Summary: Northern England, the early 1960's. Frank Machin is a coal miner who is mean, tough and ambitious enough to rise up and become an immediate professional rugby star. The rugby league team is run by local employer Weaver. Machin lodges with Mrs Hammond, whose husband was killed in an accident at Weaver's, but his impulsive and angry nature stop him from being able to reach her as he would like....

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2008

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

Summary: A woman, ostracized by Victorian society and abandoned by her French lieutenant lover, fascinates a man who resolves to unravel the mystery of her clandestine past.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2001

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

Summary: Sweet Dreams is the true story of the legendary Patsy Cline, charting the most dramatic years of her efforts to become a top country singer.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Video 1999

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

Summary: Free Cinema consisted of a group of young film-makers who decided to rebel against the stifling conformity of British cinema in the late fifties and to make their own films outside the confines of 'the system'. This 50th-anniversary compilation of short films about British working class life shows directors expressing personal viewpoints without obligation to subscribe to the technical or...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Facets Multimedia 2007

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

Summary: Follow Isadora through years of triumph and tragedy including her taboo-breaking performances, shocking love affairs, and scandalous public behavior.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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

Redgrave, Vanessa

Summary: After his wife has given up on him and left him for his former best friend, a failed artist descends into madness and tries to win her back by performing various bizarre escapades.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2020

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