Olivia Thirlby
2) Red knot
Publisher
Kimstim
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A stunningly shot meditation on love and loss, New York newlyweds peter and Chloe fall into marital crisis while on a research vessel en route to Antarctica. As romantic bliss sours, Chloe takes comfort in the company of the ship's captain, a man who has good reason for setting himself adrift. As they sail towards the end of the Earth, filmmaker Scott Cohen's astonishingly assured, elegantly shot debut passes into troubled, Polanski-indebted waters....
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Meet Jonathan Ames: writer, romantic, unlicensed private detective. Moonlighting from his job as a novelist and writer for a New York magazine, Jonathan is looking to jettison some heavy emotional baggage (his girlfriend just dumped him, okay?) through an unusual second career of cracking cases of missing persons, espionage and infidelity in the Big Apple.
4) Uncertainty
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Every choice has a consequence. But what if the flip of a coin could trigger two separate but parallel destinies? Bobby and Kate are a New York couple at a crossroads whose lives are about to take very different heads/tails directions. A visit to Brooklyn leads them to gentle discoveries about family, loss, and each other, while a day in Manhattan plunges them into an urban nightmare of pursuit, suspense, and murder.
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Stanford University professor Dr. Philip Zimbardo, who, in 1971, cast twenty-four male student volunteers as prisoners and guards in a simulated jail to examine the source of abusive behavior in the prison system. The results astonished the world, as participants went from middle-class undergrads to drunk-with-power sadists and submissive victims in just a few days. Based on a true story.
6) Being Flynn
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A compelling exploration of the unbreakable yet fragile bonds between parent and child. Nick Flynn is a young writer seeking to define himself. His father Jonathan, however, scrapes through life on his own terms and has not seen his son in 18 years. Taking a job at a homeless shelter, Nick finds purpose in his own life and work until one night Jonathan arrives seeking a bed. To give the two of them a shot at a real future, Nick wrestles with the notion...
7) Dredd
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The future America is an irradiated wasteland. On its East Coast lies Mega City One, a vast, violent metropolis where criminals rule the chaotic streets. The only force of order lies with the urban cops called Judges who possess the combined powers of judge, jury and instant executioner.
8) 5 to 7
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A chance encounter on the streets of Manhattan draws twenty-something aspiring writer Brian into a passionate love affair with a glamorous French woman. But she's married, and can only meet him for hotel room trysts between the hours of five and seven. As Brian yearns for more than just two hours a day with the woman of his dreams, he learns hard won lessons about life and love.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on historical events, this suspenseful thriller examines the infamous 1969 death of Mary Jo Kopechne, who drowned after Senator Ted Kennedy drove off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, and the moral and legal complexities that play out over the following week.
10) Juno
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Juno MacGuff is sixteen years-old who after a one-time sexual encounter with her best friend Paulie, learns that she's pregnant. Juno and Paulie like each other, but not enough to start a family, complete with a child. Paulie leaves all the decisions about the baby to Juno. Initially she decides to have an abortion, but can't go through with it. So she decides to have the baby and give it up for adoption. The next step is to find prospective parents...
11) The secret
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Hannah and Benjamin are a happily married couple whose love is tested in ways they never could have imagined. When Hannah is killed in a car accident, the couple's strong bond may be responsible for an unusual twist of fate that keeps their love alive.
12) The darkest hour
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Five young people are stranded in Moscow, fighting to survive in the wake of a devastating alien attack.
13) Just before I go
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
After his wife leaves him, Ted Morgan realizes he has nothing left to live for. Summoning the courage for one last act, Ted decides to go home and face the people he feels are responsible for creating the shell of a person he has become. The more determined Ted is to confront his demons, to get closure, and to withdraw from his family, the more Ted is yanked into the chaos of their lives. So, when Ted Morgan decides to kill himself, he finds a reason...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Language
English
Description
Emma and Adam are life-long friends who almost ruin everything by having sex one morning. To protect their friendship, they make a pact to keep their relationship strictly 'no strings attached.' That means no jealousy, no expectations, no fighting, no flowers, and no baby voices. They can do whatever they want, whenever they want, wherever they want, as long as they don't fall in love. The question becomes: who's going to fall first? And can their...
15) The answer man
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Arlen Faber is the reclusive author of 'Me and God, ' a book that has redefined spirituality for an entire generation and has been translated into over 100 languages. On the eve of the 20th anniversary of his still wildly popular book, Arlen is still sought after as the man who has all the answers. His life collides with Elizabeth, a single mom raising her seven-year-old son, and Kris, a young man fresh out of rehab who is searching for meaning. Both...
16) What goes up
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
When a group of teenage social misfits befriend a jaded journalist on assignment to cover the Challenger Space Shuttle launch in their small New Hampshire town, they all find themselves searching for meaning and truth in their crazy, mixed-up lives.
17) Nobody walks
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A Silver Lake family's relaxed dynamic is tested after they take in a young artist so she can complete her art film.
18) The wackness
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Newly-inaugurated mayor, Rudolph Giuliani, is only beginning to implement his anti-fun initiatives against crimes like noisy portable radio, graffiti and public drunkenness. Set in this time, troubled high school student Luke Shapiro is a teenage pot dealer who forms a friendship with Dr. Jeffrey Squires, a psychiatrist and kindred lost soul. When the doctor proposes Luke trade him weed for therapy sessions, the two begin to explore both New York...
19) Dredd
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The future America is an irradiated wasteland. On its East Coast lies Mega City One, a vast, violent metropolis where criminals rule the chaotic streets. The only force of order lies with the urban cops called Judges who possess the combined powers of judge, jury and instant executioner.
Publisher
Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In the city that never sleeps, love is always on the mind. Those passions come together as they create a kaleidoscope of the spontaneous, surprising, electrifying human connections that pump the city's heartbeat. Sexy, funny, haunting and revealing encounters unfold beneath the Manhattan skyline. From Tribeca to Central Park to Brooklyn, the story weaves a tale of love as diverse as the very fabric of New York itself. A collection of 10 different...