Quick Flicks for the Week of July 24, 2012

Black Heaven By Marchand, Gilles 2011-04 - MPI Home Video 0030306932392 Check Our Catalog FRE …More

The Deep Blue Sea By Davies, Terence 2012-07 - Southport Music Box Corpo 0736211215154 Check Our Catalog Master chronicler of post-War England, Terence Davies (The Long Day Closes, The House of Mirth) directs Rachel Weisz as a woman whose overpowering love threatens her well-being and alienates the men in her life. In a deeply vulnerable performance, Rachel Weisz plays Hester Collyer, the wife of an upper-class judge (Simon Russell Beale) and a free spirit trapped in a passionless marriage. Her encounter with Freddie Page (Tom Hiddleston), a troubled former Royal Air Force pilot, throws her life in turmoil, as their erotic relationship leaves her emotionally stranded and physically isolated. The film is an adaptation of British playwright Terence Rattigan's 1952 play, featuring one of the greatest roles for an actress in modern theatre. …More

Footnote By Cedar, Joseph 2012-07 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396399815 Check Our Catalog FOOTNOTE is the tale of a great rivalry between a father and son. Eliezer and Uriel Shkolnik are both eccentric professors, who have dedicated their lives to their work in Talmudic Studies. The father, Eliezer, is a stubborn purist who fears the establishment and has never been recognized for his work. While his son, Uriel, is an up-and-coming star in the field, who appears to feed on accolades, endlessly seeking recognition. Then one day, the tables turn. When Eliezer learns that he is to be awarded the Israel Prize, the most valuable honor for scholarship in the country, his vanity and desperate need for validation are exposed. His son Uriel, meanwhile, is thrilled to see his father's achievements finally recognized but, in a darkly funny twist, is forced to choose between the advancement of his own career and his father's. Will he sabotage his father's glory? FOOTNOTE is the story of insane academic competition, the dichotomy between admiration and envy for a role model, and the very complicated relationship between a father and son. …More

The Holy Girl By Martel, Lucrecia 2012-04 - Warner Bros. Digital Dist 0883316453520 Check Our Catalog …More

Jiro Dreams of Sushi By Gelb, David 2012-07 - Magnolia Pict Hm Ent 0876964004732 Check Our Catalog Ro dreams of sushi is the story of 85 year-old jiro ono; considered by many to be the world's greatest sushi chef. He is the proprietor of sukiyabashi jiro; a 10-seat; sushi-only restaurant inauspiciously located in a tokyo subway station. Despite its humble appearances; it is the first restaurant of its kind to be awarded a prestigious 3 star michelin review; and sushi lovers from around the globe make repeated pilgrimage; calling months in advance and shelling out top dollar for a coveted seat at jiro's sushi bar. For most of his life; jiro has been mastering the art of making sushi; but even at his age he sees himself still striving for perfection; working from sunrise to well beyond sunset to taste every piece of fish; meticulously train his employees; and carefully mold and finesse the impeccable presentation of each sushi creation. At the heart of this story is jiro's relationship with his eldest son yoshikazu; the worthy heir to jiro's legacy; who is unable to live up to his full potential in his father's shadow. The feature film debut of director david gelb; jiro dreams of sushi is a thoughtful and elegant meditation on work; family; and the art of perfection; chronicling jiro's life as both an unparalleled success in the culinary world; and a loving yet complicated father. …More

Machine Gun Preacher By Forster, Marc 2012-06 - Twentieth Century-Fox 0024543776505 Check Our Catalog Machine Gun Preacher is the inspirational true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing criminal who undergoes an astonishing transformation and finds an unexpected calling as the savior of hundreds of kidnapped and orphaned children. …More

Silent House By Olsen, Elizabeth 2012-07 - Universal Home Video 0025192132490 Check Our Catalog SILENT HOUSE is a uniquely unsettling horror thriller starring Elizabeth Olsen as Sarah, a young woman who finds herself sealed inside her family's secluded lake house. With no contact to the outside world, and no way out, panic turns to terror as events become increasingly ominous in and around the house. Directed by filmmaking duo Chris Kentis and Laura Lau, SILENT HOUSE uses meticulous camera choreography to take the audience on a tension-filled, real time journey, experienced in a single uninterrupted shot. …More

The Swell Season By August-Perna, Nick Director Dapkins, Chris Director And, Nick August-Perna a. 2012-03 - New Video Group 0767685262771 Check Our Catalog …More

Beyond the Steppes
Beyond the steppes-tells the story of a woman's forced journey to the steppes of Central Asia. Nina, a young Polish woman, is deported with her baby by the Soviet Army in 1940, to the deep hostile lands of the USSR. She has to work in a sovkhoz under the control of the Russian political police. When her child becomes ill, she leaves on a search to find medications with a group of Kazakh nomads. The film draws the intimate and personal experience of this woman, as she's forced into exile, struggling against the extreme conditions of this inhuman land.

A Good Day to Die
Chronicles the life story of Dennis Banks, the Native American who co-founded the American Indian Movement (AIM) in 1968 to advocate and protect the rights of American Indians, providing an in-depth look at the history and issues surrounding AIM's formation. From the forced assimilation of Native Americans within boarding schools, to discrimination by law enforcement authorities, to neglect by government officials responsible for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, AIM sought redress for the many grievances that its people harbored. Banks' personal struggle culminated in major armed confrontations at Custer, South Dakota and Wounded Knee -- climactic flash points which saw him standing steadfast as a leader for his cause.

Money, Power and Wall Street
In a special 4-hour investigation, Frontline tells the inside story of the struggles to rescue and repair a shattered economy, exploring key decisions, missed opportunities, and the unprecedented and uneasy partnership between government leaders and titans of finance that affects the fortunes of millions of people around the world.

Tyler Perry's Aunt Bam's Place
When family's falling out, it's time to call in Aunt Bam to set a few things straight! Bam's nephew-in-law is granted weekend visitation with his children, but his drunken ex shows up with trouble in mind. Now it's up to Bam to calm things down.