Summary: Martha is sullen, overweight and heartbreakingly lonely. Through the Friendship Club, she strikes up a correspondence with Ray, a suave charismatic smooth-talker who could be the man of her dreams. A stark portrayal of the desperate lengths to which a lonely heart will go in order to find true love. From brutally immoral killings to a passion that transcends all bounds.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2003

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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY HON

Summary: "For decades, journalist Jep Gambardella has charmed and seduced his way through the glittering nightlife of Rome. Since the legendary success of his only novel, he has been a permanent fixture in the city's literary and elite social circles. But on his sixty-fifth birthday, Jep unexpectedly finds himself taking stock of his life, turning his cutting wit on himself and his...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2014

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

Summary: Follow Umberto D., an elderly pensioner, as he struggles to make ends meet during Italy's postwar economic boom. Alone, except for his dog, Flike, Umberto strives to maintain his dignity while trying to survive in a city where traditional human kindness seems to have lost out to the forces of modernization.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2003

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

Summary: A drama set in 19th-century Paris, about the theater and the individuals that made the stage their life. Includes the love story of four men for one woman.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2002

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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CHI

Summary: A knight returning home from the Crusades encounters Death, who agrees to a chess game. In the balance hang the lives of the knight and a group of traveling players.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Classic 1998

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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SEV

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