Cynthia Nixon
Author
Language
English
Description
An in-depth exploration of the life and work of the great American poet Emily Dickinson, narrated by Cynthia Nixon. Bringing to light new theories about Dickinson's personal relationships and most revered work, this feature documentary rewrites the widely accepted narrative of the poet as a strange recluse in white, and breathes new life into the Dickinson legacy over 130 years after her death.
Author
Series
Poetry in America volume 1
Language
English
Description
"I Cannot Dance Opon My Toes" by Emily Dickinson, featuring Cynthia Nixon, Marie Howe, Yo Yo Ma, Jill Johnson
4) Save me
Author
Language
English
Description
When an explosion rips through the nearly empty cafeteria of an elementary school, Rose leads two girls to safety before racing to rescue her own daughter, Melly. But Rose soon learns that she may face both civil and criminal charges for her heroics because one of the girls she saved was seriously injured in the resulting fire that killed three school staff members. Media demands, legal maneuvering, and social pressures create tension, and dark secrets...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Following a tragic accident, two women--Tessa Russo, a renowned pediatric surgeon, and Valerie Anderson, an attorney and single mother--living in the same Boston suburb but with relatively little in common aside from a fierce love for their children converge in ways no one could have imagined.
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (81 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Poet Emily Dickinson, pigeonholed as the strange recluse since her death, takes you on a journey through the seasons of her life amid 1800s New England. Narrated by Cynthia Nixon and featuring behind-the-scenes clips from the biopic *A Quiet Passion*.
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (125 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Cynthia Nixon delivers a triumphant performance as Emily Dickinson as she personifies the wit, intellectual independence and pathos of the poet whose genius only came to be recognized after her death. Acclaimed British director Terence Davies (*House of Mirth, The Deep Blue Sea*) exquisitely evokes Dickinson’s deep attachment to her close knit family along with the manners, mores and spiritual convictions of her time that she struggled with and...
Publisher
A24
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (87 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Nothing is what it seems in this riveting thriller, where a troubled writer (James Franco) is thrown into a passionate affair and forced to confront the secrets of his past while investigating a scandalous high-profile murder. Nominated for Best Narrative Feature at the **Tribeca Film Festival**. "*A complex, absorbing, at times profound look at how we choose to remember our past.*" - Gary Goldstein, ***The Los Angeles Times***
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (103 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
You're more likely to go to prison in the USA than any other country in the world. THE SURVIVORS GUIDE TO PRISON explores the current state of the US prison system, focusing on the experiences of two wrongly convicted men, Reggie Cole and Bruce Lisker. Featuring gripping commentary from former and current inmates, officials, attorneys and celebrity activists including Danny Glover, Macklemore, Deepak Chopra, RZA, Busta Rhymes, Quincy Jones, Tom Morello,...
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Carrie's promotional poster onthe side of a bus. Carrie participates in a celebrity variety fashion show as a model. The girls go to Atlantic City and Charlotte throws in her old maid card.
14) Sex and the city
Publisher
New Line Video
Language
English
Description
We find Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte, and Miranda four years after the series ended.
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 397 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The iconic characters and world of Sex and the City are the exciting jumping off point for this all-new series, which finds Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte navigating the complicated reality of friendship, family, and New York in their 50s.
17) Little Manhattan
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Full screen and widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a city known for excitement, two friends are about to embark on the greatest adventure of all. Gabe and Rosemary have known each other all of their lives, but when they come face to face in a karate class, they see each other in a whole new light.
Author
Series
Tales of the city volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tranquillity reigns in the ancient redwood forest until a women-only music festival sets up camp downriver from an all-male retreat for the ruling class. Among those entangled in the ensuing mayhem are a lovesick nurseryman, a panic-stricken philanderer, and the world's most beautiful fat woman. Significant Others is Armistead Maupin's cunningly observed meditation on marriage, friendship, and sexual nostalgia.
Author
Language
English
Description
Based on his widely read columns for The New Yorker, Ian Frazier's uproarious first novel, The Cursing Mommy's Book of Days, centers on a profoundly memorable character, sprung from an impressively fertile imagination. Structured as a daybook of sorts, the book follows the Cursing Mommy-beleaguered wife of Larry and mother of two boys, twelve and eight-as she tries (more or less) valiantly to offer tips on how to do various tasks around the home,...
20) 5 flights up
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A married couple's attempts at selling their New York apartment don't quite go as planned over the course of one crazy weekend.