Tribeca Productions.
1) 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...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
No one could stop Dillinger and his gang. No jail could hold him. His charm and audacious jailbreaks endeared him to almost everyone, from his girlfriend Billie Frechette to an American public who had no sympathy for the banks that had plunged the country into the Depression. But while the adventures of Dillinger's gang thrilled many, Hoover made Dillinger America's first Public Enemy Number One.
3) Analyze that
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Fearful of his emotional stability, prison officials release Paul Vitti into the custody of his psychiatrist, Dr. Ben Sobel, who becomes even more exasperated when he learns Vitti will be moving into his home. As Sobel tries to get to the root of Vitti's real problems, he tries to help Vitti find a straight job. And adding to all this confusion, several members of Vitti's old crew are after him, who are determined to see that he doesn't pass along...
4) Analyze this
Language
English
Description
"Mob boss Paul Vitti's going a little wacky. His shrink is afraid of getting whacked. Vitti is a troubled crime-family racketeer and Ben Sobel is his psychiatrist with just a few days to turn Vitti in a happy, well-adjusted gangster. In the second film, Vitti is released from prison into the custody of his therapist, Ben Sobel." --
Series
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Language
English
Description
Edward is the only witness to his father's suicide and is a member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion. These are the qualities that help him become recruited for a career in the newly founded Office of Strategic Services (CIA). While working there, his ideals gradually turn to suspicion influenced by the Cold War paranoia present within the office. Eventually, he becomes...
6) The Irishman
Series
Criterion collection ; 1058
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"An epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran, a hustler and hitman who worked alongside some of the most notorious figures of the twentieth century. Left behind by the world, former hit man and union truck driver Frank Sheeran looks back from a nursing home on his life's journey through the ranks of organized crime: from his involvement with Philadelphia mob boss Russell Bufalino...
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Ben is an overburdened movie producer. He tries to balance his life and has to contend with the never-ending demands of 2 ex-wives, his ice-queen studio head, and a menagerie of various Hollywood prima donnas. Ben manages to take it all in stride. He copes by exuding a smoothly assuring demeanor. The only thing that really seems to upset Ben is when he discovers that his ex-wife sleeps with one of his colleagues.
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Greg is in love with Pam, and views their upcoming trip to her parents' house as a perfect opportunity to ask her to marry him. Once Greg is introduced to Pam's parents, however, things slide steadily downhill. Pam's dad, Jack, takes an instant and obvious dislike to Greg, remarking constantly about the fact that he is a male nurse. The weekend goes from bad to worse when Greg manages to, almost, destroy the house and the wedding.
9) Starred up
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
A troubled and explosively violent teenager is transferred to an adult prison where he finally meets his match - a man who also happens to be his father.
10) Meet the parents
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Male nurse Greg Focker wants to pop the question to his girlfried Pam Byrnes. But she's daddy's little girl, and daddy, has some old-fashioned ideas about manners and manhood. So Pam and Greg make a pilgrimage to the Byrnes' homestead on Long Island. Greg gets off the wrong foot with Mr. Byrnes and never recovers. Little white lies mushroom into ghastly whoppers. Greg finds out that Mr. Byrnes was in the CIA for 34 years. And so the weekend goes from...
11) Marvin's room
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
A story about the years that keep us apart ... And the moments that bring us together. When Lee (Streep) left home for seventeen years, Bessie (Keaton), her sister, was left alone to take care of their chronically ill father, Marvin (Cronyn). With Bessie diagnosed leukemia and will die without a bone marrow transplant. This precipitates the two estranged sisters an uneasy reunion. Lee realizes that the old man's welfare will fall to her if Bessie...
12) Rent
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Focuses on the year in the life of a group of friends in New York's East Village. The "bohemians" live carefree lives of art, music, sex, and drugs. It is carefree until Mark, an aspiring filmmaker, and Roger, an aspiring songwriter, find out they owe a year's rent to Benny. Benny is a former friend who had promised them free rent when he married the landlord's daughter. Roger has also attracted the attention of his downstairs neighbor, Mimi. Mark's...
13) A Bronx tale
Publisher
HBO Savoy Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
A hard-working bus driver must stand up to the local mob boss if he is to keep his son from falling into a life of crime.
Pub. Date
2010
Language
Français
Description
Jean-Rene is the boss of a chocolate factory and Angelique is a talented chocolate maker. They are both emotionally challenged people. Drawn together through a shared passion for chocolate, Jean-Rene and Angelique fall in love, but neither is able to express how they feel. Sadly, their crippling shyness is driving them apart. But eventually, they manage to overcome their lack of self-confidence, and risk baring their true feelings.
15) Stage beauty
Publisher
Artisan Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Welcome to the 17th century stage, where Ned Kynaston's performace of Desdemona in Shakespeare's 'Othello' brings the house down nightly. Ned is the "most beautiful woman on the London stage". That is, until the King renounces the royal edict that only men can play women on stage. Enter Maria, Ned's seemingly loyal dresser, who becomes an instant star, leaving Ned to suppress his ardent feminine traits and make a man of himself.
16) Palo alto
Publisher
Phase 4 Films
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
April is torn between an illicit flirtation with her soccer coach and an unrequited crush on her classmate Teddy. Fred, a live wire without filters or boundaries, seduces Emily, a promiscuous loner who seeks validation through sexual encounters. As one high school party bleeds into the next, April and Teddy struggle to admit their mutual affection and Fred's escalating recklessness starts to spiral into chaos.
17) Fire in Babylon
Publisher
Tribeca Film
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Presented is the incredibly captivating story of the glorious domination of the West Indian cricket team who, with a combination of phenomenal skill and fearless spirit, became the longest reigning winning team in sports history.
18) Flawless
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
An ex-cop suffers a stroke and is paralyzed and unable to speak clearly. On the advice of his doctor, he seeks voice lessons from a musically inclined neighbor, a female impersonator whom he vehemently dislikes.
19) Wag the dog
Series
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
When the President is caught in a sex scandal less than 2 weeks before the election, "Mr. Fix-it" decides they need a war to distract the public's attention and he calls on Hollywood's top producer to create it.
20) Rent
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Focuses on the year in the life of a group of friends in New York's East Village. The "bohemians" live carefree lives of art, music, sex, and drugs. It is carefree until Mark, an aspiring filmmaker, and Roger, an aspiring songwriter, find out they owe a year's rent to Benny. Benny is a former friend who had promised them free rent when he married the landlord's daughter. Roger has also attracted the attention of his downstairs neighbor, Mimi. Mark's...