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Albert Nobbs

Glenn Close · Lionsgate
Format: DVD

Nominated for 3 Academy Awards including Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs) gives a "powerhouse performance" (New York Post) as a woman who passes as a man in order to work and survive in 19th century Ireland. Some thirty years after donning men's...
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As I Open My Eyes

Baya Medhaffer · Kino Lorber
Format: DVD

As I Open My Eyes depicts the clash between culture and family as seen through the eyes of a young Tunisian woman balancing the traditional expectations of her family with her creative life as a singer in a politically charged rock band. Director Leyla Bouzid's musical feature debut...
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Luis and the Aliens

Will Forte;Lea Thompson · Cinedigm
Format: DVD

Twelve-year-old Luis befriends a trio of awkward aliens who ve gotten stuck on Earth after watching too much home-shopping network. With a neglectful father at home, Luis decides to escape with the aliens so he can avoid being sent away to a boarding school.
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Cherry Grove Stories

Various · Breaking Glass Pictures
Format: DVD

In an era when it was illegal for two men to hold hands in public, the pristine beachfront hamlet of Cherry Grove on Fire Island, N.Y. was a safe haven for gays who were often targeted for arrest and prosecution. Through interviews with residents and new and archival footage, Michael Fisher's...
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102 not out

Umesh Shukla · SHEMAROO
Format: DVD video

Dattatraya Vakharia is a 102 year old man who wants to break the record of oldest living male. There's just one problem he must find a way to change the sad and grumpy demeanor of his 75 year old son.
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Dark River

Clio Barnard · FilmRise
Format: DVD

Following the death of her father, Alice (Ruth Wilson) returns home to Yorkshire for the first time in 15 years, to claim the tenancy of the family farm she believes is rightfully hers. Once there she encounters her older brother Joe (Mark Stanley) , a man she barely recognizes,...
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POV: Dark Money

n · PBS Distribution
Format: DVD

DARK MONEY examines one of the greatest present threats to American democracy: the influence of untraceable corporate money on our elections and elected officials. The film takes viewers to Montana - a frontline in the fight to preserve fair elections nationwide - to follow a local journalist...
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Wayne's World

Lorne Michaels · Paramount
Format: DVD

Based on the Saturday Night Live sketch of the same name, Wayne's World is a wacky, irreverent pop-culture comedy about the adventures of two amiably aimless metal-head friends, Wayne (Mike Myers) and Garth (Dana Carvey) . From Wayne's basement, the pair broadcast a talk-show...
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Adventures of Super Mario Brothers 3: The Complete

Mario · Dic Entertainment
Format: DVD

Join Mario and Luigi in this complete series set as they fight to protect the Mushroom Kingdom! Just when Mario and Luigi thought their days of saving the Mushroom Kingdom from the evil King Koopa had come to an end once and for all after sending Koopa to the Banishment Zone, the unexpected...
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Dark Passage

Humphrey Bogart · Turner Entertainment
Format: DVD video

Dark Passage (Humphrey Bogart Collection) (DVD) Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall star in this noir thriller set in San Francisco about a man wrongly convicted of his wife's murder who escapes from prison to find the real killer.
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WWE: WrestleMania 31

John Cena · World Wrestling
Format: DVD

WWE: WrestleMania 31 (DVD) After 14 years of anticipation, wrestling icon Sting steps into a WWE ring for the first time to take on Triple H. In his first appearance since WrestleMania 30, Undertaker returns to take on Bray Wyatt. Plus, John Cena takes on Russian super athlete Rusev for the U.S....
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Sisters of Selma

Jayasri Majumdar Hart · PBS
Format: DVD

Skillfully edited archival footage documents the nuns' participation, offering an enthralling you-are-there feeling. -- Booklist, May 1, 2007This important documentary is a compelling testament to...putting one's faith into action. -- Catholic News Service, January 18, 2007
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Count of Monte Cristo (Motion picture : 2002)
Comte de Monte Cristo
Count of Monte Cristo

Roger Birnbaum · Touchstone Home Entertainment
Format: DVD video

An innocent man, Edmond Dantes, is imprisoned for years on a godforsaken island while the friend who betrayed him takes Dantes ravishing fiance' for himself. Dantes eventually escapes, recovers a fortune in buried pirate treasure, transforms himself into the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo,...
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