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Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
The Normal Heart, set during the early years of the AIDS epidemic, is the impassioned indictment of a society that allowed the plague to happen, a moving denunciation of the ignorance and fear that helped kill an entire generation. It has been produced and taught all over the world. Its companion play, The Destiny of Me is the stirring story of an AIDS activist forced to put his life in the hands of the very doctor he has been denouncing.
3) Beauty
Publisher
TLA Releasing
Pub. Date
©2012
Language
Afrikaans
Description
Francois is a dutiful husband and father, but finds himself going through the motions of a loveless marriage while harboring a life-long secret. His sexual urges rise to the surface around a charming family friend, Christian. Francois soon embarks on a dark, unwavering journey of obsession that leads to a shocking and graphic conclusion.
Publisher
Cinedigm
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
An inspirational story of family, friendship, and redemption. After years of searching for his father, a young man, on the run from the law, finds his way into the life of a secluded old man in the woods. As the days go by and secrets about their past are revealed, they realize they may not have been looking for each other but they were brought together for a reason.
5) The whale
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A reclusive English teacher, living alone in the wake of a tragedy, attempts to reconnect with his teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption in filmmaker Darren Aronofsky's transcendent, emotional epic. Nominated for three Academy Awards and featuring a career-defining performance from Brendan Fraser, THE WHALE is a deeply moving story of heartache, empathy, and grace.
Publisher
CBS DVD / Paramount
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Oscar Madison and Felix Unger are two former college buddies who become unlikely roommates after the demise of their marriages. It's not long after Oscar lets Felix move in that Oscar fears he's made a monumental mistake. Despite how exasperated they make each other, in the end, these mismatched friends agree they can help each other move on from their divorces and somehow make this crazy living arrangement work.
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
In Corpus Christi McNally gives us his own unique view of the story of Christ, and in doing so provides us with one of the most vivid and moving passion plays written. McNally's play is an affirmation of faith and a drama of such power and scope that it has been hailed by audiences and critics alike as one of his best and most poignant works to date.
Author
Publisher
New Directions
Pub. Date
©1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
The embattled Wingfield family: Amanda, a faded southern belle, abandoned wife, dominating mother, who hopes to match her daughter with an eligible "gentleman caller;" Laura, a lame and painfully shy, she evades her mother's schemes and reality by retreating to a world of make-believe; Tom's sole support of the family, he eventually leaves home to become a writer but is forever haunted by the memory of Laura.
The only single edition now available...
Publisher
Comedy Partners
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
PB & J. Milk and Cookies. Serial Killers and Showers. Some things just go together; like sketch masters Key & Peele. They and their characters are back and bringing their honest, unvarnished and always brilliantly funny take on pop culture, race and society. From returning faves (substitute teacher!) to fresh material (paintboobs!), this is one perfect pair.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Boundaries and bonds are tested in this gritty crime-thriller drama about family, morality, and redemption. Once-incarcerated Marcus Cowans is trying to turn over a new leaf with the support of his loving family. Upon discovering that one of his brothers may have been involved in a horrific crime, Marcus grapples with the limits of brotherhood and loyalty. He and his family, increasingly weary of the justice system's failings, end up in the crosshairs...
Author
Publisher
Samuel French, an imprint of Concord Theatricals Corp
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"This is the probing, hilarious and provocative story of Sidney, a disenchanted Greenwich Village intellectual, his wife Iris, an aspiring actress, and their colorful circle of friends and relations. Set against the shenanigans of a stormy political campaign, the play follows its characters in their unorthodox quests for meaningful lives in an age of corruption, alienation and cynicism. With compassion, humor and poignancy, the author examines questions...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Description
Charlie is a non-traditional therapist specializing in anger management. He has a successful private practice, holding sessions with his group of primary patient regulars each week, as well as performing pro bono counseling for an inmate group at the state prison. Charlie thrives on the chaos in his life while still battling his own anger issues.
13) Test
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Set in the free spirited San Francisco of 1985, young Frankie confronts the challenges of being an understudy in a modern dance company where he is taunted.
Publisher
Skydance Productions, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
For as long as they can recall, Grace and Frankie have been rivals. Their one-upmanship comes crashing to a halt, however, when they learn that their husbands have fallen in love with each other and want to get married. As everything around the ladies is coming apart, the only thing they can really rely on is each other.
15) The ice house
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Ten years ago, Phoebe Maybury's hateful husband David disappeared from Streech Grange. Now, a naked, unidentifiable corpse has been discovered in the icehouse on the Grange and Inspectors Walsh and McLoughlin have to decide whose it is, whether he was murdered; and who killed him.
16) Guest artist
Publisher
Indican Pictures
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The story of a young man coming face to face with his hero an exploring the tangled relationship between the dreams of youth and the wisdom of age.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Based on the bestselling book by Matthew Quick, the riotous and poignant story of how a man who has lost everything, his house, his job, his wife, reconnects with himself and creates his own silver linings from the bonds he forms with his family and friends.
18) Devil's peak
Publisher
Screen Media
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in the Appalachian Mountains, Devil's Peak is a tense country-noir thriller about a family dominated by a crime lord who controls his family and his business with his fists. When his son meets the girl of his dreams, desperately wanting to escape the life he is expected to lead and free himself from the clutches of his father, he is forced to go head-to-head with the terrifying man who will stop at nothing to ensure loyalty from all of those around...
19) Old man
Publisher
RLJE Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Deep in the woods, a lost hiker stumbles upon the cabin of an erratic and reclusive old man. What starts as a cordial conversation soon turns dangerous as it becomes clear that one or both of them might be hiding a terrifying secret. This horrific and poignant plunge into madness is 'a mesmerizing thriller that you won't be able to take your eyes off of' (ScariestThings.com).
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Vic Edwards was the biggest star in Hollywood, a college football legend turned stunt double turned leading man. Now in his eighties, he's convinced by an old friend to accept an invitation to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at a two-bit film festival in Nashville. The trip launches him on both a hilarious fish-out-of-water adventure and an unexpectedly poignant journey into his past.
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