Summary: Set in 1961 when Kempton Bunton, a 60-year-old taxi driver, stole Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery's history. Kempton sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government agreed to provide television for free to the elderly. What happened next became...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY DUKCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE DUKCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie DukeSummary: Human trafficking, a woman seized by cannibalistic urges, a serial killer with a crush, and a ghostly presence. A horror anthology of four tragic, interlocking, and intertwined stories that take place within one seemingly normal neighborhood.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER ROY1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER ROY
Summary: A writer is put on trial for her husband's suspicious demise, which happened while their blind son was out of the house, and the writer is well-known for turning her life into auto-fiction.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2024
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ANACopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVDSummary: In 1960s Boston, Eileen shuffles between her emotionally haunted home and the prison where she works. When an intoxicating woman joins the prison staff, Eileen is taken but her newfound confidant entangles her in a shocking crime.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA EIL1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVD
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD EILSummary: In the 1840s, acclaimed self-taught palaeontologist Mary Anning works alone on the wild English coastline. She hunts for common fossils to sell to rich tourists to support herself. When one such tourist arrives in Lyme, he entrusts Mary with the care of his young wife Charlotte, who is recuperating from a personal tragedy. Despite their differences, it is the beginning of a passionate and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AMMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AMMCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA AMMCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE AMMSummary: As the world searches for a cure to a devastating virus, a scientist and a park scout venture deep in the forest for a routine equipment run. Through the night, their journey becomes a terrifying voyage through the heart of darkness., the forest coming to life around them.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR INSummary: Dog lives in Manhattan and is tired of being alone, so he builds himself a robot. Their friendship blossoms to the rhythm of '80s NYC until, one summer night, Dog is forced to abandon Robot at the beach. Will they ever meet again?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024