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The cinema of the Coen brothers : hard-boiled entertainments / Jeffrey Adams.

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Adams, Jeffrey Todd, author.
New York : Columbia University Press, [2015];©2015
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Part of the series Directors’ Cuts;Directors’ cuts.
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A Wallflower Press book.
Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index.
Blood Simple: ‘It’s the same old song’ — Raising Arizona: a state of mind — Miller’s crossing: ‘a handsome movie about men in hats’ — Barton Fink: ‘for the common man’ — The Hudsucker Proxy: a comedy of reinvention — Fargo: in the land of tall tales — The Big Lebowski: ‘the dude abides’ — O Brother Where Art Thou?: the hayseed epic — The Man Who Wasn’t There: recreating classic film noir — No Country for Old Men: darkness in the new west — A Serious Man: parable and paradox — Conclusion: the ends of the auteur — Drawing conlcusions about Coen Brothers movies.
The films of the Coen brothers have become a contemporary cultural phenomenon. Highly acclaimed and commercially successful, over the years their movies have attracted increasingly larger audiences and spawned a subculture of dedicated fans. Shunning fame and celebrity, Ethan and Joel Coen remain maverick filmmakers, producing and directing independent films outside the Hollywood mainstream in a unique style combining classic genres like film noir with black comedy to tell off-beat stories about America and the American Dream. This study surveys Oscar-winning films, such as Fargo (1996) and No Country for Old Men (2007), as well as cult favorites, including O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) and The Big Lebowski (1998). Beginning with Blood Simple (1984), it examines major themes and generic constructs and offers diverse approaches to the Coens’ enigmatic films. — Publisher description.

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Dreaming øf cinema : spectatorship, surrealism, & the age of digital media / Adam Lowenstein.

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Lowenstein, Adam, author.
New York [New York] : Columbia University Press, [2015];©2015
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Part of the series Film & culture;Film and culture.
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Video games, YouTube channels, Blu-ray discs, and other forms of new media have made theatrical cinema seem old. A sense of cinema lost has accompanied the ascent of digital media, and many worry film’s capacity to record the real is fundamentally changing. Yet the Surrealist movement never treated cinema as a realist medium and understood our perceptions of the real itself to be a mirage. Returning to their interpretation of film’s aesthetics and function, this book reads the writing, films, and art of Luis Buñuel, Salvador Dalí, Man Ray, André Breton, André Bazin, Roland Barthes, Georges Bataille, Roger Caillois, and Joseph Cornell and recognizes their significance for the films of David Cronenberg, Nakata Hideo, and Atom Egoyan the American remake of the Japanese Ring (1998) and a YouTube channel devoted to Rock Hudson. Offering a positive alternative to cinema’s perceived crisis of realism, this innovative study enriches the meaning of cinematic spectatorship in the twenty-first century.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-236) and index.
Introduction. Cinema as digital dream machine — Enlarged spectatorship : from realism to surrealism : Bazin, Barthes, and The (digital) sweet hereafter — Interactive spectatorship : gaming, mimicry, and art cinema : between Un chien andalou and eXistenZ — Globalized spectatorship : Ring around the superflat global village : J-horror between Japan and America — Posthuman spectatorship : the animal in You(Tube) : from Los olvidados to Christian the lion — Collaborative spectatorship : the surrealism of the stars : from Rose Hobart to Mrs. Rock Hudson — Afterword. Marking cinematic time.

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Room (Motion picture : 2015);Room [videorecording] / an A24 release Telefilm Canada, Film4, and Bord Scannán na hÉireann/Irish Film Board with the participation of Ontario Media Development Corporation present an Element Pictures/No Trace Camping production in association with Duperele Films produced by Ed Guiney, David Gross screenplay by Emma Donaghue directed by Lenny Abrahamson.

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Santa Monica, CA : Lionsgate, [2016];©2016
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DVD, NTSC region 1, widescreen (2.40:1) presentation Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
In English with optional Spanish subtitles and English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).
Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridgers, Tom McCamus, Joan Allen, William H. Macy.
Director of photography, Danny Cohen editor, Nathan Nugent music, Stephen Rennicks.
Based on the novel by Emma Donoghue.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2015.
Wide screen (2.40:1).
MPAA rating: R for language.
Academy awards, 2016: Best actress, Larson.
After five-year old Jack and his Mom escape from the enclosed environment that Jack has known his entire life, the boy makes a miraculous discovery: the outside world.
Bonus features: 3 in-depth featurettes: Making room 11 x 11 Recreating Room Audio commentary with director Lenny Abrahamson & crew.

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The big short [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures and Regency Enterprises present a Plan B Entertainment production an Adam McKay film produced by Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner produced by Arnon Milchan screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay directed by Adam McKay.

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Hollywood, California : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2016];©2016
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DVD, NTSC, region 1 widescreen (enhanced for 16:9 TVs) presentation Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
In English, dubbed French, or dubbed Spanish optional English, French, Spanish, or Portuguese subtitles closed-captioned English audio description track for people with visual disabilities.
Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Brad Pitt, Melissa Leo, Hamish Linklater, Rafe Spall, Jeremy Strong, Marisa Tomei, Finn Wittrock, Karen Gillan, John Magaro.
Music, Nicholas Britell costume designer, Susan Matheson editor, Hank Corwin production designer, Clayton Hartley director of photography, Barry Ackroyd.
Based upon the book by Michael Lewis.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2015.
Winner, 2016 Academy Awards for Writing, adapted screenplay (Adam McKay)
MPAA rating: R for pervasive language and some sexuality/nudity Canadian Home Video rating: 14A.
The financial meltdown from the perspective of a number of players: Michael Burry, a bizarre autistic-like stock-picking genius, and the first to realize that the market’s housing boom is based on a house of cards sham Mark Baum, self-loathing fictional character whose firm picks up insider trading information from a wrong number phone call Jarred Vennet, a smart-aleck broker who confirms the ominous suspicion and Charles Gellar and James Shipley, small-time players who hit it big.

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Spotlight [videorecording] / Open Road Films produced by Michael Sugar [and three others] written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy directed by Tom McCarthy.

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Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2016]
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DVD anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation Dolby digital 5.1.
In English, with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish.
Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, Billy Crudup, Stanley Tucci, John Slattery, Lana Antonova.
Music, Howard Shore editor, Tom McArdle director of photography, Masanobu Takayanagi.
DVD release of the 2015 motion picture.
MPAA rating: R for some language including sexual references.
The riveting true story of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe investigation that would rock the city and cause a crisis in one of the world’s oldest and most trusted institutions. When the newspaper’s tenacious ‘Spotlight’ team of reporters delve into allegations of abuse in the Catholic Church, their year-long investigation uncovers a decades-long cover-up at the highest levels of Boston’s religious, legal, and government establishment.
Special features: Uncovering the truth: A spotlight team roundtable Spotlight: a look inside The state of journalism.
Academy Awards, 2016: Best motion picture of the year and Best writing, original screenplay
Screen Actors Guild, 2016: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

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Bridge of spies [videorecording] / Touchstone Pictures 20th Century Fox DreamWorks Pictures, Fox 2000 Pictures and Reliance Entertainment present in association with Participant Media and TSG Entertainment directed by Steven Spielberg written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen produced by Steven Spielberg, Marc Platt, Kristie Macosko Krieger a co-production between Afterworks Limited and Studio Babelsberg an Amblin Entertainment/Marc Platt production.

Mike — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 12:51:00 +0000

[United States] : Touchstone Home Entertainment : Dreamworks Pictures, [2016];Burbank, California : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertaiment.;©2016
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DVD, NTSC, region 1 Dolby digital 5.1 surround (English, French and Spanish) and 2.0 stereo. surround (English DVS).
Wide screen (2.40:1).
In English, dubbed Spanish or dubbed French, with optional subtitles in Spanish or French, and optional English for the hearing impaired optional descriptive audio in English for the visually impaired closed-captioned in English.
Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan, Scott Shepherd, Sebastian Koch, Alan Alda, Austin Stowell, Billy Magnussen, Eve Hewson, Jesse Plemons.
Director of photography, Janusz Kaminski editor, Michael Kahn music, Thomas Newman.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2015.
MPAA rating: PG-13 for some violence and brief strong language CHV rating: PG.
Bonus feature: A case of the Cold War: Bridge of spies (featurette) (18 min.).
James Donovan is a Brooklyn lawyer who finds himself thrust into the center of the Cold War when the CIA sends him on the near-impossible task to negotiate the release of a captured American U-2 pilot.
Academy awards, 2016: Best supporting actor (Rylance)

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Brooklyn [videorecording] / Fox Searchlight Pictures with BBC FIlms, Telefilm Canada, Bord Scannán na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board, SODEC and BFI present a Wildgaze Films/Finola Dwyer Productions/Parallel Films/Item 7 co-production produced in association with Ingenious in association with BAI, RTE and Hanway Films a film by John Crowley written by Nick Hornby produced by Finola Dwyer & Amanda Posey directed by John Crowley.

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Beverly Hills, California : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2016]
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DVD, NTSC, region 1, dual layer, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation Dolby Digital 5.1, surround Dolby Digital 2.0.
In English or dubbed Spanish optional Spanish subtitles optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH) closed-captioned inEnglish optional English descriptive audio track for people with visual disabilities.
Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters.
Costume designer, Odile Dicks-Mireaux music, Michael Brook editor, Jake Roberts production designer, Françios Séguin director of photography, Yves Bélanger.
Based on the novel by Colm Tóibín.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2015.
Widescreen (1.85:1).
MPAA rating: PG-13 for a scene of sexuality and brief strong language.
An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
Special features: Audio commentary with director (with optiona English SDH or Spanish subtitles) 6 promotional featurettes gallery theatrical trailer.
An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.

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Mad Max: fury road (Motion picture);Mad Max. Fury Road [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures Village Roadshow Pictures a Kennedy Miller Mitchell production a George Miller film written by George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, Nico Lathouris produced by Doug Mitchell, George Miller, PJ Voeten directed by George Miller.

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Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Entertainment, [2015];Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video
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DVD widescreen presentation Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
In English, dubbed Spanish or dubbed French, with optional subtitles in English, Spanish or French.
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Optional descriptive audio in English for the visually impaired.
Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Zoë Kravitz
Director of photography, John Seale editor, Margaret Sixel music, Tom Holkenborg, aka Junkie XL.
DVD release of the 2015 motion picture.
Widescreen.
MPAA rating: R for intense sequences of violence throughout, and for disturbing images.
A return to the world of the Road Warrior, Max Rockatansky. Haunted by his turbulent past, he believes the best way to survive is to wander alone. Nevertheless, he becomes swept up with a group fleeing across the Wasteland in a War Rig driven by an elite Imperator, Furiosa. They are escaping a Citadel tyrannized by the Immortan Joe, from whom something irreplaceable has been taken. Enraged, the Warlord with his gangs, pursues the rebels ruthlessly in the high-octane Road War that follows.
Special features: Maximum fury: filming Fury road Mad Max: fury on four wheels The road warriors: Max and Furiosa The tools of the wasteland The five wives: so shiny, so chrome Fury Road: crash & smash deleted scenes.

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The Martian [videorecording] / Twentieth Century Fox presents in association with TSG Entertainment directed by Ridley Scott screenplay by Drew Goddard produced by Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott produced by Michael Schaefer, Aditya Sood, Mark Huffam a Scott Free/Kinberg Genre production a Ridley Scott film.

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DVD, NTSC, region 1, dual layer, widescreen (2.40:1) presentation Dolby Digital 5.1, surround Dolby Digital 2.0.
In English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (surround Dolby Digital 2.0), or French (surround Dolby Digital 2.0) optional Spanish or French subtitles optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH) Closed-captioned in English English descriptive audio track for people with visual disabilities.
Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Michael Peña, Sean Bean, Kate Mara, Sebastian Stan, Aksel Hennie, Mackenzie Davis, Benedict Wong, Donald Glover, Chen Shu, Eddy Ko, Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Director of photography, Dariusz Wolski film editor, Pietro Scalia music, Harry Gregson-Williams.
After a bad storm blows across Mars, astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead and left behind. Now stuck on a hostile planet, he must find a way to signal Earth and in the meantime survive on limited supplies.
Bonus features: Gag reel — Ares III: farewell — The right stuff — Ares: our greatest adventure — Leave your mark — Bring him home — Theatrical trailer.
MPAA rating: PG-13 for some strong language, injury images and brief nudity. OFRB rating: PG.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2015.
Based on the novel by Andy Weir.
After a bad storm blows across Mars, astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead and left behind. Now stuck on a hostile planet he must find a way to signal Earth and in the meantime survive on limited supplies.

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John Steinbeck’s East of Eden [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures presents screenplay by Paul Osborn directed by Elia Kazan.

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Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2005.
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DVD Region 1 Dolby digital.
In English. Dubbed in French. Optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish. Closed-captioned.
Julie Harris, James Dean, Raymond Massey, Burl Ives, Richard Davalos, Jo Van Fleet, Albert Dekker, Lois Smith, Harold Gordon, Nick Dennis.
Director of photography, Ted McCord film editor, Owen Marks music by Leonard Rosenman.
Based on the novel East of Eden by John Steinbeck.
Originally produced in 1954.
MPAA rating: PG for thematic elements and some violence.
The saga of three generations of the Trask and Hamilton families in the early 1900′s in Northern California. Cal vies for the affection of his hardened father with his favored brother Aron.
disc 1. The movie — disc 2. Special features.
Special features: Disc 1: commentary by Richard Schickel — Disc 2: 50th-anniversary documentary East of Eden: art in search of life vintage documentary Forever James Dean additional scenes screen tests wardrobe, costume and production design tests 1955 premiere footage.
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, 1955 (Jo Van Fleet)
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, 1955 (Jo Van Fleet)
The saga of three generations of the Trask and Hamilton families in the early 1900′s in Northern California.

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