Sneak Peek DVDs: Take a Look at What We Just Added

A new delivery of DVDs has arrived which are now available.  What a great selection!  Here are a few highlights:  

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“The Way Home” -  An Amazon reviewer says, “when your students want to borrow your DVD to show their parents and other family members, you have a winner.”  This award-winning South Korean film tells the story of a spoiled city grandson and his unsophisticated rural, mute grandmother.  Despite being defiant and unappreciative of his grandmother’s humble life, her unconditional love finally touches him before it’s too late. Beautiful and poignant. 

“The Party” is a dark comedy which unfolds during an evening dinner celebration between friends which begins as a “sophisticated soiree” that might just end in gunplay.  A talented British cast dissect “London’s personal and political angst” spot on.

“Freak Show” – Billy Bloom has absolutely no desire to be like anyone else.  In this high school comedy, being provoked by his peers only motivates him to widen the gap further.  When he runs for homecoming queen, we enter into the “transgressive space of pop culture” somewhere in between David Bowie and Lady Gaga. 

“Man in an Orange Shirt” is a PBS Masterpiece series movingly exploring two love stories set sixty years apart.  Vanessa Redgrave stars in this “heart-rending” drama charting the changes and challenges in gay lives in England.  The Los Angeles Times says the series is “refreshingly provocative in [portraying] the ordinariness of gay life.”

“In Search of Fellini” – Young dreamers rejoice in this coming-of-age adventure that unabashedly pays homage to Federico Fellini’s films in a magical trip through Italy.

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“Frontline: Weinstein” – From PBS, “Frontline investigates how Harvey Weinstein allegedly sexually harassed and abused dozens of women over four decades. With allegations going back to Weinstein’s early years, the film examines the elaborate ways he and those around him tried to silence his accusers.”  Timely and revealing.

“Real Story: Braveheart” – From Smithsonian Channel, “Mel Gibson's "Braveheart" won five Oscars and made William Wallace, a 13th-century Scottish warrior, an unforgettable Hollywood character. But how historically accurate is the film? Was the real-life William Wallace a heroic freedom fighter or a common criminal turned terrorist? We examine new archeological evidence, reveal recently deciphered ancient manuscripts and conduct forensic experiments to uncover the true story of this legendary warrior.”  The Library also owns Real Story: True Grit.

“Tales of Mexico” – Eight of Mexico’s rising star directors create a colorful dramatic portrait of a century of upheaval and change in this omnibus film.  A room in a turn-of-the-century mansion gives up its ghosts in eight separate episodes unfolding over a hundred years.  Okay, I’m hooked.