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In his alluring debut feature, Lucio Castro offers both a sun-soaked European travelogue and an epic, decades-spanning romance. When Ocho (Juan Barberini), a 30-something Argentine poet on vacation in Barcelona, spots Javi (Ramón Pujol), a Spaniard from Berlin, from the balcony of his Airbnb, the attraction is subtle but persistent. After a missed connection on the beach, a third chance encounter escalates to a seemingly random hookup. But are these...
2) A Good Death
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
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In Dundedin Hospital staff are working to improve end of life treatment in pateints with COPD and other chronic conditions. Professor Robin Taylor wants to change the way that we care for people with long-term, but inevitably fatal medical conditions as they reach the end of their lives. Instead of writing another academic paper, he decided to take a completely different tack and commission a film about the issues. "We wanted to make this film because...
3) Yesterday
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Jack Malik was just another struggling songwriter... but that was yesterday. After a mysterious blackout, Jack discovers he is the only person on earth who remembers The Beatles! As he rockets to fame by passing off the Fab Four's songs as his own, Jack risks losing Ellie--the one person who has loved him and believed in him from the start. Before the door to his old life closes forever, Jack must decide if all he needs is love, after all.
4) Howards End
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
The show follows Margaret and Helen Schlegel, two intelligent, idealistic sisters living together in Edwardian London with their hypochondriac brother, Tibby. Their loving but interfering Aunt Juley tries to keep the siblings in line after the death of their parents, but a series of events push the sisters to lead unorthodox lives full of romance, tragedy, and drama.
Publisher
Annie Goldson
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Near the end of his life, the renowned English composer Elgar composed some of the greatest music of his career. This film examines the idea that Elgar's deeply emotional Cello Concerto in Em was provoked by memories of his first great love, Helen Weaver, who emigrated to New Zealand after their relationship ended. After receiving word that Weaver's son had been killed fighting in France, Elgar was moved to write a war requiem. The film mixes interviews,...
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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In present day Los Angeles, Daphne (Shailene Woodley), a thirty something woman, navigates love and heartbreak over the course of one year. Daphne becomes intertwined with friends Jack (Jamie Dornan) and Frank (Sebastian Stan) after meeting them at a party. During that time, she will unlock the secrets to her life in a sudden turn of events and in the most surprising of places. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**.
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
After an ill-timed and very public marriage proposal, fiercely independent Sarah breaks up with her overeager boyfriend Kevin. When Sarah suddenly finds herself caught up in an intense rebound romance with the adorable Jonathan, she is forced to examine her own fears of commitment and vulnerability. With honesty, heart, and humor, she struggles with the trials, happiness, and pain of modern love. In the end Sarah must decide - is it better to stay...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Susanne and Wolfgang have a harmonious relationship. But when Susanne meets Christian, she is attracted to his restless energy, and they fall for each other. Although she decides to end the affair after spending an intense week together, the experience has left deep marks on both of them. Susanne returns to her old life, but cannot forget Christian. This love story became an East German box-office hit. Based on the short story by Herbert Otto.
10) God's Fool
Publisher
Bridgestone Multimedia Group
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
GOD'S FOOL is a new story about an old saint. Our story begins as St. Francis of Assisi's life is coming to an end. His life and legacy send a ripple through time to present day New York City sending the son of a business tycoon on a quest to follow in Francis's footsteps. As he begins a mystical journey he follows St. Francis right into the heart of Jesus, where he falls head over heels in love with God after discovering God is head over heels...
11) Mama, I'm Alive
Publisher
DEFA Film Library
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Deutsch
Description
In a Russian POW camp, four Germans determined to end WWII change into Red Army uniforms. Are they patriots or traitors, heroes or opportunists? Although they go to the frontlines, their new Russian comrades are initially unsure whether to trust them. Three of them then accept a mission behind German lines, but they are unprepared to fire upon their countrymen and it ends up costing the life of a Russian soldier. In the meantime, the fourth man...
Publisher
Good Deed Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A dark world much like our own. A fabulously wealthy family. A troubled daughter, social media icon. A dark underworld of criminals and estranged youth. Everything collides in a dramatic tale of wickedness and greed. Romance, love, violence. Who will get away with all the stolen gold? Power crazed, savageness, and an ending that should fry your eyeballs after a central story that stabs you between the ribs. This movie is not for the faint of heart...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Mask And memory is a documentary about the man many regard as the greatest Australian painter of the 20th century - Sidney Nolan. If all art has a biographical element, this was dramatically true in Nolan's case. Through interviews with friends, contemporaries and witnesses, producer Catherine Hunter reconstructs the intimate relationships that shaped Nolan's life, the women he loved, and who loved him. As a young man, he fell in love with Sunday...
14) Peter and Vandy
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic) at the Sundance Film Festival, PETER AND VANDY is a unique take on the exhilaration and frustration love can bring.. Most movie romances end when the relationship is beginning. Peter and Vandy's love story goes much further than that. The story shifts back and forth in time, whipping between their romantic beginnings and the inevitable struggles that follow.. With star-making performances by Jason Ritter...
15) After Parkland
Language
English
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In the days after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018 that killed 17 people and launched a nationwide student movement, filmmakers Emily Taguchi and Jake Lefferman embedded with students and families whose lives were forever transformed. They include senior David Hogg, who recorded his class during the attack and became the face of the Never Again movement; freshman Brooke Harrison, who was in the first classroom under attack;...
16) Life in Flames
Publisher
Java Films
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Andalucia, Spain. One of the world’s worst places to fight fire, where temperatures of up to 45º c meet with vast vegetation, creating 50 meter walls of flames that threaten the whole region. ‘Life in Flames’ follows a team of elite firemen over the course of a summer. Gustavo leads the team. He’s 41, at the peak of his career, and driven by one obsession - to keep his men alive. One mistake, one wrong choice and someone dies. But now he’s...
17) The ocean waif
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Alice Guy-Blaché (French, 1873-1968), the world's first woman film director, made films for Gaumont in Paris (1896-1907), then had her own studio, the Solax Company in Fort Lee, New Jersey (1910-1914). After Solax ceased production, she became a director for hire and went to work for The International Film Service, owned by William Randolph Hearst. The plot of The Ocean Waif adheres closely to the Hearst agenda: a romantic story, plenty of pathos...
18) Her
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Set in Los Angeles in the slight future, Theodore, a complex, soulful man who makes his living writing touching personal letters for other people. Heartbroken after the end of a long relationship, he becomes intrigued with a new, advanced operating system, which promises to be an intuitive and unique entity in its own right. Upon initiating it, he is delighted to meet "Samantha", a bright, female voice who is insightful, sensitive and surprisingly...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
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Rachel is a generous and loyal pal to her engaged best friend Darcy. But after celebrating her 30th birthday, perpetual good girl Rachel unexpectedly ends up in the arms of Dex, the guy she's had a crush on since law school, and who happens to be Darcy's fiance. In the frantic weeks leading up to Darcy's wedding, Rachel finds herself caught between her long-time friendship with Darcy and the prospect of losing the love of her life.
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Français
Description
When her marriage falls apart, Agnès Le Roux moves back to the South of France from Africa to live with her mother, Renée (Catherine Deneuve), owner of a casino in Nice. There, Agnès falls in love with Maurice Agnelet, a lawyer and Renée's business advisor, who is ten years her senior. As a shareholder in the casino, Agnès decides to sell what should have been her inheritance to go it alone. After a failed suicide attempt, Agnès disappears and...
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