Arte France
1) The salesman
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Persian
Description
The story of a couple whose relationship begins to turn sour during their performance of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Using James Baldwin's unfinished final manuscript, Remember This House, this documentary follows the lives and successive assassinations of three of the author's friends, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., delving into the legacy of these iconic figures and narrating historic events using Baldwin's original words and a flood of rich archival material. An up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, this film is a journey into...
3) The lunchbox
Language
Hindi
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Description
Trying to add some spice to her marriage, Ila prepares a special lunchbox for her husband at work. Unbeknownst to her, it is mistakenly delivered to another worker, Saajan. Curious about the lack of reaction from her husband, Ila puts a note in the next day's lunchbox. This begins a series of lunchbox notes between Saajan and Ila, and the communication soon evolves into an unexpected friendship. Ila and Saajan become lost in a virtual relationship...
Series
Criterion collection volume 1178
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"A model-influencer couple get a ticket to the luxe life when they are invited aboard an all-expenses-paid cruise alongside a coterie of the rich and ghoulish, but an act of fate turns their Insta-perfect world upside down" --Container.
Publisher
Wellspring
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Français
Description
"What starts as a chance meeting between a 30-something English woman Alice (Sarah Pratt) and a 16 year-old French boy (Gilles Guillain) quickly develops into much more on an overnight ferry ride. As the coversation progresses, it is clear that although the two have virtually nothing in common, the sexual tension is evident. When they finally act on their growing attraction, a surprise twist is thrown in that will leave you wondering who really seduced...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The beautiful widow Susan Vernon has come to the estate of her in-laws to wait out colorful rumors about her dalliances circulating through polite society. Whilst there, she decides to secure a husband for herself and her rather reluctant debutante daughter, Frederica.
Series
Criterion collection volume 899
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
This evocative character study tells the story of a young American fashion assistant and spiritual medium who is living in Paris and searching for signs of an afterlife following the sudden death of her twin brother. A chilling meditation on modern modes of communication and the way one mourn those they love.
Language
English
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Set in Poland, Paris and Berlin in the years leading up to the Second World War. At the French embassy in Warsaw, Colonel Jean-Francois Mercier, is drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal and intrigue in the diplomatic salons and back alleys of the city. At the same time, he is involved in a passionate love affair with a Parisian woman of Polish heritage. Risking his life, Mercier works in the shadows amid a remarkable cast of characters, some known...
9) The square
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
A satirical drama reflecting the times, about the sense of community, moral courage and the affluent person's need for egocentricity in an increasingly uncertain world.
10) Chasing the moon
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Chasing the moon reimagines the race to the moon for a new generation, upending much of the conventional mythology surrounding the effort. The series recasts the Space Age as a fascinating stew of scientific innovation, political calculation, media spectacle, visionary impulses and personal drama. With no narration and using only archival footage, including a visual feast of previously lost or overlooked material, the film features a diverse cast...
12) Faces places
Series
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Français
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Director Agnes Varda and photographer/muralist JR journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.
13) Things to come
Publisher
Sundance Selects
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Français
Description
Nathalie is a philosophy teacher with a seemingly settled existence, juggling a rich life of the mind with the day-to-day demands of career and family. But beginning with the bombshell revelation that her husband of twenty-five years is leaving her, one by one the pillars of Nathalie's life start to crumble. For the first time in ages, she finds herself adrift, but also with a newfound sense of liberation. With nothing to hold her back, Nathalie sets...
14) Rubber
Publisher
Magnet Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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Description
Robert, an inanimate tire that was abandoned in the desert, suddenly and inexplicably comes to life. As Robert roams the landscape, he discovers that he possesses terrifying telepathic powers that give him the ability to destroy anything without having to move. Content to prey on small desert creatures and discarded objects, his attention soon turns to humans, especially a beautiful and mysterious woman who crosses his path. Robert becomes a chaotic...
15) The red turtle
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The dialogue-less film follows the major life stages of a castaway on a deserted tropical island populated by turtles, crabs and birds.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In July 2022, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope released its first images, looking further back in time than ever before to show our universe in stunningly beautiful detail. But that was just the beginning. With tons of new data and spectacular images flooding in, Webb is allowing scientists to peer deep in time to try to answer some of astronomy's biggest questions. When--and how--did the first stars and galaxies form? And can we see the fingerprints...
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
The story of the 200-year struggle to unlock the secrets of the hieroglyphs. This amazing detective story is filled with false leads, rivalries and colliding personalities. It takes us from the jungles of Guatemala the bitter cold of Russia.
18) Life of Buddha
Publisher
Arte Video
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the story of Prince Siddhartha and his spiritual transformation into the Buddha.
20) Dynamic planet
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
An epic new series, filmed over three years,that travels to the extremes on all seven continents to meet an extraordinary group of people and animals living and working on the front line of climate change. They reveal how science, nature and tradition can prepare us for the future.