Arian Moayed
1) Martyr!
Author
Language
English
Description
"A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a search that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum"--
Cyrus Shams is a young man grappling with an inheritance of violence and loss: his mother's plane was shot down over the skies of the Persian Gulf in a senseless accident; and his father's life in America was circumscribed by his work...
Language
English
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Description
Beth, a popular writer, and her husband Don, a well-liked teacher, share the kind of relationship that truly, seriously, for the love of God cannot be real: that is, they're actually in love. Even after decades of marriage, parenting, and successful careers, their physical spark has somehow not diminished; in fact, they seem to relish the opportunity to share a single ice cream cone and drive others including their son, Charlie mad. Should it come...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The sale of media conglomerate Waystar Royco to tech visionary Lukas Matsson looms ever closer, provoking existential angst and division among the Roys in the fourth and final season of Jesse Armstrong's Emmy-winning drama series. As the siblings anticipate the prospect of this seismic merger, the ensuing power struggle finds them grappling with what their lives will look like after the deal and weighing a future where their cultural and political...
4) Abe
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Abe is an aspiring chef who wants his cooking to bring people together, but his half-Israeli, half-Palestinian family has never had a meal that didn't end in a fight. Ditching his traditional summer camp, Abe begins working with Chico, an adventurous street chef who encourages him to think outside his old cuisines. However, when Abe's deceit is uncovered, he must grapple with his family and his passions and whether even the most lovingly...
5) Arranged
Series
Film Movement series. Volume 5 volume film 12
Publisher
Cicala Filmworks
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Arranged: Ditmas Park, Brooklyn. A young Orthodox woman, Rochel Meshenberg, is about to begin her first year as a special education teacher at the local public school. She is also about to begin the process of finding a husband via the time-tested method of using a "shadchen," or matchmaker. As the school year gets underway, Rochel meets Nasira Khaldi, a Muslim woman of Syrian descent. Nasira is also a first-year teacher. The two young women - Rochel...
Author
Language
English
Description
On the edge of a nervous breakdown, Maxwell (Richard Hollman) is shocked to find he's inherited a sloth sanctuary from his father. When a talking sloth (voiced by Jack McBrayer) then visits his dreams, Maxwell becomes obsessed with saving the animal's habitat in his waking life by returning to his first passion, music. In order to complete the task though, he must enlist the help of his lazy brother (Brian McCarthy) and self-involved sister (Ava Eisenson)....
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Power, politics, and money are all in the family in this bitingly funny series about a highly dysfunctional dynasty. With aging, uber-wealthy patriarch Logan Roy, CEO of one of the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerates, considering retirement as he deals with health concerns, each of his four grown children follows a personal agenda.
8) Abe
Author
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Abe is an aspiring chef, but his family-half-Israeli, half-Palestinian-have never eaten together without a fight. But when Abe ditches camp to spend time with street chef Chico, his mentor's fusion cuisine inspires him to unite his family through food. Abe wants to cook a meal that will bring everyone to the table, but he's about to learn that the kitchen can't heal some divides.