land and handing it over to Pfizer Corporation. Susette's battle goes all the way to the US Supreme Court and the controversial 5-4 decision in Kelo vs. City of New London gave government officials the power to bulldoze a neighborhood for the benefit of...
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Friends Laura, Frank, Andrew and Amelia always have something to laugh about when it comes to matters of the heart. There are good dates, bad dates, and no dates. Wild fantasies. Long-distance phone sex. And an outrageous search for Mr. Right that turns up every oddball imaginable! The ups and downs of modern romance aren't easy…but they've never been funnier!
5) No Future
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After the tragic overdose of his estranged friend, Will, a recovering addict, returns home, where he is reunited with Claire, his friend's grieving mother, with whom he begins a secret but volatile affair.
6) Enough said
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Divorced mom Eva may be falling for Albert, a sweet, funny, like-minded divorced man. But as their relationship blossoms, Eva befriends Marianne, who's always complaining about her ex-husband. When Eva realizes that Albert is the target of Marianne's rants, she begins to question her own perceptions about first impressions and second chances.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Susette Kelo, a small-town nurse, develops as the hesitant leader of her working-class neighbors in their fight to save their homes from political and corporate entities intent on taking the land and handing it over to Pfizer Corporation. Her battle goes all the way to the US Supreme Court and the controversial decision gave government officials the power to destroy a neighborhood for the benefit of a multibillion-dollar corporation.
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Bob Parr, Mr. Incredible, has unwittingly demonstrated repeated that Supers can cause as much damage as villains while protecting the world, which causes his wife -- Elastigirl -- to be chosen as the face of a movement to make Supers legal again. Still, it will take the entire gang to take down a new supervillain bent on mind-controlling the entire world!
10) Nostalgia
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A profoundly moving drama about people's collective need to find meaning in the objects we hold dear. It is a mosaic of interconnected stories built around the central theme of loss and memory, filled with characters as real and recognizable as friends and neighbors.
11) The soloist
Pub. Date
c2009
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1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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In 2005, the only thing hurting Los Angeles Times columnist and recent bike accident victim Steve Lopez more than his banged-up face, was his pressing need for story ideas. He soon discovers Nathaniel Ayers, a skid row schizophrenic street musician, who possesses extraordinary talent - even though he only has half-broken instruments to play. Inspired by Nathaniel's story, Lopez writes an acclaimed series of articles about him and attempts to do more...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ben is an overburdened movie producer. He tries to balance his life and has to contend with the never-ending demands of 2 ex-wives, his ice-queen studio head, and a menagerie of various Hollywood prima donnas. Ben manages to take it all in stride. He copes by exuding a smoothly assuring demeanor. The only thing that really seems to upset Ben is when he discovers that his ex-wife sleeps with one of his colleagues.
13) Capote
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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In 1959, Truman Capote was a popular writer for The New Yorker. He learns about the horrific and senseless murder of a family of four in Halcomb, Kansas. Inspired by the story, Capote and his partner, Harper Lee, travel to the town to do research for an article. However, as Capote digs deeper into the story, he is inspired to expand the project into what would be his greatest work, "In Cold Blood." He arranges extensive interviews with the prisoners,...
14) The interpreter
Pub. Date
[2005], c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In one of the hidden corridors of power at UN headquarters, translator Silvia Broome overhears a potentially explosive secret about a planned assassination attempt. But when federal agent Tobin Keller investigates her claim, is she a victim or a suspect?
15) Into the wild
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (148 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Freshly graduated from college with a promising future ahead, Christopher McCandless walked out of his privileged life and into the wild in search of adventure. What happened to him on the way transformed this young wanderer into an enduring symbol for countless people, a fearless risk-taker who wrestled with the precarious balance between man and nature. Based on a true story.
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 122 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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In the drug war, there are no rules, and as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the US border, federal agent Matt Graver calls on the mysterious Alejandro, whose family was murdered by a cartel kingpin. Alejandro kidnaps the kingpin's daughter to inflame the conflict. But when the girl is seen as collateral damage, her fate will come between the two men.
18) Get out
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A young black man meets his white girlfriend's parents at their estate, only to find out that the situation is much more sinister than it appears.
19) Captain Phillips
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, which was the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
20) A late quartet
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After twenty-five years together, the members of a world-renowned string quartet learn that their beloved cellist may soon be forced to retire. Competing egos, harbored resentment, and irrepressible lust threaten to derail the group as they struggle to maintain harmony in their music and their lives.