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(0)Sarah Polley
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Oscar-nominated screenwriter, director, and actor Sarah Polley's Run Towards the Danger explores memory and the dialogue between her past and her present. These are the most dangerous stories of my life. The ones I have avoided, the ones I haven't told, the ones that have kept me awake on countless nights. As these stories found echoes in my adult life, and then went another, better way than they did in childhood, they became lighter and easier to...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Fiona and Grant are an Ontario couple who have been married for over 40 years. During the twilight of their years, Grant is forced to face the fact that Fiona's 'forgetfulness' actually is Alzheimer's. After Fiona wanders away and is found, the decision is made for her to go into a nursing home. For the first time in their relationship, they are forced to undergo a separation since this is the nursing home 'no-visitors, ' first 30 days policy of a...
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Hannah, a recluse who wears a hearing aid, is forced by her employer to take a vacation. On holiday she finds a job on an oil rig caring for Josef, a burn victim who has temporarily lost his sight. Hannah's job is to care for Josef until he is stable enough to be transferred. There is almost no one on the rig, except a cook, an oceanographer and a few others out at sea. Hannah tends to Josef and he slowly breaks her shell of silence.
7) Mr. Nobody
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
The life story of Nemo Nobody, a 118 year-old man who is the last mortal on Earth after the human race has achieved quasi-immortality. On his deathbed, Nemo shares his life story with a reporter and reviews the choices he made along the way. Yet, even with his last breath, a pivotal decision awaits to conclude his destiny.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A "genre-twisting film by director Sarah Polley, who investigates the elusive truths of her eclectic family of storytellers as she playfully interrogates a cast of characters who each relate their version of the family mythology. Polley reveals the essence of family as she uncovers the secrets buried deep within-- "--Container.
10) Take this waltz
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Margot is happily married to Lou, a good-natured cookbook author, but when Margot meets Daniel, a handsome artist who lives across the street, their mutual attraction is undeniable.
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
The provocative and darkly comic story of a young man's return, after a ten year absence, to his childhood home in rural Nova Scotia. Arriving on the day of his sister's wedding, he struggles to reclaim his place on the family tree and finally bury the ghosts of his past.
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Join Sara Stanley as she journeys to Avonlea to unite her extended family, the Kings. Set at the turn of the 20th century, Tales From Avonlea tells the classic story of adventure, love, and lifelong lessons.
13) Frances Ha
Series
Criterion collection volume 681
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Greta Gerwig is radiant as a woman in her late twenties in contemporary New York, trying to sort out her ambitions, her finances, and, above all, her tight but changing bond with her best friend, Sophie (Mickey Sumner). Meticulously directed by Noah Baumbach (Kicking and Screaming) with a free-and-easy vibe reminiscent of the French New Wave's most spirited films, and written by Baumbach and Gerwig with an effortless combination of sweetness and wit,...
14) 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.
15) Road to Avonlea
Publisher
Sullivan Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Wealthy Sara Stanley is sent to live with relatives on Prince Edward Island when her father is accused of embezzlement. While there, she must cope with her infamous aunts, Hetty and Olivia, and with the mischievous antics of her jealous cousins.
16) No such thing
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A tabloid journalist travels to Iceland to seek out a legendary monster, who is said to have killed her fiance.
Publisher
Sullivan Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Sara and her cousins continue to wreak havoc and land in trouble, much to the adults ₁dismay and disapproval. In addition to the light-hearted and fun-filled stories, each of these episodes is a textured and compelling exploration of life in the mythical farming village of Avonlea.
20) Alias Grace
Publisher
CBC Home Video / eOne Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Grace Marks is a young, poor Irish immigrant and domestic servant in Upper Canada who, along with stable hand James McDermott, finds herself accused and convicted of the infamous 1843 murders of her employer, wealthy farmer Thomas Kinnear, and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery.
