Summary: "The Benedetti family has been haunted by a curse for generations. On a long drive to visit their reclusive grandfather in Tuscany, Luigi Benedetti tells his children the mysterious story of their ancestors -- a tragic tale filled with forbidden love, passion, vengeance and betrayal"--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Koch Entertainment 2008

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

Summary: When their dad dies on his 55th birthday, Beverley Hills sisters Mary and Nora find themselves destitute, forced by a grasping sister-in-law to move in with their aunt in East L.A. Younger sister Mary is mortified, without Spanish, and scared of the vatos. Her sister convinces her to finish college, where she promptly decides that one of her T.A.s will be her ticket back to Rodeo Drive. Elder...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: OddLot Films 2011

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

Summary: A Paris housewife begins secretly spending her afternoon hours working in a bordello in an examination of contemporary social mores and class divisions.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2012

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

Summary: Follows five young Mexican-American caddies in 1955 who, fueled by their passion for golf, defy the odds by creating their own course in the South Texas desert. Despite facing outdated equipment and a lack of professional instruction, they triumph over wealthier, all-white teams to win the 1957 Texas State High School Golf Championship.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRAMA LON

Summary: The story of a young man coming face to face with his hero an exploring the tangled relationship between the dreams of youth and the wisdom of age.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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

Summary: Alicia is helpless. War memories invade her mind like threatening thunder. Uprooted by the armed conflict, she tries to reshape her life in La Sirga, a dilapidated hostel on the shores of a great lake in the highlands of the Andes. There, on a swampy and murky beach, she will try to settle down until her fears and the threat of war resurface again. --http://www.filmmovement.com.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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

Summary: Orna is the mother of three children whose husband is struggling to open a restaurant. To help support her family, Orna lands a job with a former army superior who is now a successful real estate developer. While Orna tries to balance work and her home life, she experiences escalating sexual harassment from her boss. A pattern of predatory behavior ultimately brings her career and marital...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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

Summary: The true story of Jean-Marie Lustiger, the son of Polish-Jewish immigrants, who maintained his cultural identity as a Jew even after converting to Catholicism at a young age, and later joining the priesthood. Quickly rising within the ranks of the Church; Lustiger was appointed Archbishop of Paris by Pope Jean Paul II- and found a new platform to celebrate his dual identity as a Catholic Jew;...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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

Summary: "Poignant performances and genuine emotion illuminate this inspiring coming of age story about self discovery and the healing power of forgiveness. Newcomer Rachel Hendrix stars as Hannah, a college student whose world is shattered when she discovers her parents have kept a life-changing secret from her that will force her to question who she truly is."--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox 2012

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

Summary: A farmer moves his family to South Africa and suffers a series of seemingly insurmountable losses. Through unlikely friendships and much needed divine intervention, he discovers his life's true purpose and it sustains his unwavering belief in the power of faith.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009

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

Summary: ER doctor Rike (Susanne Wolff) embarks on a one-woman solo sailing trip to Ascension Island in the Atlantic Ocean. When Rike comes across a sinking ship of refugees, she is quickly torn out of her contented and idealized world and must make a momentous decision. Aptly named after the mythological river that separates the living from the dead, STYX is an astute modern day parable of Western...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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

Summary: An uncle is forced to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Amazon Studios 2017

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

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MAN RATED R

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

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Manchester 2017

Summary: Follows the life of Polish artist Wladyslaw Strzeminski.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY TCFF AFT

Summary: Niko is having a tough morning. He's broken up with his girlfriend, been cut off from his monthly allowance, and was just declared "emotionally unstable" by a court-appointed psychologist. If only he could find a decent cup of coffee. Painting an eventful day-in-the-life of a twenty-something law school dropout, A Coffee In Berlin follows Niko as he drifts through a series of absurd, funning...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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

Summary: A successful singer-songwriter hatches a plan to help his friend's struggling comedy career and broken love life by hiring him as his opening act on his solo tour.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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

Summary: Henry, a psychopathic drifter who has left a trail of bodies in his wake, settles for a while at the dilapidated Chicago apartment of ex-prison mate Otis. Into this toxic environment comes Otis's younger sister Becky, who's fleeing an abusive marriage and looking for a place to stay. Deflecting her brother's incestuous advances, Becky finds herself attracted to Henry and sees him as a potential...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY HEN

Summary: After Sean is released from prison, he reluctantly embarks on a journey with his alienated father to spread his mother's ashes in her native Ireland.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA END

Summary: Tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a promising young doctor who, devastated by the death of his mother during child birth, becomes obsessed with bringing the dead back to life. His experiments lead to the creation of a creature which Frankenstein has put together from the remains of corpses. The creature turns into a monster when Dr. Frankenstein rejects him. Sticking close to the original...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2004

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

Summary: For over fifty years, Judy Blume's classic has connected with readers through its relatable story, achingly funny details, and candid exploration of life's biggest questions. In Lionsgate's big-screen adaptation, eleven-year-old Margaret is uprooted from her life in New York City for the suburbs of New Jersey, going through the messy and tumultuous throes of puberty with new friends in a new...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2023

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

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

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

Summary: Alice returns to the whimsical world of Wonderland and travels back in time to save the Mad Hatter.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment 2016

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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY ALI

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

Summary: A merry mashup of sisterly affection, parental disappointment, and bold action, Polite Society follows martial artist-in-training Ria Khan, who believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE POL
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVD

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

Summary: After nearly four decades together, Ben and George finally tie the knot in an idyllic wedding ceremony in lower Manhattan. But when George loses his job, the couple must sell their apartment and temporarily live apart until they can find an affordable new home. George moves in with two cops who live down stairs while Ben lands in Brooklyn with his nephew, his wife, and their teenage son. While...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LOV
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF LOV