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Glenn Frankel, beginning in Hollywood and then returning to the origins of the Cynthia Ann Parker Indian captivity story, creates a rich and nuanced anatomy of a timeless film and a quintessentially American myth that bares the ambiguities surrounding race, sexuality, and violence in the settling of the West and the making of America.
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A dramatization of the true story of Gary Hart, the former Colorado senator who quickly rose to the top of the pack as the number one contender for the 1987 Democratic presidential primary. Due to his charisma and drive, Hart connects well with the younger constituents, and both himself and his aides see this a clear and present path to victory. But allegations soon emerge of an extramarital affair, and Hart is forced to deal with the impact that...
5) Mudbound
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Criterion collection volume 1205
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English
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"In the Mississippi Delta of the 1940s, two farming families -- one of white landholders, and one of Black tenant farmers -- are bound by the unforgiving soil they share as they struggle to survive amid the upheavals of World War II and the poisonous hatred of the Jim Crow South. Each family sends a young man off to battle; when they return home, scarred, and find a common bond, the community is ripped apart"--Container.
6) United 93
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Fact-based story about the 40 passengers and crew aboard San Francisco bound flight United 93, who sat down as strangers and found the courage to stand up as one. This hijacked flight was the fourth terrorist attack plane on September 11, 2001. As a result of a delay on takeoff, the passengers on the flight, are behind the carefully scheduled planned attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Once hijacked, the passengers and crew are able...
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An epic story of the South's fight to maintain it's way of life during the Civil War years. It starts out as Scarlett O'Hara and her family are amongst the ladies and "chivalrous" gentlemen at the Twelve Oaks Plantation's ball before the Civil War begins. How Scarlett's love for one man keeps her from seeing the love that another man truly has for her. As the South finally crumbles down around her, Scarlett devises a way to overcome starvation in...
8) The girl
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The story of iconic director Alfred Hitchcock's obsessive relationship with Tippi Hedren, his leading lady in The Birds and Marnie.
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Based on the New York Times best-seller, The Sectre Life of Marilyn Monroe begins with the young Norma Jeane Mortenson as she battles a lonely, loveless existence with an absent and mentally ill mother. She ultimately reinvents herself as the sex symbol of an era. A fragile artist, she is very different from the larger-than-life image she portrayed. The great secret of Marilyn's life is that her mother, Gladys, remained a vital --and troubling-- part...
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Criterion collection volume 1103
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中文(繁體)
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One of the pinnacles of Hong Kong cinema's 1990s golden age, the Once Upon a Time in China series set a new standard for martial-arts spectacle and launched action star Jet Li to international fame. It brings to vivid life the colorful world of China in the late nineteenth century, an era of immense cultural and technological change, as Western imperialism clashed with tradition and public order was upended by the threats of foreign espionage and...
12) Beau Geste
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Leaving England in disgrace and joining the infamous French Foreign Legion. Michael "Beau" Geste finds both loyalty to family and duty when he is reunited with his two brothers in Northern Africa. The brothers united face greater dangers from the uncertain terrain, the rebellious Arabs and internal strife from their very own sadistic commander.