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1) The master
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents the journey of a naval veteran who arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future, until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader.
2) X
Language
English
Formats
Description
A group of actors set out to make an adult film in rural Texas under the noses of their reclusive hosts—an elderly couple with a farm and boarding house for rent. But when the couple catches their young guests in the act, the cast finds themselves in a desperate fight for their lives in this tantalizing slasher from writer-director Ti West.
Publisher
Film Movement
Language
Vietnamese
Formats
Description
In 19th century rural Vietnam, 14-year-old May becomes the third wife of wealthy landowner Hung. Soon she learns that she can only gain status by asserting herself as a woman who can give birth to a male child. May’s hope to change her status turns into a real and tantalizing possibility when she gets pregnant. Faced with forbidden love and its devastating consequences, May finally comes to an understanding of the brutal truth: the options available...
Publisher
Neon
Language
English
Formats
Description
After waking up convinced that she is going to die tomorrow, Amy's carefully mended life begins to unravel. As her delusions of certain death become contagious to those around her, Amy and her friends' lives spiral out of control in a tantalizing descent into madness.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Fiction writers have led the way in exploring the prospects of life beyond Earth. See how scientists are catching up, looking for extraterrestrial organisms using a variety of ingenious techniques. Learn how they are narrowing the search and which tantalizing clues have already turned up..
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
The trireme, a swift warship with three banks of oars, ruled the Mediterranean Sea in the 5th century B.C., when the Athenian empire was at its height. Yet only sparse evidence remains for what these vessels were like. Follow a detailed reconstruction based on tantalizing clues.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
The collapse of the Roman rule, arrival of barbarian raiders and settlers, and resistance to Germanic immigration serve as a backdrop to tantalizing mystery. Examine the evidence as to whether the unidentified champion who temporarily halted the advance of the barbarians could hae been the King Arthur of later legend.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
What do scientists know about the universe? What still remains to be uncovered? What are some of the next avenues of exploration? Professor Neil deGrasse Tyson's course The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries is a marvelous journey to the frontiers of the known (and unknown) universe and introduces you to tantalizing questions being addressed by the world's top scientists.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The holy grail of nuclear power is fusion, which has been tantalizingly out of reach for decades. Learn why fusion power is so desirable and so difficult to achieve. Study the different strategies for attaining a contained, self-sustaining thermonuclear reaction, focusing on the tokamak, which confines a high-temperature plasma in a powerful toroidal magnetic field.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Recent robotic exploration provides tantalizing evidence: Mars’ barren landscape could have been much more Earth-like in the past. With warmer temperatures, a thicker atmosphere, and the possibility of water oceans and tsunamis, could Mars have been an Earth sibling that supported life? Learn about recent discoveries that will guide future exploration and scientific inquiry on the Red Planet.
13) The Disobedient
Publisher
Visit Films
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Two childhood soul mates reconnect years later and embark on an impromptu bicycle trip, hoping to escape the doldrums of adult life. Nominated for the World Cinema - Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at the **Sundance Film Festival.** *"A lush and lyrical tale, rich in its presentation of tantalizing pastoral romance set against a beautiful sunbaked landscape." - Mark Adams, **Screen International***
14) Knives and Skin
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
What happened to Carolyn Harper? Part suburban nightmare, part neon-soaked teenage fever dream, this tantalizing mystery traces the wave of fear and distrust that spreads across a small Midwestern town in the wake of a high school girl's mysterious disappearance. As the loneliness and darkness lurking beneath the veneer of everyday life gradually comes to light, a collective awakening seems to overcome the town's teenage girls—gathering in force...
Publisher
ABC Studios
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Relive every thrilling moment as ABC's Once Upon A Time: The Complete Second Season; casts its tantalizing spell. The curse is broken, magic has arrived, and there's no telling what or who will be unleashed! Now the exiled fairytale characters must struggle with a overflow of memories as they come to grips with their new 'reality.' Old loyalties will be tested, new heroes will emerge and vengeful villains will wreak havoc including ruthless pirate...
Publisher
WinStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
A sampling of the great Fleischer Studios classic cartoons from 1914-1941. From the earliest experiments with Koko the Clown in 1914 to Betty Boop, Popeye, Superman and the first full-length animated film, Fleisher Studios was considered as the major animation studio of its day.
Publisher
Showtime
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Kwabena quits his dead-end recruitment job to chase his dream of becoming a filmmaker and is thrown into a world of uncertainty. Having recently met the tantalizing Vanessa, he struggles to keep up with her taste for fancy restaurants and cocktail bars by secretly taking shifts as a fast-food delivery driver. Meanwhile, his cousin has a baby on the way, meaning he needs to find a new place to live.
18) Chang
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Before they imagined the oversized ape, King Kong's creators filmed this magical story of a Thai family's struggle to survive the forces of nature. Shot entirely in Siam, the film tells of a farmer and his family settled on the edge of a massive jungle. While the neighborhood may seem idyllic, their neighbors – including bears, tigers, and a stampede of elephants – test the family's patience with their new surroundings. Featuring one of the most...
Author
Series
Antiques Roadshow volume 11
Language
English
Description
We discover the tantalizing stories about what happened to antiques and their owners once the Roadshow cameras have stopped rolling.
20) Yella
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Narrowly escaping her volatile ex-husband, Yella flees her small hometown in former East Germany for a new life in the West. She finds a promising job with Philipp, a handsome business executive with whom an unlikely romance soon blossoms. But she finds herself haunted by buried truths that threaten to destroy her newfound happiness. Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Actress (Nina Hoss) at the **Berlin International Film Festival.** Winner of the...
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