Catherine Hardwicke
Author
Language
English
Description
The body of a young girl is discovered in a field of wheat. Her flesh mutilated by telltale claw marks. The Wolf has broken the peace. When Valerie learns that her sister has been killed by the legendary creature, she finds herself at the center of a dark mystery, one that has plagued her village for generations. It is revealed that the werewolf lives among them, and everyone in the village immediately becomes a suspect. Could her secret love Peter...
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In this intimate book, readers will follow visionary director Catherine Hardwicke through the creative process that went into transforming Stephenie Meyer's breathtaking novel into box office gold. Discover the inside secrets on wardrobe, storyboard sketches, behind-the-scenes photographs, personal notes about Catherine's favorite scenes, and much more.
3) Mafia Mamma
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
While seeing to her long estranged (and now deceased) grandfather's affairs in Italy, Collette, a mild mannered suburban mom, unexpectedly inherits his mafia empire and finds herself stuck in the middle of a deadly mob war. Guided by the firm's trusted consigliere (Monica Bellucci), she hilariously defies everyone's expectations, including her own, as the new head of the family business.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's an honest and powerful story following two best friends, Milly and Jess, as they navigate life's highs and lows. Inseparable since they were young girls, they can't remember a time they didn't share everything, secrets, clothes, even boyfriends, but nothing prepares them for the day Milly is hit with life-altering news. A story for every modern woman, it celebrates the bond of true friendship that ultimately can never be broken, even in life's...
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
This celebrated film follows female directors working in Hollywood. HALF THE PICTURE uses the current EEOC investigation into discriminatory hiring practices as a framework to talk to these successful women directors about their career paths, struggles, inspiration and hopes for the future. Winner of a #WhatNext Prize at the **Sundance Film Festival**. Official Selection at the **SXSW Film Festival.** *"An important piece of testimony in the fight...
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Fullscreen and widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Young Mary is told by the Angel Gabriel that she will bear the long-awaited Messiah, who will liberate the Jews from Herod and his Roman benefactors, while her affianced husband Joseph is told in a dream that Mary speaks truthfully about her miraculous pregnancy.
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"If the camera is predatory, then the culture is predatory." In this eye-opening documentary, celebrated independent filmmaker Nina Menkes explores the sexual politics of cinematic shot design. Using clips from hundreds of movies we all know and love - from Metropolis to Vertigo to Phantom Thread - Menkes convincingly makes the argument that shot design is gendered. BRAINWASHED: SEX-CAMERA-POWER illuminates the patriarchal narrative codes that hide...
10) Miss You Already
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's an honest and powerful story following two best friends, Milly and Jess, as they navigate life's highs and lows. Inseparable since they were young girls, they can't remember a time they didn't share everything, secrets, clothes, even boyfriends, but nothing prepares them for the day Milly is hit with life-altering news. A story for every modern woman, it celebrates the bond of true friendship that ultimately can never be broken, even in life's...
11) Mafia Mamma
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
An American mom inherits her grandfather's mafia empire in Italy. Guided by the firm's consigliere, she hilariously defies everyone's expectations as the new head of the family business.
12) Twilight
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Bella Swan moves to the small town of Forks, Washington, she doesn't expect much. That is until she meets the mysterious and handsome Edward Cullen. He is a high school student who is hiding a dark secret. He is a vampire. As their worlds and hearts collide, Edward must battle the bloodlust raging inside him as well as a coterie of undead that would make Bella their prey.
13) Red Riding Hood
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Valerie is a beautiful young woman torn between two men. She is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter, but her parents have arranged for her to marry the wealthy Henry. Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter are planning to run away together when they learn that Valerie's older sister has been killed by the werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village.
15) Twilight
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Isabella Swan moves to gloomy Forks, Washington to live with her father. She begins her junior year in high school and becomes fascinated by Edward Cullen. He holds a dark secret which is only known by his family. To Edward, Bella is what he has waited 90 years for, a true sole mate. But he knows the further they progress in their relationship the more he is putting Bella and those close to her at risk. Edward tries to warn Bella that she should leave...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Begins with the slaughter of Bethlehem's innocents under orders from a paranoid King Herod. Go back a year to the prophecy that informs Zechariah that his wife, Elizabeth, will bear a child. Elizabeth's cousin, the adolescent Mary, struggles with her family to make ends meet and is promised to the carpenter Joseph. Mary is told by the angel Gabriel that she will carry, while still a virgin, the long-awaited Messiah who will liberate the Jews from...
17) Miss Bala
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Gloria finds a power she never knew she had when she is drawn into a dangerous world of cross-border crime. Surviving will require all of her cunning, inventiveness, and strength. Contains French descriptive video.
18) Laurel Canyon
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Harvard graduate Sam and his fiancée, Alex, move into Sam's mother's house in upscale Laurel Canyon, thinking that she would not be there. Only problem is that she is still there, supposedly finishing up a record that she's producing for her boy toy, Ian's band. Sam's mom seems more interested in smoking pot and drinking than actually working, though. Alex doesn't mind, but Sam is quite upset. Alex starts off focused as she works on finishing a...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Begins with the slaughter of Bethlehem's innocents under orders from a paranoid King Herod. Go back a year to the prophecy that informs Zechariah that his wife, Elizabeth, will bear a child. Elizabeth's cousin, the adolescent Mary, struggles with her family to make ends meet and is promised to the carpenter Joseph. Mary is told by the angel Gabriel that she will carry, while still a virgin, the long-awaited Messiah who will liberate the Jews from...
20) Thirteen
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Los Angeles teenager and overachiever Tracy is an excellent student in her seventh grade class and gets along well with her mother, Melanie. She fears that she's not cool enough to be friends with Evie, the most popular girl in school. Fueled with genuine adolescent energy, Tracy follows Evie's lead into the harsh realities of sex, drugs, and hard-edged adventure. Consumed with temptations and conflicting desires, Tracy loses her good-girl identity,...
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