Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&N=4+4294484650 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1716128 It is considered by many to be the finest British film ever made. A stirring masterpiece like no other. The indelible General Clive Candy barely survives four decades of tumultuous British history (1902 to 1942) only to see the world change irrevocably before his eyes. Blimp is both moving and slyly satirical, an incomparable film about war, love, and aging. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1716133 Based on the Starkweather-Fugate killing spree of 1958, in which a fifteen-year-old girl and her twenty-five-year-old boyfriend slaughtered her entire family and several others in the Dakota badlands. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1736193 Chaplin is a twentieth-century Bluebeard, an enigmatic family man who goes to extreme lengths to support his wife and child, attempting to bump off a series of wealthy widows. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739405 In this beautifully shot and acted, psychologically complex western, Van Heflin is a mild-mannered cattle rancher who takes on the task of shepherding a captured outlaw, played with cucumber-cool charisma by Glenn Ford, to the train that will take him to prison. This apparently simple plan turns into a nerve-racking cat-and-mouse game that will test each mans particular brand of honor. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684828 This haunting, kabuki-inflected version of a Japanese folk legend is set in a remote mountain village, where food is scarce and tradition dictates that citizens who have reached their seventieth year must be carried to the summit of Mount Narayama and left there to die. The sacrificial elder at the center of the tale is Orin, a dignified and dutiful woman who spends her dwindling days securing the happiness of her loyal widowed son with a respectable new wife. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1679052 The boundless imagination and physical marvels of the work of the German modern-dance pioneer Pina Bausch leap off the screen in this tribute by Wim Wenders. Shot in 3D, it is a remarkable visual experience and a vivid representation of Bauschs art, enacted by a group of talented dancers from her company. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1686120 Oskar is born in Germany in 1924 with an advanced intellect. Repulsed by the hypocrisy of adults and the irresponsibility of society, he refuses to grow older after his third birthday. While the chaotic world around him careers toward the madness and folly of World War II, Oskar pounds incessantly on his beloved tin drum and perfects his uncannily piercing shrieks. An adaptation of Gunter Grasss acclaimed novel, characterized by surreal imagery, arresting eroticism, and clear-eyed satire. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731526 About a weathered repo man in desolate downtown Los Angeles, and the nihilistic middle-class punk he takes under his wing. The job becomes more than either of them bargained for when they get involved in reclaiming a mysterious, and other worldly, Chevy Malibu with a hefty reward attached to it. Featuring the ultimate early-eighties L.A. punk soundtrack, this grungily hilarious odyssey is a politically trenchant take on President Reagans domestic and foreign policy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1676914 In a small Castilian village in 1940, directly following the countrys devastating civil war, six-year-old Ana attends a traveling movie show of Frankenstein and becomes haunted by her memory of it. Produced as Francos long regime was nearing its end, this film is both a bewitching portrait of a childs inner life and an elusive, cloaked meditation on a nation trapped under tyranny. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704655 En route to London after being released from a mental institution, Stephen Neale stops at a seemingly innocent village fair, after which he finds himself caught in the web of a sinister underworld with possible Nazi connections. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715225 Based on the memoirs of an imprisoned French resistance leader, this unbelievably taut and methodical marvel follows the fictional Fontaines single-minded pursuit of freedom, detailing the planning and carrying out of his escape with gripping precision. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715228 In the midst of epic, violent intrigue in twelfth-century Japan, an imperial warrior falls for a lady-in-waiting; even after he discovers she is married, he goes to extreme lengths to win her love. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687093 Marlon Brando gives the performance of his career as the tough prizefighter-turned-longshoreman Terry Malloy in this raggedly emotional tale of individual failure and institutional corruption. This film charts Terrys deepening moral crisis as he must choose whether to remain loyal to the mob-connected union boss Johnny Friendly and Johnnys right-hand man, Terrys brother, Charley, as the authorities close in on them. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1622147 When an African boy arrives by cargo ship in the port city of Le Havre, an aging shoe shiner takes pity on the child and welcomes him into his home. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1473246 Its also a remarkably humane and melancholy drama made in Japan at a time when the country was still reeling from nuclear attack and H-bomb testing. Its rampaging radioactive beast, the poignant embodiment of an entire populations fears, became a beloved international icon of destruction, spawning more than twenty sequels and spinoffs. Here, we present the original, 1954 Japanese version, along with Godzilla: King of the Monsters!, the 1956 American reworking. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668807 The breakthrough feature from Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne. The brothers brought their unerring eye for detail and their compassion for those on societys lowest rungs developed in their earlier documentary work to an absorbing drama about a teenager who is gradually coming to understand the implications of his father making a living off of illegal alien workers. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1580338 Seventeen-year-old Monika and nineteen-year-old Harry Lund meet in a cafe. They spend a happy summer together, and soon Monika discovers that she is pregnant. They marry, but Monika is bored with taking care of the baby and the responsibilities of married life. She begins an affair with a former lover and their marriage falls apart. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1580291 One of the great raconteurs of stage and screen comes together with one of cinemas boldest image makers, Oscar winning director Steven Soderbergh for Grays Anatomy, a spellbinding adaptation of Grays 1993 monologue of the same name. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1622663 What seems at first to be a straightforward tale of two people getting to know each other over the course of an afternoon gradually reveals itself as something richer, stranger, and trickier: a mind-bending reflection on authenticity, in art as well as in relationships. Both cerebrally and emotionally engaging, reminds us that love itself is an enigma. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675712 Determined to collect an inheritance from a dying relative, a bourgeois couple travel across the French countryside while civilization crashes and burns around them. Featuring a justly famous centerpiece sequence in which the camera tracks along a seemingly endless traffic jam, and rich with historical and literary references, is a surreally funny and disturbing call for revolution, a depiction of society retreating to savagery, and, according to the credits, the end of cinema itself. Includes bonus features. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684836 Is the fragmented tale of an unemployed young writer who trails strangers through London, hoping that they will provide inspiration for his first novel. He gets more than he bargained for with one of his unwitting subjects, who leads him down a dark, criminal path. Special features included. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1656863 Depicts the romantic lives of two Londoners, a middle-aged doctor and a prickly thirty something divorcee who are sleeping with the same handsome young artist. A revelation in its day, this may be the 1970s most intelligent, multitextured film about the complexities of romantic relationships; it is keenly acted and sensitively directed, from a penetrating screenplay. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668806 The Belgian filmmaking team of brothers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne turned heads with Rosetta, an intense verite drama that closely follows a poor young woman struggling to hold onto a job to support herself and her alcoholic mother. Its a swift and simple tale made revelatory by the raw, empathic way in which the directors render Rosettas desperation, keeping the camera nearly perched on her shoulder throughout. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1627712 A tale of a one-night-stand that develops into a weekend-long idyll for two very different young men in Midlands, England. Its an emotionally naked film thats both an invaluable snapshot of the complexities of contemporary gay living and a universally identifiable portrait of a love affair. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1648232 London, 1965: Like many other youths, Jimmy hates the Philistine life, especially his parents and his job in a companys mailing division http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675715 A riveting psychological thriller that investigates the nature of truth and the meaning of justice, widely considered one of the greatest films ever made. Four people recount different versions of the story of a mans murder and the rape of his wife. This eloquent masterwork and international sensation revolutionized film language and introduced Japanese cinema, and a commanding new star. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1656870 A lyrical medieval fantasy from the French director Marcel Carne. Two strangers dressed as minstrels arrive at a castle in advance of court festivities, and it is revealed that they are actually emissaries of the devil himself, dispatched to spread heartbreak and suffering. Their plans, however, are thwarted by an unexpected intrusion: Human love. Often interpreted as an allegory for the Nazi occupation of France, during which it was made. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1623348 A sprightly supernatural comedy with winning performances, David Leans delightful film version of Noel Cowards theater sensation stars Rex Harrison as a novelist who cheekily invites a medium to his house, accidentally summoning the spirit of his dead first wife--a severe inconvenience for his current one. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675714 An adaptation of Patricia Highsmiths novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, this film stars Alain Delon as Tom Ripley, a duplicitous American charmer in Rome on a mission to bring his privileged acquaintance Philippe Greenleaf back to the United States; what initially seems a carefree tale of friendship soon morphs into a thrilling saga of seduction, identity theft, and murder. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1248814 Burt Lancaster stars as barbaric Broadway gossip columnist J. J. Hunsecker, and Tony Curtis is Sidney Falco, the unprincipled press agent he ropes into smearing the up-and-coming jazz musician romancing his beloved sister. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1252282 Dramatization of the creation of The Mikado, explores the tensions produced by the differences of temperment and style between Gilbert and Sullivan http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1275543 In Chaplins first talkie, he plays the duel role of dictator Adenoid Hynkel and a Jewish barber who is a dead-ringer look-alike for der Nutsie...and who thwarts his plans for world domination. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1250148 Maria is an entitled white woman living in Africa, desperately unwilling to give up her familys crumbling coffee plantation despite the civil war closing in on her. A gripping evocation of the death throes of European colonialism and a fascinating look at a woman lost in her own mind. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1374550 The last person to die on New Years Eve before the clock strikes twelve is doomed to take the reins of Deaths chariot and work tirelessly collecting fresh souls for the next year. So says the legend that drives the Phantom Carriage, about an alcoholic, abusive neer-do-well who is shown the error of his ways and the pure-of-heart Salvation Army sister who believes in his redemption. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1442160 Fashioned as a tribute to his parents, the film depicts one day in the life of the Yokoyamas, gathered together for a celebratory ritual that only gradually makes itself clear. Rather than focus on big dramatic moments, Kore-eda relies on simple gestures and domestic routines (especially cooking) to evoke a familys entire life, its deep regrets and its daily joys. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1229039 A caustic inside look at the Washington news media, stars Holly Hunter in her breakout role, as a feisty television producer torn between an ambitious yet dim anchorman and her closest confidant, a cynical veteran reporter. James L. Brooks witty, gently prophetic entertainment is a captivating transmission from an era in which ideas on love and media were rapidly changing. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1442151 The story of a Jewish girl from Paris sent to a concentration camp during World War II and her struggle to survive by stealing anothers identity and becoming a warden. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1190659 When his boss demands more speed and efficiency, Chaplin goes crazy from his repetitious assembly line job. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1190660 A demented preacher stalks two young children, a brother and sister, because he is certain they know where their late bank-robbing father hid his money. Graced by images of eerie beauty and a sneaky sense of humor, this is an ethereal, expressionistic American classic. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=968247 Film of intrigue and heroism within the Italian underground during the German occupation of Italy. Emanuele Bardone, a petty con man, fleeces his victims by posing as a colonel. Persuaded by the Germans to impersonate a partisan leader they have killed, he assumes the admirable qualities of the heroic officer and the German plan backfires. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1624269 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1208754 A romantic fantasy about an angel who wishes he were mortal and is willing to fall from the sky if it means a chance to fall in love. Set in modern day Berlin, the film follows angel Damiels path from heavenly flight to earthly delight in a manner thats comical, touching and entertaining. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=968073 In London in 1973, Willie Parker informed on his gangster colleagues. Ten years later he is violently snatched from his Spanish tranquil village retreat by hit men who are surprised to find out they have a completely willing victim on their hands. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=776284 Details the professional and personal travails of a troubled, alcoholic research scientist and military bomb-disposal expert who, while struggling through a relationship with his girlfriend, is hired by the government to advise on a German weapon. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=813051 A look at acclaimed Japanese author and playwright Yukio Mishima, the impossible harmony he created between self, art, and society, and his famously committed public seppuku (ritual suicide). Includes interviews, commentary, documentary, and more. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=776287 An elegant, emotional chronicle of a teachers unwavering commitment to her students, her profession, and her sense of morality. It takes a simultaneously sober and sentimental look at the epic themes of aging, war, and death. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=813204 When it comes to matters of infidelity, everyone is considered an equal, whether its a soldier, a maid, or an aristocrat in 1900s Vienna. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=819644 Critically acclaimed political drama about a fathers search for his missing son in Latin America. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=968297 An owner of a Victorian-era boot shop finds himself in a battle of wills with his headstrong eldest daughter, who wants to make her own professional and personal decisions in her life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=978736 A restless bourgeois French woman finds her eye wandering from both her husband and her lover to an attractive passing stranger. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=820272 An aging man hides behind a mask to meet ladies, a madame takes her girls to a communion, and a painter falls for his model in these stories of life, love, pleasure, and death. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=817329 A small-time Los Angeles night club owner falls for a lavish invitation to gamble at a private club. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=813164 After living alone with his daughter for years, a widower must learn how to let her go, letting her be free to move on with her life, by arranging a marriage for her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=773170 The life of [Chinese] Emperor Pu Yi, who took the throne at age three, in 1908, before witnessing decades of cultural and political upheaval within and without the walls of the Forbidden City -- Container. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=699046 When a Nazi U-boat crew headed by the ruthless Lieutenant Hirth is stranded in Canada during the thick of World War II, the men evade capture by hiding out in a series of rural communities before trying to cross the border into the still-neutral United States. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=713848 A Jewish boy living in Nazi-occupied Paris is sent by his parents to the countryside to live with an elderly Catholic couple until Frances liberation. Forced to hide his identity, eight-year-old Claude bonds with the irascible, staunchly anti-Semitic Grampa, who improbably becomes his friend and confidant. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=715817 When an idealistic governor disobeys the reigning feudal lord, he is cast into exile, his wife and children left to fend for themselves and eventually wrenched apart by vicious slave drivers. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=708321 A civil engineer who is one of the French Resistances chiefs is given away by a traitor and interned in a camp. He manages to escape and join his network at Marseilles, where he has the traitor executed. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=721346 Chuck Tatum is an amoral newspaper reporter caught in dead-end Albuquerque who happens upon the story of a lifetime. He will do anything to ensure he gets the scoop. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=932886 In 1910, Bill, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor. He flees to the Texas panhandle with his lover Abby and little sister Linda, where they work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer. When Bill learns that the Farmer is ill and has less than a year to live, he encourages Abby to accept the mans attentions. The Farmer and Abby marry, and she and her siblings live in the big house, waiting for the Farmer to die, so Abby can inherit, and the three of them live happily ever after. But love seems to be a cure-all: the Farmer seems to be improving--and Abby is no longer seeing this as a marriage of convenience. From a landscape of panoramic vistas, vivid colors, and rich textures comes a timeless American idyll and a gritty evocation of turn-of-the-century labor. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=708584 A postman dies on the operating table at a rural English hospital, in the midst of the Nazi blitz. But was his death accidental? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=701909 The story of one 20-year-olds journey from basic training to the battle front lines at D-day brings all the terrors of war to its viewers with jolting authenticity. Interweaved with archival war footage. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=728022 In late 1960s England, Mick Travis and his school chums trump authority at every turn at their boarding school. He finally emerges as violent savior against the draconian games of one-upmanship played by both students and the powers that be. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=726797 Elisabeth is very protective of her teenage brother Paul, who has been injured in a snowball fight at school and has to rest in bed most of the time. The siblings are inseparable, living in the same room, fighting, playing secret games, and rarely leaving the house. Pauls friend, Gerard, often drops by to stay with them. One day Elisabeth brings home Agathe to live with them. She bears a strong resemblance to Dargelos, a schoolboy whom Paul had a crush on and the same boy who injured him. Paul and Agathe become attracted to each other, causing Elizabeth to be very jealous. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=708587 Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, black-market opportunist Harry Lime-- and thus begins this legendary tale of love, deception, and murder. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=502431 A driver and a mechanic join a drag race driving east from L.A. in a souped up 55 Chevy, where they challenge another driver to a cross country race with their pink slips as the prize. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=766922 A yakuza mobster suffering from tuberculosis enters into an unusual relationship with an alcoholic doctor. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=708585 In this Japanese anti-war film, acts of cannibalism bring home the terrifying brutality of war. Japanese troops are in retreat in the Philippines. Supplies run out and discipline crumbles. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=766921 To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, the wily masterless samurai Sanjuro turns a range war between two evil clans to his own advantage.--Container. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=702011 Sad is an Arab, Hubert is black, and Vinz is a Jew, all of them young, unemployed and living in a dreary, troubled Paris suburb, largely inhabited by poor immigrant families. Each of them needs to vent the anger they feel about the police brutality that landed another friend in the hospital. The film focuses on one day in the lives of these three hoodlum friends and the result is a brutal, harrowing study of the cyclical nature of violence. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=729986 Five cities, five taxis, and a group of strangers make for an interesting night. A collection of 5 stories that span continents, time zones, and languages. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=729984 Three slackers are on a self-discovery road trip to Florida. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=703976 An Italian girl is seduced by her sisters boyfriend, setting in motion a chain of events which looks with tongue in cheek at the Sicilian code of honor, as the patriarch of the family tries to get the scoundrel to do right by his daughter. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=653855 Monterey Pop is the first filmed document of a rock festival. The Monterey Pop Festival, held on Californias Monterey Peninsula in 1967. It would help launch the careers of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Otis Redding. Captured on film that became immortalized, Pete Townshend destroying his guitar and Jimi Hendrix burning his. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=707620 Federico Fellini satirizes his youth and turns daily life into a circus of social rituals in this portrait of provincial Italy during the Fascist period. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=632105 Traces a young peasants journey from potential Resistance member to Gestapo recruit. At once the story of a nation and one troubled boys horrific coming of age, the disquieting portrait of lost innocence and guilt. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=653896 Follows a middle-class family in Taipei over the course of one year, beginning with a wedding and ending with a funeral. Whether chronicling middle-aged father, NJs tenuous flirtation with an old flame or precocious young son Yang-Yangs attempts at capturing reality with his beloved camera. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=673102 Shortly after the Spanish civil war, a six-year-old girl attends a traveling movie show of Frankenstein and becomes haunted by her memory of it. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=653884 Reworking of Chaucers epic 14th century tale, largely set in 1940s wartime Kent. It centers on three modern-day incarnations of Chaucers pilgrims: a plainspoken American Army sergeant (Sweet), a resourceful British sergeant (Price), and a melancholy landgirl (Sim). While enroute to Canterbury, they are waylaid and forced to solve a bizarre village crime: the mystery of a man who pours glue over the hair of village girls at night. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=610914 Classic biographical telling of the early life of Abraham Lincoln as a novice lawyer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=694819 Set against the backdrop of Germanys Weimar Republic (1918-1933), the film follows the downward spiral of the fiery, brash, yet innocent showgirl Lulu, whose sexual vivacity has a devastating effect on everyone she comes in contact with. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=881172 Train engineer Jacques lusts after the wife of his co-worker Robaud. Robaud kills his boss and Jacques witnesses the murder. In order to keep Jacques quiet, Robaud allows Jacques to have an affair with his wife, creating a tragic love triangle. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=610928 A young executive hunts down his fathers killer. A tale about corruption in the boardrooms of postwar corporate Japan as seen through the rising executive eyes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=657965 A law student with a roving eye and a large appetite stuffs himself full of sugar cookies and pastries daily in order to garner the attentions of the pretty brunette who works in a quaint Paris bakery. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=653889 Jimi Hendrixs performance at Californias Monterey International Pop Festival, in June 1967, is one of his earliest American performances. Otis Reddings performance is one of his last. Both of these performances were taped live. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=610930 A peasant girl is raped and murdered in 14th century Sweden. When her killers seek shelter in her fathers house, he kills them to avenge her death. Soon a spring appears from where the girl was killed and her father sees this as a sign from above. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=669586 A harrowing story of a schizophrenic mans desperate search for his young daughter. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=773178 Tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire seven out-of-work warriors to protect them from invading bandits. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=694820 Weronika is a Polish choir soprano, and her double, Vronique, is a French music teacher. Though they are unknown to each other, the two women share an enigmatic, purely emotional bond. The two were born on the same day and each senses that somewhere there exists another person with whom their lives are intertwined. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=703968 The relationship between a young boy and his beloved butler turns sour when the boy suspects the butler of murder. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=669598 Jane Campion, director of The Piano, will always be remembered for this stunning debut feature. The focus of this film is the hazardous relationship between button-down, superstitious Kay, and her rampaging sister, Sweetie. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=610929 A four-year-old boy is trapped in a loveless family with his suicidal father and his adulteress mother. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=653848 America, 1976. The last day of school. Bongs blaze, bell-bottoms ring, and rock and roll rocks. Eavesdrop on a group of seniors-to-be and incoming freshman. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=653890 Koko, a six-year-old gorilla, is the subject of a controversial Stanford University research project conducted by Penny Patterson. A perceptive simian who communicates with humans via sign language, Koko knows more than 300 signs and can combine them to make new hybrid descriptions. Director Schroeder and cinematographer Almendros present a visual argument exposing the contradictions that arise when scientific experiments are used to graph human behavior onto animals. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=623072 Louis Mazzini wants to avenge his mothers disinheritance by ascending to dukedom. To do this, he must kill eight of his relatives in the dAscoyne family. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=684086 After Grey Gardens, the portrait of the relationship between Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter Little Edie, spawned everything from a midnight-movie cult following to a Broadway musical to an upcoming Hollywood adaptation, the filmmakers went back to their 1976 vaults to create this tribute to both the Beale women and their legion of fans. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=637261 Florence Carala and her lover Julien Tavernier, an ex-paratrooper, want to murder her husband by faking a suicide. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=629130 A candid portrait of one boys journey from childhood to adulthood. A precocious fifteen-year-old boys sexual maturation and unorthodox relationship with his free-spirited mother is both shocking and deeply poignant. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=630802 Based on the directors life, this film chronicles Malles experiences during the German occupation of France in World War II. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=881102 Documents the 1973 Kentucky coal miners strike against the operators of the Brookside mine and the Duke Power Company, which resulted from the companys refusal to honor the national contract of the United Mine Workers of America.