Sundance Selects (Firm)
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the bestselling book by Jonathan Safran Foer and narrated by co-producer Natalie Portman, this is an urgent, eye-opening look at the environmental, economic, and public health consequences of factory farming. It offers attainable, common-sense solutions to a growing crisis while making the case that ethical farming is not only an animal rights issue but also one that affects every aspect of life.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Judi Dench, Dame Eileen Atkins, and Dame Joan Plowright are among the most celebrated actresses of the time, with scores of iconic performances, decades of wisdom, and innumerable awards between them. They are also longtime friends who invite viewers to join them for a weekend in the country as they catch up with one another, reminisce, and share their candid, delightfully irreverent thoughts on everything from art to aging...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A sex-addicted French financier, a fateful hotel room encounter, and a scandal that would rock the world; the mighty Gerard Depardieu gives a fearless performance in this ripped-from-the- headlines saga of sin and sleaze from boundary. Inspired by one of the most high-profile public implosions in recent memory, follows a prominent international banker as he spirals out of control during a drug and sex-fueled trip to America, culminating in a shocking...
4) Buck
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"... a richly textured and visually stunning film, follows Buck Brannaman from his abusive childhood to his phenomenally successful approach to horses. A real-life 'horse-whisperer', he eschews the violence of his upbringing and teaches people to communicate with their horses through leadership and sensitivity, not punishment. Buck possesses near magical abilities as he dramatically transforms horses - and people - with his understanding, compassion...
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A breathtaking new documentary from the incomparable Werner Herzog, follows an exclusive expedition into the nearly inaccessible Chauvet Cave in France, home to the most ancient visual art known to have been created by man. An unforgettable cinematic experience that provides an unique glimpse of pristine artwork dating back to human hands over 30,000 years ago, almost twice as old as any previous discovery.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Iconic ballerina Misty Copeland made history when she became the first African-American woman to be named principal dancer of the legendary American Ballet Theater. Get the incredible, behind-the-scenes story of how she overcame outmoded ballet culture stereotypes and near career-ending injuries to become one of the most revered dancers of her generation.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
At the peak of her international career, Maria Enders is asked to perform in a revival of the play that made her famous twenty years ago. Back then she played the role of an alluring young girl but now she is being asked to step into the older role. With her assistant Maria prepares to play opposite a young Hollywood starlet and finds herself on the other side of the mirror, face to face with an unsettling reflection of herself.
8) Run & jump
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After her husband suffers a debilitating stroke, a spirited Irish housewife struggles to keep her family together in the wake of tragedy. Help comes in the form of American doctor, whose research grant for documenting the family's recovery process takes care of finances but also requires that the straight-laced doctor live with the chaotic Casey family for two months.
9) 45 years
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
As Kate and Geoff prepare to celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary, their marriage is shaken when unexpected news threatens to change their lives.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Fifteen-year-old Camille is a serious girl who has fallen in love with the cheerful Sullivan, an older boy who returns her feelings but wants to be free to explore the world. When he leaves her in order to travel, she is at first devastated, but in the following years she develops into a more fully formed woman with new interests and a new love and the possibility that she'll be less defenseless when Sullivan enters her life again.
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Alex and Nica are young, in love and engaged to be married. The Summer before their wedding, while backpacking in the Caucasus Mountains in Georgia, They hire a local guide to lead them on a camping trek. Venturing into the stunning wilderness, the trio's peaceful adventure takes a dark turn as a subtle rift opens between Alex and Nica, quickly widening until it threatens to undo everything the couple believed about each other and themselves.
12) Passage to Mars
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles a 2000-mile expedition across the Arctic sea-ice of the Northwest Passage by six NASA astronauts in preparation for the exploration of the planet Mars.
Series
Criterion collection volume 646
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Twelve-year-old Cyril, all coiled anger and furious motion, is living in a group home but refuses to believe he has been rejected by his single father. He spends his days frantically trying to reach the man, over the phone or on his beloved bicycle. It is only the patience and compassion of Samantha, the stranger who agrees to care for him, that offers the boy the chance to move on.
15) Things to come
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Nathalie is a philosophy teacher with a seemingly settled existence, juggling a rich life of the mind with the day-to-day demands of career and family. But beginning with the bombshell revelation that her husband of twenty-five years is leaving her, one by one the pillars of Nathalie's life start to crumble. For the first time in ages, she finds herself adrift, but also with a newfound sense of liberation. With nothing to hold her back, Nathalie sets...
16) Blaze
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the life of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas outlaw music movement that spawned the likes of Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson. The film weaves together three different periods of time, braiding re-imagined versions of Blaze's past, present, and future. The different strands explore his love affair with Sybil Rosen; his last, dark night on earth; and the impact of his songs and his death had on his fans, friends, and...
17) On the road
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Traveling cross-country, young writer Sal Paradise has his life shaken by the arrival of free-spirited Dean Moriarty and his girl, Marylou. As they travel across the country, they encounter a mix of people who each impact their journey indelibly.
18) Phoenix
Series
Criterion collection volume 809
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 leaflet.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Set in a rubble-strewn Berlin in 1945, is like no other film about post-World War II Jewish identity. After surviving Auschwitz, a former cabaret perfromer, her face disfigured and reconstructed, returns to her war-ravaged hometown to seek out the gentile husband who may or may not have betrayed her to the Nazis. Without recognizing her, he enlists her to play his wife in a bizarre hall-of-shattered-mirrors story that's as richly metaphorical as it...
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (140 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Set in the 16th century, Marie de Mezieres is deeply in love with her dashing cousin Henri de Guise. However, due to her father's political ambitions, she is forced into a marriage with the well-connected Philippe de Montpensier, who she has never met. When Philippe is called away to fight, she is left in the care of Count Chabannes, an aging nobleman. It isn't long before she is exposed to the sexual and political intrigues of court.