Summary: Joe (Martin Starr, Silicon Valley) is a programmer with a crippling anxiety problem who is unable to deal with uncertainty. At work he is tasked with creating an interactive call center answering machine that can convey empathy. Joe recruits his wife Emily (Mae Whitman, Arrested Development) who has the perfect voice for the system. What begins as a collaboration to strengthen their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Orchard 2016
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF OPESummary: It's about an indie movie called "Home for Purim," a somewhat inane drama about a dysfunctional Jewish family living in the South during World War II. But while the film is still in production, a reporter for an online entertainment site drops the word -- based on a brief visit to the set -- that one of the ensemble cast performers may be an Oscar contender. It goes on to chronicle how the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY FORSullivan, Monica
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Visible Ink Press 1999
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 791.4375 SULSummary: Full of insight about filmmaking outside Hollywood, this program presents an interview with British writer/director Mike Leigh. The acclaimed filmmaker discusses his highly personal approach to story development and his refusal to categorize his work as "art house" or strictly political. Insisting that he makes films for popular enjoyment, Leigh asserts his artistic mission: to create stories...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This program is a virtual "how to" on the theatrical and video distribution business. In two presentations, Steve Rothenberg, president of domestic distribution at Artisan Entertainment, explains today's tough movie industry mentality and how to beat what he calls "the theatrical game." The specifics of test screenings, when to release films, and what determines niche, platform, exclusive, and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2003
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Summary: An intimate look at Bob Hawk, from his early years as a young gay child of a Methodist minister to the man who shepherded the careers of and selflessly championed filmmakers on some of the most influential independent films and filmmakers of our time, in this critically acclaimed feature documentary written and directed by JJ Garvine and Tai Parquet.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FILSummary: Paris, 1930. The infamous surrealist filmmaker Luis Buñuel is left penniless after the scandalous release of L'Age d'Or leads to a falling out with collaborator Salvador Dalí. On a whim, Buñuel's good friend, sculptor Ramón Acín, buys a lottery ticket and promises to devote his winnings to fund Buñuel's next film. Incredibly, Ramón wins the 20,000-pesos jackpot, sending the two friends to the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019