Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&N=4+7517+4294941266+7265 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1622302 A farmworker sneaks across the border from Mexico into California in an effort to make money to send to his family back home. It is a story that happens every day, told here in an uncompromising, groundbreaking work of realism from American independent filmmaker Robert M. Young. Vivid and spare where other films about illegal immigration might sentimentalize, Youngs take on the subject is equal parts intimate character study and gripping road movie, a political work. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1547581 A group of actors meet to rehearse Chekhovs Uncle Vanya and find the same conflicts in their own lives as are dealt with in the play. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1580445 After the death in 2004 of American theater actor and monologist Spalding Gray, director Steven Soderbergh (Traffic) pieced together a narrative of Grays life to create the documentary AND EVERYTHING IS GOING FINE. Brilliantly and sensitively assembled entirely from footage of Gray, taken from interviews and one-man shows from throughout his career, it is a rich, full portrait, and autobiography of sorts, of a figure who was never less than candid but retained an air of mystery. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1557785 A recent college graduate named Aura returns to New York and moves back in with her mother and sister. As painfully confessional as it is endlessly amusing, Tiny Furniture is an authentic, incisive portrait of a young woman at a crossroads. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1671657 Based on Ira Levins bestselling novel, Mia Farrow plays a young mother-to-be who grows increasingly suspicious that her over-friendly elderly neighbors and self-involved actor husband are hatching a satanic plot against her and her baby. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1750228 A bawdy, gleefully amoral tale about a prudish married couple feeling put upon by the swingers who live in their apartment building, who, one night by accident, discover a way to simultaneously realize their dream of opening a little restaurant and rid themselves of the perverts down the hall. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713468 In northern Albania a teenage brother and sister are physically and emotionally trapped in a cycle of violence, a result of their fathers entanglement with a rival clan over a piece of land. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1670531 In this thriller, Nicholas Van Orton, a shrewd and successful businessman who is always in control, has been enrolled by his brother in The Game--a profound life experience with no rules, which begins quietly but soon erupts in a confusing maze of devastating events. Terrorized by forces who seem intent on dismantling all that he has built, Van Orton has to win this deadly game or lose control of everything in his life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1475602 A gangster story about a hitman who lost his last target, and now another hitman is after him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1252279 The legendary Gilbert and Sullivan troupe, the DOyly Carte Opera Company, joined forces with Hollywood for this 1939 Technicolor version of the fabled comic opera, the first complete work by the famed duo to be adapted for the screen, directed by musician and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Victor Schertzinger. The result is a lavish cinematic retelling of the British political satire set in exotic Japan. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1374610 Revolving around the changing of the seasons, The Makioka Sisters follows the lives of four sisters who have taken on their familys kimono manufacturing business, over the course of a number of years leading up to the Pacific War. A graceful study of a family at a turning point in history, and a poignant evocation of changing times and fading customs. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1091645 The divergent paths of three adult siblings collide when their mother, heiress to an exceptional 19th century art collection, dies suddenly. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1113871 After losing their house to foreclosure, an elderly couple is separated when none of their five children will take them in together. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1349171 Mia... lives with her mother and sister in the housing projects of Essex. Mias adolescent conflicts and emerging sexuality reach a boiling point when her mothers new boyfriend... enters the picture--Container. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1208726 A traveling magician bringing his potions and mystical items with him is challenged by the Minister of Health, who believes the magician to be a charlatan. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1670779 In a Japanese prison camp on Java in 1942, two British officers, John Lawrence and Jack Celliers, encounter camp commander Yonoi and his sergeant Hara. Things had been going pretty well, until charismatic, rebellious Celliers arrived. Yonoi is a devotee of the samurai ideal; neither he nor Hara can understand the stoic way in which the British prisoners accept their situation of defeat. Lawrence speaks Japanese, and ceaselessly tries to mediate between the prisoners and their overseers, translating both the words and the values of the two races. Celliers attitude, however, is more comprehensible to Yonoi. He and Celliers arrive at a sort of dtente, based on an admiration for the other, but this eventually turns into a contest of wills as the camps carefully nurtured equilibrium is destroyed. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1229212 Though poor and abused by her alcoholic husband, Maria Larsson wins a camera in a lottery and finds an outlet in photography, which opens up her world for the first time. Includes documentaries, theatrical trailer, and a booklet. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1208748 A neurotic young woman who is married to an engineer in the industrial wasteland of northern Italy, searches in vain to find meaning in her life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1208723 The life of a young woman who was a showgirl, had affairs with kings, became a courtesan, and traveled the world trying to fit in. Charts the course of Montss scandalous past through the invocations of the bombastic ringmaster of the American circus where she has ended up performing. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=884372 Mayan Indian peasants are tired of being thought of as nothing more than manual laborers. They organize an effort to improve their lot in life, but are discovered by the Guatemalan army. After the army destroys their village and family, Enrique and Rosa, a teenage brother and sister, who barely escaped the massacre, decide they must flee to United States. After receiving clandestine help from friends and humorous advice from a veteran immigrant on strategies for traveling, they make their way by truck, bus and other means to Los Angeles, where they try to make a new life as young, uneducated, and illegal immigrants. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=978827 X attempts to convince A that they met last year in this same hotel (or maybe it was in a different one). They loved each other, emotionally and physically. She agrees to elope with him and get away from M, her husband (or lover). At the last moment, she refuses (for whatever reason) and asked for a one year postponement. Now, the year has passed and X has come to their agreed rendezvous to take her away. A claims she does not recognize X and does not remember any agreement between them. At first, X is surprised, and he recounts conversations the two of them had, supporting details, relating scenes convincingly. A persists in not remembering, even though X produces a photograph of her as a proof of his claim. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1001450 Set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars of the late eighteenth century. Emma Hart is a beautiful dance hall girl who is sent by her latest lover to stay with his uncle Sir William Hamilton, the British ambassador to Naples. Sir William considers Emma a rare piece of art he must possess. Sir William introduces Emma to Naples elite society and she soon marries him. Later, Horatio Nelson, a famous English Naval office arrives. Soon, a scandalous, adulterous affair between the British Royal Navy officer and the renowned beauty, Emma begins. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1624269 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1431878 An inner-city detective is investigating the murder of an elderly candy shop owner and finds odd clues along the way, while at the same time trying to find out who he has become. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1579854 Tells of the journey of the well-intentioned yet naive Kaji from labor camp supervisor to Imperial Army soldier to Soviet POW. Constantly trying to rise above a corrupt system, Kaji time and again finds his morals an impediment rather than an advantage. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1208684 Juliette, a bourgeois housewife, is a loving wife and mother whose domestic moments alternate with her days and nights as a call girl. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729407 Evokes a sense of impending doom, the daily domestic routine of a middle-aged widow. Her chores include making the beds, cooking dinner for her grown son, and turning the occasional trick. Her life is beginning to break down. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=978707 World-weary and living hand to mouth, small-time gunrunner Eddie Fingers Coyle (Mitchum) works on the sidelines of the seedy Boston underworld. But when he finds himself facing a second stretch of hard time, hes forced to weigh loyalty to his criminal colleagues against snitching to stay free. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696811 David Chappellet, a ruthlessly ambitious skier competing for Olympic gold with an underdog American team in Europe, clashes with his coach, who tries to temper the upstarts narcissistic drive for glory. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1579855 Paula, a leftist writer, goes from Paris to the French town of Atlantic-Cit when she learns of the death of a former colleague and lover, Richard P. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1064883 In Northern Irelands Maze prison in 1981, 27-year-old Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands went on a hunger strike to protest the British governments refusal to recognize him and his fellow IRA inmates as political prisoners. A transcedent depiction of what a human being is willing to endure in order to be heard. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=773197 Antonio Gaud designed some of the worlds most astonishing buildings, interiors, and parks. Takes viewers on a tour of Gauds truly spectacular architecture, including his massive, still-unfinished masterpiece, the Sagrada Familia cathedral. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=821879 In 1870s New Mexico Territory, megalomaniacal widowed ranch owner T.C. Jeffords butts heads with his daughter, Vance, a firebrand with serious daddy issues, over her dowry, choice of husband, and finally, ownership of the land itself. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=830405 Nino is an auto-factory foreman who takes his proper, modern wife and two blonde daughters from industrial Milan to the antiquated, rural Sicily to visit his family and get back in touch with his roots. Nino gets more than he bargained for when he discovers some harsh truths about his ancestors and himself. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=743380 Set in the impoverished back alleys of Victorian London, The threepenny opera follows underworld antihero Mackie Messer (a.k.a. Mack the Knife) as he tries to woo Polly Peachum and elude the authorities. With a palpable evocation of corruption and dread, set to Weills irresistible score, The threepenny opera remains a benchmark of early sound cinema. -- container. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=623075 Viridiana, who is about to become a nun, does her utmost to maintain her Catholic principles, but her lecherous uncle and a motley assemblage of paupers force her to confront the limits of her idealism. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=653881 A sixteen-year-old Parisian girl embarks on a sexual rampage in an effort to separate herself from her overbearing, beloved father, ineffectual mother, and brutish brother. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1579853 Volunteering as a comfort woman on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service hundreds of soldiers, Harumi is commandeered by the brutal Lieutenant Narita but falls for the sensitive Mikami, Naritas direct subordinate. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1128329 In the shady black markets and bombed-out hotels of post-World War II Tokyo, a tough band of prostitutes eke out a dog-eat-dog existence, maintaining tenuous friendships and a semblance of order in a world of chaos. But when a renegade ex-soldier stumbles into their midst, lusts and loyalties clash, with tragic results. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=968027 Spy networks gather information for the clans supporting and opposing the shogunate.--Www.kitparker.com. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=667729 Offbeat homage to Hollywood musicals finds a stripper rousing her lovers jealousy by seducing his best friend. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1020579 Powerful story of the disintegration of a marriage of a captain of industry and his wife. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=555415 The King of Kings is the Greatest Story Ever Told as only Cecil B. DeMille could tell it. In 1927, working with the biggest budget in the history of Hollywood, DeMille spun the life and Passion of Christ into one of the highest-grossing films of all time http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1584164 In this stark depiction of spiritual crisis, small-town pastor Tomas Ericsson performs his duties mechanically before a dwindling congregation. When he is asked to assist a troubled parishioner with his debilitating fear of nuclear annihilation, Tomas is terrified to find that he can offer nothing but his own uncertainty.--Container. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=422016 Drama about the theater and the individuals that made the stage their life. Includes the love story of four men for one woman. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=430786 A witty, delightful story about a lovestruck suitor named Jack whose fiancee can only love a man named Ernest. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=422009 Three grown prodigies, all with a unique genius of some kind, and their mother are staying at the family household. Their father, Royal, had left them long ago, but now returns to make things right with his family. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=416376 A beautiful woman with a tainted past is enlisted by American agent Devlin to spy on a ring of Nazis in post-war Rio. Her espionage work becomes life-threatening after she marries the most debonair of the Nazi ring, Alex. Only Devlin can rescue her, but to do so he must face his role in her desperate situation and acknowledge that hes loved her all along. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=427200 Set in the Middle Ages, the nature of truth and subjective reality are probed in a series of flashbacks from four viewpoints to present the case history of a mans murder and the rape of his wife by a bandit. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1349302 In this controversial movie, Jesus, as both fully human and fully divine, is viewed as free of sin but subject to all temptations, including sexual ones. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=492855 Majesty gives way to mystery, and marks a harrowing descent into madness, when a young British nun is ordered to establish a convent in the remote Himalayan mountains. Sister Clodagh (Kerr) is a serious young novitiate assigned to lead a crucial mission, with the reluctant recommendation of her Mother Superior. Together with a disparate group of nuns, Sister Clodagh will face strange peoples and customs, a harsh and unforgiving climate and a wrenching struggle with her own past that will prove the ultimate test of her devotion and faith. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=432935 A young prostitute who works in the streets of Rome is continually deceived by men who claim to love her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=427206 The story of a witty but lonely secretary who takes a vacation in Venice, hoping to fall in love. She does - with a very handsome but very married Italian man.