Summary: A pair of preppy yet constitutionally mismatched American cousins, a salesman and a navy officer, argue about romance and politics while working in the beautiful Spanish city of the film's title. Set during the eighties, it explores topics both heady (American exceptionalism, Cold War foreign policy) and hilarious (the ins and outs of international dating, the proper shaving method) while...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY BAR

Summary: The Tony-nominated Broadway phenomenon comes to the big screen. Composer-lyricist Sara Bareilles is Jenna Hunterson, a waitress and expert pie maker stuck in a small town and a loveless marriage. When a baking contest offers her a chance at escape, Jenna fights to reclaim part of herself. Waitress celebrates the power of friendship, dreams, the family we choose and the beauty of a well-baked pie.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MUSICALS WAI
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVD

Summary: In Barcelona, Spain during the last decade of the Cold War, Ted Boynton, the Spanish representative for a Chicago electric engine firm, plays host to his cousin, Fred Boynton, a lieutenant in the Navy. Ted is earnest and ambitious, but not a typical American salesman. Fred is an advance man for the Sixth Fleet's upcoming shore leave. They are smart but somewhat naive white-collar workers, who...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Pictures 2002

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BAR

Summary: "Nine-year-old Isabelle is an inspired dancer with a flair for fashion design. She's thrilled to be studying ballet at a prestigious performing arts school, but her classmates are so talented--and she can't help feeling that she's always in the shadow of her 'perfect' older sister, Jade. So when her idol, a famous ballerina, encourages her to audition for a professional ballet, Isabelle isn't...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ISA

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV AME

Summary: "Emmy Award-winner John Scagliotti, producer of the landmark films "Before Stonewall" and "After Stonewall", guides us in a wondrous tour of erotic history, poetry and visual art in this point-of-view documentary on same-sex desire from ancient times to Victorian crimes. He explores how the sexual revolution of the 1960s and the growth of LGBT political power in the 1990s cleared the path for...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BEF

Summary: A vivid look at America's oldest continuously published weekly magazine. Centered through editor Katrina vanden Heuvel, as well as an impressive array of passionate writers, the film is a journey into the soul of American Journalism. With unfettered access and unfiltered honesty, it captures the day-to-day pressures and challenges of publishing a weekly magazine, as well as illuminating how the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF HOT

Summary: Chronicles the decade-long search for Osama bin Laden following the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of Navy SEAL Team 6.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2013

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ZER

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Ze

Smith, Will

Summary: One thousand years after humans leave Earth, when a man and his son crash land on Earth, the son sets out on a journey to save his injured father.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Enter 2013

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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD AFT

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE AFT

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie After 2013

Summary: Military dog Max returns from service in Afghanistan, traumatized by his handler's death. He's adopted by the man's family and helps the grieving family heal.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2015

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY MAX

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MAX

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MAX

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MAX RATED PG

Summary: Grammy-nominated film that chronicles the life and career of Arif Mardin, the man who produced more than 50 gold and platinum records and won twelve Grammys. Featuring interviews and/or studio footage with Willie Nelson, Carly Simon, Jewel, Daryl Hall, Phil Collins, Norah Jones and many others. The Greatest Ears in Town is one of the most insightful, inspirational and enjoyable documentaries...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GRE

Summary: Two female soldiers, one rebellious and one controlled, find friendship with one another while patrolling the streets of Jerusalem.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2007

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CLO

Summary: The notorious Pepe le Moko is a wanted man--women long for him, rivals hope to destroy him and the law is breathing down his neck at every turn. On the lam in the Casbah of Algiers, Pépé is safe from the police until a Parisian playgirl compels him

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2003

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PEP

Summary: When a new student starts in Professor Hundert's class, little does the professor know that this student will change his life forever. They start out butting heads and end up forming a friendship that will shake the controlled world of the professor. The lessons learned will last a lifetime.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2003

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA EMP

Summary: In her breathtaking and assured debut feature, Lynne Ramsay creates a haunting evocation of a troubled Glasgow childhood. Set during Scotland's national garbage strike of the mid-1970s, Ratcatcher explores the experiences of a poor adolescent boy as he struggles to reconcile his dreams and his guilt with the abjection that surrounds him. Utilizing beautiful, elusive imagery, candid...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RAT

Summary: The portrayal of an actor who finds his on stage role of Othello is affecting his off stage life as murderous revenge begins to seem reasonable.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Republic Pictures 2003

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DOU

Savage, Ann

Summary: Through re-enactments and portrayals of both real and imagined events, filmmaker Guy Maddin takes viewers on a surreal tour of Winnipeg, the city he has lived in his entire life.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Distribution 2015

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1 available in Avant-Garde DVDs, Call number: DVD AVANT-GARDE MY

Summary: Four overweight friends from the Israeli city of Ramla, fed up with dieting and the dieting club they belong to, discover the world of Sumo, where large people are honored and appreciated.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Menemsha Films 2010

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MAT

Summary: A "docu-fantasia" about the city of Winnipeg, the hometown of the director, Guy Maddin.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Genius Entertainment 2008

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1 available in Avant-Garde DVDs, Call number: DVD AVANT-GARDE MY

Summary: A group of ants in the desert become intelligent and start trying to communicate with humans, after a mysterious cosmic event.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Legend Films 2008

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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI PHA

Summary: A young FBI agent, Johnny Utah, infiltrates a cunning team of thrill-seeking elite athletes, led by the charismatic Bodhi. The athletes are suspected of carrying out a spate of crimes in extremely unusual ways. Deep undercover, and with his life in imminent danger, Utah strives to prove they are the architects of this string of inconceivable crimes.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD POI

Eakin, Marshall C. (Marshall Craig)

Summary: Professor Marshall C. Eakin presents twenty-four 30-minute lectures examining both the unity and diversity in the early history of the Americas. He discusses how Christopher Columbus's voyage to the Americas in 1492 created a collision between three distinct peoples and cultures, European, African, and Native-American, and gave birth to the distinct identity of the Americas today.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.01 CON

Summary: Aviva is a poor cook at a local Tiberias hotel whose big dream is about to come true. Through her sister, Anita, she meets Oded, a famous write who promises he'll make Aviva a great writer too. But Aviva's big break starts to affect her family, and not necessarily in a good way. Aviva's future begins to alternate between despair and hope.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Sisu Home Entertainment 2009

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN AVI