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Women Make Film. by Cousins, Mark,film director.; Cousins, Mark,actor.; Cohen Film Collection (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Mark CousinsOriginally produced by Cohen Film Collection in 2018.This epic exploration of filmmaking by women offers an essential and celebratory revisionist history of cinema told through the lenses of the world’s greatest female directors. Researched, shot, and edited by Mark Cousins (The Story of Film: An Odyssey), 700 clips from 183 filmmakers both well-known and forgotten—from Agnès Varda (France) to Sarah Maldoror (Angola), Ava DuVernay (U.S.A) to Binka Zhelyazkova (Bulgaria)—illuminate the scope and impact of women's contributions to the art form.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Arts.; Motion pictures.; Documentary films.; Women's studies.; Artists.; History.;
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Curse of the Pink Panther. by Edwards, Blake,film director.; Niven, David,actor.; Lom, Herbert,actor.; Lumley, Joanna,actor.; Wagner, Robert,actor.; MGM (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
David Niven, Herbert Lom, Joanna Lumley, Robert WagnerOriginally produced by MGM in 1983.Legendary director Blake Edwards ignites a powder keg of laughter in this delightful caper involving the most inefficient search for France's most inept detective. With Clouseau still missing, the French president orders Clouseau's archrival - the deranged Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) - to find him. Having no such intentions, Dreyfus ingeniously hires the world's worst detective, New York Police Department's not-so-finest Clifton Sleigh (Ted Wass), to ensure that Clouseau is never located!Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Crime.; Detective and mystery films.; Comedy.; Motion pictures.;
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Mary Queen of Scots [videorecording (BLURAY)]. by Ronan, Saoirse; Robbie, Margot; Lowden, Jack; Bain, Angela; Cant, Richard; Rhys, Guy; Petty, Thom; Hoyle, Izuka;
Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden, Angela Bain, Richard Cant, Guy Rhys, Thom Petty, Izuka Hoyle.Director, Josie Rourke.Blu-ray.MPAA rating: R.Queen of France at sixteen, widowed at eighteen, Mary Stuart defies pressure to remarry and instead returns to her native Scotland to reclaim her rightful throne. By birth, she also has a rival claim to the throne of Elizabeth I, who rules as the Queen of England. Mary asserts her claim to the English throne, threatening Elizabeth's sovereignty. Betrayal, rebellion, and conspiracies within each court imperil both Queens, driving them apart, as each woman experiences the bitter cost of power.
Subjects: Drama.; Drama.; Award Winners.;
© 2019., Universal,
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Paris 1919 [videorecording (DVD)] : inside the peace talks that changed the world / by Cowan, Paul,1947-; Flahive, Gerry.; MacMillan, Margaret,1943-Peacemakers.Videorecording.; Saadou, Paul.; Thomson, R. H.; 13 Production (Firm); ARTE France.; Galafilm Inc.; National Film Board of Canada.; TVOntario.;
Photographed by Paul Cowan ; editors, Denis Papillon & Annie Ilkow ; original music composed by Robert M. Lepage.Narrator, R.H. Thomson.How can you make peace when what you really want is revenge? In the wake of 37 million casualties at the end of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson took his dream of a League of Nations to Paris to seek "peace everlasting," joining over 30 international delegations who descended upon the city fo the most ambitious peace talks in history. Helmed by the Big Four (the United States, France, Great Britain and Italy), the Paris Peace Conference ultimately and ironically sowed the seeds of resentment that led to World War II.E.DVD, widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: MacMillan, Margaret, 1943-; Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.; Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920); Treaty of Versailles (1919); Documentary television programs.; World War, 1914-1918;
© c2009., BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Limited,
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Other people's houses / by Waxman, Abbi,author.;
"As the longtime local carpool mom, Frances Bloom is sometimes an unwilling witness to her neighbors' private lives. She knows her cousin is hiding her desire for another baby from her spouse, Bill Horton's wife is mysteriously missing, and now this ... After the shock of seeing Anne Porter in all her extramarital glory, Frances vows to stay in her own lane. But that's a notion easier said than done when Anne's husband throws her out a couple of days later. The repercussions of the affair reverberate through the four carpool families--and Frances finds herself navigating a moral minefield that could make or break a marriage"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Adultery; Interpersonal relations; Married people;
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Sherlock Holmes. [videorecording] / by Anderson, Paul.; Downey, Robert,1965-; Doyle, Arthur Conan,Sir,1859-1930.; Fry, Stephen,1957-; Harris, Jared,1961-; James, Geraldine.; Law, Jude,1972-; McAdams, Rachel,1978-; Rapace, Noomi,1979-; Reilly, Kelly.; Ritchie, Guy.; Zimmer, Hans.; Warner Bros. Entertainment.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Camera, Philippe Rousselot ; editor, James Herbert ; music, Hans Zimmer ; production design, Sarah Greenwood.Robert Downey, Jr., Jude Law, Noomi Rapace, Rachel McAdams, Jared Harris, Stephen Fry, Paul Anderson, Kelly Reilly, Geraldine James, Eddie Marsan.Sherlock Holmes has always been the smartest man in the room, until now. There is a new criminal mastermind at large, Professor James Moriarty, and not only is he Holmes's intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil, coupled with a complete lack of conscience, may give him an advantage over the renowned detective. Holmes's investigation into Moriarty's plot becomes more dangerous as it leads him and Watson out of London to France, Germany, and finally Switzerland.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, Dolby digital 5.1 ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Great Britain. Metropolitan Police Office. Criminal Investigation Dept; Action and adventure films.; Criminal investigation; Detective and mystery films.; Feature films.; Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character); Moriarty, Professor (Fictitious character); Watson, John H. (Fictitious character);
© c2012., Warner Bros. Entertainment : Distributed by Warner Home Video,
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Paris Blues. by Ritt, Martin,film director.; Woodward, Joanne,actor.; Newman, Paul,actor.; Poitier, Sidney,actor.; MGM (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Joanne Woodward, Paul Newman, Sidney PoitierOriginally produced by MGM in 1961.Ram Bowen (Paul Newman) and Eddie Cook (Sidney Poitier) are two expatriate jazz musicians living in Paris where Jazz musicians are celebrated and racism is a non-issue. When they meet and fall in love with two young American girls (Joanne Woodward, Diahann Carroll) vacationing in France, Ram and Eddie must decide whether they should move back to America with them, or stay in Paris for the freedom it allows them. Director Martin Ritt creates a love letter to both jazz and the city of Paris.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Racism.; Foreign films.; Motion Pictures.; Drama.; Motion pictures.; Romance.;
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The invisible life of Addie LaRue / by Schwab, Victoria,author.;
France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever--and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world. But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Historical fiction.; Memory; Immortalism;
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Hunting the falcon : Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the marriage that shook Europe / by Guy, John,1952 November 17-author.; Fox, Julia,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Based on new research, this history of Henry VIII's courtship, short union, and brutal execution of Anne Boleyn dispels previously held myths about Boleyn's role in the marriage. 'Hunting the Falcon' is the story of how Henry VIII's obsessive desire for Anne Boleyn changed him and his country forever. An exhilarating feat of historical research and analysis, 'Hunting the Falcon' is also a thrilling and tragic story of a marriage that has held enduring fascination over the centuries.
Subjects: Biographies.; Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536; Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547;
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City of schemes / by Thompson, Victoria(Victoria E.),author.;
"Elizabeth Miles is preparing for her wedding to Gideon Bates, when a menacing shadow from her past threatens to destroy the life she has built for herself in this all-new Counterfeit Lady Novel from USA Today bestselling author Victoria Thompson. The Great War is over, and Elizabeth and Gideon are busily planning their wedding and welcoming home old friends now discharged from the army. One of them, Captain Logan Carstens, the son and heir of a wealthy family, seems less than happy to be home and with good reason. While Logan was in France, he fell in love with a beautiful French woman named Noelle. He desperately wanted to propose, but he was already engaged and felt bound to honor his commitment. When Logan receives a letter supposedly from Noelle begging for money to help her flee the terrible conditions in France and come to America, Elizabeth is suspicious. There is no way to verify the letter is actually from Noelle, and she fears that a con man or woman might be trying to take advantage of Logan in his vulnerable state. But that is not all Elizabeth has to worry about. Vicious thug Oscar Thornton has gotten wind of her wedding announcement and realizes the woman who conned him is still alive and well. Gideon and Elizabeth have to figure out a way to help their friend while making sure their worst enemy does not destroy their future"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Swindlers and swindling; Inheritance and succession; Weddings;
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