Jon Polito
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The year is 2016, and America is on the verge of economic disaster. The greatest citizens are being targeted, and dark forces are working to bring about America's final days. A powerful railroad executive, Dagny Taggart, struggles to keep her business alive while society is crumbling around her.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1112
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A Roaring Twenties gangster saga that only the Coen brothers could concoct, Miller's Crossing marries the hard-boiled sensibility of classic noir fiction with the filmmakers' trademark savory dialogue, colorful characters, and finely calibrated set pieces. Gabriel Byrne brings a wry gravitas to the role of Tom Reagan, the quick-thinking right-hand man to a powerful crime boss (Albert Finney). Tom's unflappable cool is tested when he begins offering...
3) Homeboy
Author
Language
English
Description
Mickey Rourke stars as Johnny Walker, a washed-up boxer looking for the big fight of his life. Christopher Walken stars as high stakes promoter Wesley Pendergrass.
Author
Series
Masters of Horror volume 12
Language
English
Description
It is a time when the laws of science battle the secrets of magic, and medical student Ernst Haeckel (Derek Cecil) believes the power of life, death, and resurrection lies in his arrogant hands. But on a journey to visit his gravely ill father, he finds shelter in the home of an older man and his seductive young wife (Leela Savasta) who cannot be fulfilled by mortal hungers. Somewhere in the darkness of a nearby necropolis, a defiant necromancer (Jon...
5) Citizen Jane
Author
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story and the book, the gripping tale of Jane Alexander (Ally Sheedy), whose tenacious, 13-year journey to track down her charismatic ex ultimately brings her aunt's killer to justice.
6) The Maestro
Author
Language
English
Description
After the Second World War, budding film composer Jerry Herst moves to Hollywood to study with infamous master teacher Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
