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1) Yo
Publisher
FiGa Films
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Español
Description
Winner of Best Film at the Morelia International Film Festival, "Yo" is based on a short story by Nobel laureate J.M.G. Le Clezio. "My name is Yo, I'm 15 years old, or that's what they tell me," explains the protagonist (Raul Silva) early on. A strong young man with limited mental skills, he says he is fifteen years old, although he seems to be older. He lives and works in his mother's restaurant by a busy freeway. Yo loves his mother but hates her...
Publisher
FiGa Films
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Portuguese
Description
Francisca, a young Portuguese woman who's living in Brazil, welcomes Teresa, an old acquaintance she'd lost contact with, into her home. While Teresa is discovering the place where she means to settle, Francisca craves for her life back in Lisbon. The film follows each woman's adventures in the city and the deep bond of friendship that grows between them, forcing them to deal with conflicting desires: a will to leave for an unknown country and a relentless...
Series
Criterion collection volume 588
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
Français
Description
A young woman is drawn into an ever-widening web of lies and deceit as the secret life of her husband is revealed. The first of a trilogy by Krzysztof Kieslowski, followed by 'White' and 'Red.'
9) The Present
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
When a brilliant boy discovers he can manipulate time using an enchanted family heirloom, he and his siblings team up to go back to the eve of their parents’ separation in hopes of changing the outcome. As their schemes become more elaborate, the siblings will learn about family bonds and what they can and can’t control.
10) Thief
Series
Criterion collection volume 691
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
A safe cracker attempts his final job before bidding farewell to his double life.
11) Artemis
Author
Language
English
Description
"Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent. Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down. But pulling...
Publisher
Cineverse
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Set in a near-future California, this sci-fi thriller follows high school student Aisha (Helena Howard) as she begins to suspect that she isn’t entirely human. When strange glitches disrupt her daily life, Aisha uncovers shocking truths about her origins and the powerful forces monitoring her every move. As her world unravels, she must decide whom to trust and confront what it truly means to be human.
13) Biosphere
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In the not-too-distant future, the last two men on earth must adapt and evolve to save humanity.
14) Subject
Publisher
Cineverse
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Compiling suppressed footage, SUBJECT follows a man on his way to prison who gets intercepted by a top-secret government agency. In order to serve out this sentence, he's sent to an isolated facility to observe a terrifying creature up close.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Drawing on more than 100 interviews with actors, producers, directors and writers, this first book to tell the Marvel Studios story in full charts the stunning rise—and suddenly uncertain reign—of the Marvel Cinematic Universe—a studio forged by near-constant conflict despite its outward success.
16) Overlord
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nothing can prepare you for the mind-blowing mayhem that is OVERLORD. Mega producer J.J. Abrams creates an insanely twisted thrill ride about a team of American paratroopers who come face-to-face with Nazi super-soldiers unlike the world has ever seen. This critically acclaimed, nonstop action epic will have you on the edge of your seat until the very last shot.
17) Almost Home
Publisher
Ouat Media
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Having lived aboard a confined spaceship with his mother Nico for two years, Jacob’s dream of returning home is finally about to come true. But as they close in on Earth, they receive word of a great danger that could put the teenager in mortal peril.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Told through the lens of a student film project, this found-footage horror from George A. Romero follows a group of film students as they document the chaos of a zombie outbreak. As civilization collapses around them, their cameras capture the brutal reality of survival—and the dark side of human nature.
19) Deliver Me
Publisher
Ouat Media
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Jora’s perfect relationship with himself becomes the worst “little prison” imaginable.
20) Stalker
Series
Criterion collection volume 888
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Russian
Formats
Description
At the center of an outlawed region called The Zone lies a mystical room altered by unnatural forces. Armed guards are the first in a series of lethal obstructions that prevent outsiders from reaching the place where fantastic powers can fulfill man's greatest desires. Only the Stalker can lead a scientist and writer through The Zone where an obstacle course of mental and physical barriers tests the limits of their endurance. At the end they must...
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