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Tom Waits
Series
Criterion collection volume 1080
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (179 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 18 cm).
Language
English
Description
Streetwise: A documentary on runaway, homeless teens living on the streets of Seattle, who survive by hustling, panhandling, and dumpster diving, at the center of which is 14-year-old Erin Blackwell, a.k.a. Tiny.
Tiny: Catches up with Erin Blackwell, a.k.a. Tiny, the central figure of the documentary "Streetwise", now a mother of ten, struggling with addiction and regret.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Distraught over breaking up with his girlfriend, Desiree, Zia slashes his wrists. Zia discovers that there is no real ending, only a run-down afterlife that is strikingly similar to his old one, just a bit worse. Discovering that Desiree has also "offed" herself, he sets out on a road trip with his Russian rocker friend to find her. Their journey takes them through an absurd purgatory where they discover that being dead doesn't mean you have to stop...
24) Dead man walking
Publisher
Sony
Pub. Date
[1995]
Physical Desc
1 CD (46 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
25) Friends Of Mine
Author
Publisher
HighTone Records
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
1 online resource (49 min.)
Language
English
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Marty is a struggling screenwriter who wants nothing more than to finish his script. Instead, he becomes entangled with the Los Angeles gangster underworld when his odd, but well-meaning friends kidnap a volatile gangster's shih tzu. The ordeal gives Marty all the inspiration he needs; now, he must live long enough to finish his story.
27) Licorice pizza
Publisher
SDS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD + 1 Blu-ray (2 hours, 14 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The timeless story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and falling in love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.
28) Paradise Alley
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Cosmo Carboni and his two brothers will do anything to escape the tenements of Hell's Kitchen in 1946. Paradise Alley, a sleazy private club with raucous wrestling matches as the floor show, seems like it just might be their ticket out.
29) Night on earth
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Special edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (40 pages ; illustrations ; 12 cm).
Language
English
Description
A collection of five stories involving cab drivers in five different cities. Los Angeles - A talent agent for the movies discovers her cab driver would be perfect to cast, but the cabbie is reluctant to give up her solid cab driver's career. New York - An immigrant cab driver is continually lost in a city and culture he doesn't understand. Paris - A blind girl takes a ride with a cab driver from the Ivory Coast and they talk about life and blindness....
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The immortal Dr. Parnassus and his daughter Valentina travel the countryside with his imaginarium show, a mirror that audience members enter and are given two different paths to follow. If they choose correctly they will find joy and happiness, but choose wrongly and things will be quite the opposite. The doctor must also discover the right course to follow. After making a deal with Mr. Nick years ago, he must choose the correct path if he is to save...
31) Preservation: an album to benefit Preservation Hall & the Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program
Author
Publisher
Preservation Hall Recordings
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 CD : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD + 1 Blu-ray (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, follows Forrest Tucker, who escaped from San Quentin State Prison at the age of seventy, as he commits a string of heists and embarks on a late-life romance while staying ahead of the authorities.
34) Ironweed
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (143 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's winter, 1938 in Albany, New York. The soup kitchens and flophouses are overflowing with homeless people. Francis Phelan wanders the streets, back in his hometown after 22 years, ready to confront the family he abandoned long ago. While sharing his whiskey with longtime 'pal' Helen, Francis reveals the dark secrets of his past, the painful memories from which he once tried to escape, but now must reconcile.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the sleepy small town of Centerville, something is not quite right. The moon hangs large and low in the sky, the hours of daylight are becoming unpredictable, and animals are beginning to exhibit unusual behaviors. No one quite knows why, and no one foresees the strangest and most dangerous repercussion that will soon start plaguing the town. The dead rise from their graves and savagely attack and feast on the living, and the citizens of the town...
37) Rumble fish
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rusty James, an absent-minded street thug struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days when gang warfare was going on.
38) Short cuts
Series
Criterion collection volume 265
Language
English
Formats
Description
While helicopters overhead spray against a Medfly infestation, a group of peoples' lives in Los Angeles intersect, some casually, some to more lasting effect. While they go out to concerts and jazz clubs and even have their pools cleaned, these same folks also lie, drink, and cheat. Death itself seems never to be far away. A look at human life and American culture with over 20 lives interweaving.