Tribeca Productions.
1) Being Flynn
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A compelling exploration of the unbreakable yet fragile bonds between parent and child. Nick Flynn is a young writer seeking to define himself. His father Jonathan, however, scrapes through life on his own terms and has not seen his son in 18 years. Taking a job at a homeless shelter, Nick finds purpose in his own life and work until one night Jonathan arrives seeking a bed. To give the two of them a shot at a real future, Nick wrestles with the notion...
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
What do you do when the best and the worst moment of your life happens at the exact same time? One fateful night, the lives of Henry and Nathalie tragically collide. As Nathalie's life unravels, Henry becomes her unlikely guardian angel, but the inevitable impact of his choices forces both Henry and Nathalie to confront loss, love, and life, and to ultimately decide whether the high cost of living is worth the price.
3) The Irishman
Series
Criterion collection volume 1058
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Director approved two-DVD special edition.
Language
English
Description
An epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran, a hustler and hitman who worked alongside some of the most notorious figures of the twentieth century. Left behind by the world, former hit man and union truck driver Frank Sheeran looks back from a nursing home on his life's journey through the ranks of organized crime: from his involvement with Philadelphia mob boss Russell Bufalino to...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Formats
Description
No one could stop Dillinger and his gang. No jail could hold him. His charm and audacious jailbreaks endeared him to almost everyone, from his girlfriend Billie Frechette to an American public who had no sympathy for the banks that had plunged the country into the Depression. But while the adventures of Dillinger's gang thrilled many, Hoover made Dillinger America's first Public Enemy Number One.
6) Analyze that
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Fearful of his emotional stability, prison officials release Paul Vitti into the custody of his psychiatrist, Dr. Ben Sobel, who becomes even more exasperated when he learns Vitti will be moving into his home. As Sobel tries to get to the root of Vitti's real problems, he tries to help Vitti find a straight job. And adding to all this confusion, several members of Vitti's old crew are after him, who are determined to see that he doesn't pass along...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
For 45 years, Caroll Spinney has been beloved by generations of children as the man behind Sesame Street's Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, and at 80 years old, he has no intention of stopping. A loving portrait of the man in the yellow suit, features extraordinary footage of Spinney's earliest collaborations with Jim Henson as it traces his journey from bullied child to childhood icon.
8) Rent
Language
English
Formats
Description
Focuses on the year in the life of a group of friends in New York's East Village. The "bohemians" live carefree lives of art, music, sex, and drugs. It is carefree until Mark, an aspiring filmmaker, and Roger, an aspiring songwriter, find out they owe a year's rent to Benny. Benny is a former friend who had promised them free rent when he married the landlord's daughter. Roger has also attracted the attention of his downstairs neighbor, Mimi. Mark's...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Ben is an overburdened movie producer. He tries to balance his life and has to contend with the never-ending demands of 2 ex-wives, his ice-queen studio head, and a menagerie of various Hollywood prima donnas. Ben manages to take it all in stride. He copes by exuding a smoothly assuring demeanor. The only thing that really seems to upset Ben is when he discovers that his ex-wife sleeps with one of his colleagues.
10) Meet the parents
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Male nurse Greg Focker wants to pop the question to his girlfriend Pam Byrnes. But she's daddy's little girl, and daddy, has some old-fashioned ideas about manners and manhood. So Pam and Greg make a pilgrimage to the Byrnes' homestead on Long Island. Greg gets off the wrong foot with Mr. Byrnes and never recovers. Little white lies mushroom into ghastly whoppers. Greg finds out that Mr. Byrnes was in the CIA for 34 years. And so the weekend goes...
12) Showtime
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
LAPD detective Mitch Preston never wanted to be anything but a cop. Same for patrolman Trey Sellars. He always wanted to be a cop ... on TV. The two now have to come together to work for a TV show. Backed by a ratings-obsessed producer and coached in the finer points of TV copdom by a veteran star, Mitch and Trey soon becom America's favorite buddy cops. A brutal crimelord must be stopped - and that's where the shrapnel hits the fan.
14) A Bronx tale
Pub. Date
[1998]
Edition
Widescreen version ... enhanced for 16:9 widescreen TVs.
Language
English
Description
A hard-working bus driver must stand up to the local mob boss if he is to keep his son from falling into a life of crime.
15) A Bronx tale
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A devoted father battles a local crime boss for the life of his son. Growing up on the racially divided mean streets of 1960s New York, 11-year-old Italian-American Calogero, known as 'C,' idolizes sophisticated local mob boss Sonny, despite stern warnings from his working-class father. When 'C' gets older and defies his dad in order to join Sonny's dangerous gang, he finds that life is never black and white.
16) Flawless
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
An ex-cop suffers a stroke and is paralyzed and unable to speak clearly. On the advice of his doctor, he seeks voice lessons from a musically-inclined neighbor, a female impersonator whom he vehemently dislikes.
18) 15 minutes
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
When two Eastern European criminals come to New York City, one of them steals a video camera and starts to film all of their activities. When they learn how the American media can make a remorseless killer look like the victim and in turn make them rich, they target a media-savvy NYPD homicide detective and a media-naive NYFD fire marshal (both happen to be the cops investigating their criminal activities). Along the way, they film everything they...
19) Cape Fear
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
Fourteen years after being imprisoned, psychopath Max Cady emerges with a single-minded mission: to seek revenge on his attorney Sam Bowden.
20) Flawless
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Retired security guard Walt Koontz suffers a stroke while trying to help a neighbor in trouble. Advised by his physical therapist to take singing lessons to improve his speech, he swallows his pride and seeks help from a drag queen.
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