Sarah Polley
Author
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
In this inspired, genre-twisting film, Oscar-nominated writer/director Sarah Polley discovers that the truth depends on who's telling it. Polley is both filmmaker and detective as she investigates the secrets behind a family of storytellers. She playfully interviews and interrogates a cast of characters of varying reliability, eliciting refreshingly candid, yet mostly contradictory, answers to the same questions.
2) Guinevere
Author
Language
English
Description
Awkward young Harper Sloane was always the odd one out, until she draws the attention of a brilliant older phtographer. He soon opens her world to possibilities she'd never imagined, and Harper comes out of her shell realizing her full potential.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Married for almost 50 years, Grant and Fiona's serenity is interrupted by Fiona's increasingly frequent memory lapses. When it is no longer possible for either of them to ignore the fact that she is being consumed by Alzheimer's disease, the limits of love and loyalty are wrenchingly redefined.
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A film that excavates layers of myth and memory to find the elusive truth at the core of a family of storytellers. Official Selection at **Venice Film Festival**, **Sundance Film Festival**, and **Toronto International Film Festival**.
6) Splice
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Two young scientists become superstars by splicing different animal DNA to create fantastical new creatures. Ignoring legal and ethical boundaries, the scientists, who are romantically involved, introduce human DNA into their experiment and risk the dawn of a terrifying new era.
8) John Adams
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
While our new nation was suffering attacks from both within and without, John Adams had a vision of a nation of liberty and justice for all. He guided his peers--General George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson--in setting the values and agenda for a glorious, free America. Adams and his wife Abigail refined these ambitious democratic ideals, and their partnership became one of the most moving love stories in American history.
Author
Language
English
Description
Michelle Williams plays twenty-eight-year-old Margot, happily married to Lou (Seth Rogen), a good-natured cookbook author. But when Margot meets Daniel (Luke Kirby), a handsome artist who lives across the street, their mutual attraction is undeniable. Swelteringly hot, bright and colorful, Take This Waltz leads us, laughing, through the familiar, but uncharted question of what long-term relationships do to love, sex and our image of ourselves.
10) The I Inside
Author
Language
English
Description
After a near-fatal accident, Simon loses the last two years of his memory. During that time his brother was mysteriously murdered and he's married a woman he doesn't remember. Now he must unravel the truth in this riveting psychological thriller.
11) Jerry and Tom
Author
Language
English
Description
An edgy, offbeat story about two used car salesmen moonlighting as hit men for the mob. A quiet family man by day, Tom teaches his new partner Jerry all he knows about his other job, that of professional killer! But even if he's shocked at first, the brash young Jerry soon acquires such a taste for his new profession that it scares everyone around him...even those who scare people for a living!