John Waters
1) Carsick
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
"John Waters is putting his life on the line. Armed with wit, a pencil-thin mustache, and a cardboard sign that reads 'I'm not psycho, ' he hitchhikes across America from Baltimore to San Francisco, braving lonely roads and treacherous drivers. But who should we be more worried about: the delicate film director with genteel manners or the unsuspecting travelers transporting the Pope of Trash?"--Dust jacket flap.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"[It] tells the story of the Black queer origins of rock n' roll, exploding the whitewashed canon of American pop music to reveal the innovator -- the originator -- Richard Penniman. Through a wealth of archival footage, performances, and interviews, the film unspools the icon's life story with all its switchbacks and contradictions"--Container.
5) Hairspray
Language
English
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Formats
Description
In 1962 Baltimore, all the kids watch the Corny Collins Show. Every day after school Tracy Turnblad, an overweight teenager with all the right moves, and her best friend Penny run home to watch and drool over teenage heartthrob Link Larkin. When one of the "Council Kids" goes on a leave of absence, Tracy auditions to be the replacement, is sent to detention for skipping school, and thereby meets Seaweed--who shows her how to really shake 'em down....
7) Cry-baby
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"Eisenhower is president. Rock n' roll is king. And Wade 'Cry-baby' Walker is the baddest hood in his high school whose amazing ability to shed one tear drives all the girls wild, especially Allison Vernon-Williams, a rich beautiful 'square' who finds herself uncontrollably drawn to the dreamy juvenile delinquent and his forbidden world of rockabilly music, fast cars and faster women"--Container.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
In their latest adventure, the Wiggles go bananas! The fab four of fun have recorded some of their most catchy and infectious songs to date. Even pop superstar Kylie Minogue has donned a pink skivvy and joined the Wiggles to sing Monkey man.
10) Seed of Chucky
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Chucky and his homicidal honey Tiffany are brought back to life by their oddball offspring, Glen. The couple takes Los Angeles by storm, unleashing a wild new rampage of murderous mayhem. As Chucky and Tiffany get rolling on a new murder spree, Chucky can't believe his child doesn't want to walk in his murdering footsteps.
11) Polyester
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Comic melodrama about a typical American housewife whose life is going to pot.
Publisher
FreemantleMedia Enterprises
Pub. Date
[2008, 2007]
Language
English
Description
Based on actual court cases, 'Til Death Do Us Part is a collection of romances which turn into horrors when spouses plot, plan, kill, and dispose of their significant others. Packed with intrigue and suspense, they'll keep you guessing as they twist and turn their way to a shocking finale, John Waters-style.
13) Hairspray
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Tracy Turnblad, a teenager with huge hair, a big grin, and all the right moves, becomes the queen of Baltimore's number one dance revue.
17) Lynch/Oz
Series
Publisher
Janus Films, The Criterion Channel
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The themes, images, and cultural vernacular of Victor Fleming's The Wizard of Oz continue to haunt David Lynch's filmography from his early short "The Alphabet" to his television series Twin Peaks: The Return. Is Lynch trapped in the Land of Oz? If so, what can we learn about his body of work by closely examining how it intersects and communicates with that legendary fantasy? In turn, what do Lynch's films have to say about the enduring resonance...
18) Serial mom
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
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.
19) Female trouble
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Film follows the trials and tribulations of Dawn Davenport. Her life is ruined when her parents refuse to get her a pair of 'Cha-Cha heels' for Christmas. This is the original, uncut, full-length version of the film.
20) Breaker Morant
Publisher
Fox Lorber Home Video
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Following the brutal death of a British captain in the Boer War in South Africa in 1901, Lt. Harry Morant leads his unit in pursuit of the Boers, attacks their camp, and has a captive executed. Other executions and deaths lead to the arrest and trial of Morant and two other lieutenants.